Tag: Industries

Day Spa Market Shifts in 2008

The area had a net loss after the closings of Luxe spa in Rogers and Nu-U Spa in Fayetteville.

Reed Awarded CRE Designation

Tom Reed, a principal with Little Rock-based Irwin Partners, a commercial real estate services firm, and managing broker of the Northwest Arkansas Branch Office, has earned the CRE designation.

Brewer Building Leased to Kutak Rock

Kutak Rock, a national law firm, moved its Northwest Arkansas offices to 234 Millsap Road in Fayetteville.

Lessons From the Ice Storm: Teamwork and Compassion (Human Factor by Seth Mohorn)

Whether in business or in the community, when people come together for the common good, great things are sure to follow.

Recovery Continues as Costs Rise

Damage estimates are still being calculated for the two-day ice event that left more than 350,000 customers without power throughout Arkansas, but preliminary reports already put the cost of cleanup and repair at more than $20 million in the two-county ar

Tourism Tax Collections Climb

From 2003 through 2007, collections on the state’s 2 percent tourism tax grew nearly 33 percent to $11.47 million; Northwest Arkansas accounted for 20 percent of that revenue in the six-county area.

Pratt Place Inn Aims For Memorable Stays

Longtime landowners realized their vision after more than three years of planning, permitting and construction on a 140-acre property on Markham Hill in Fayetteville now home to the Pratt Place Inn.

Contractors Not Counting On Stimulus Spending

Contractors in Northwest Arkansas said they aren’t counting on an immediate impact from the public spending package but are pursuing projects that have guaranteed funding.

Winds of Change Affect Builders Risk Insurance Market

Wind and fire damage is covered under builders risk insurance, which are policies usually taken out by the general contractor to cover their investment in a project while it’s under construction.

Commodity Collapse Craters Construction Costs

After years of doubling and tripling raw materials prices from oil to copper caused by burgeoning world demand and a weak U.S. dollar, the bottom fell out in the final quarter of 2008.

Commercial Jobs Slumped Significantly in 2008

The number of commercial construction projects under way in 2008 fell sharply from the previous year.

Fewer Deals, Higher Value

The number of deals made in Northwest Arkansas declined in 2008, but the value increased.

Contractors Oppose Free Choice Act

The Arkansas chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. is encouraging its members to contact their legislators regarding the Employee Free Choice Act.

UA Keeps up Expansion, Improvement Plans in ’09

The University of Arkansas has over $75 million in construction projects set to begin in 2009.

Litter Mitigation, Litigation Moves Ahead

As Oklahoma’s case against Tyson Foods Inc., Simmons Foods Inc., George’s Inc. and others plods through its fourth year with a tentative trial date set for this September, parallel efforts locally and in Washington D.C. are aiming to make Edmondson’s laws

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson