by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
The Rouse Co. has signed a letter of intent to sell the Northwest Arkansas Mall, the area’s largest shopping center. Owen Williams, vice president of acquisitions for The Rouse Co.,…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Nite Lite Outdoors — a mail-order, wholesale and retail hunting supply business based in Little Rock — plans to open its second retail store Sept. 7 in Springdale. The company…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
2120 N. College Ave. Fayetteville We recently ate lunch at Fayetteville’s newest barbecue restaurant, and, if it hadn’t been for the cars zipping down College Avenue and the Ozarks in…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Russia buys more chicken from U.S. poultry companies than any other country in the world, so producers are watching carefully the ongoing political and economic turmoil there. The Russians bought…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Round two of Fayetteville’s sports bar battle is underway. Coach’s Sports Grill, in Whistle Stop Plaza on Gregg Street in Fayetteville, has been the only game in town since January…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Frank Broyles, athletic director at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, plans to spend between $50 million and $60 million to expand Razorback Stadium. Broyles says the expansion will take…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
London-Based Firm, Robert Walters plc, Gives Company Increased Global Presence StaffMark Inc. of Fayetteville will achieve the level of global presence it wants when it completes the acquisition of a…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
A decade ago, Benton County residents didn’t have that many choices when it came to restaurants. A couple of venerable eateries — such as Tale of the Trout and Fred’s…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
For the first six months of 1998, Red Lobster took over as the highest-grossing restaurant in Fayetteville with $1.37 million in sales. Red Lobster replaces Jose’s Restaurant & Club, which…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
It wasn’t easy, but the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport has been assigned the three-letter designation that will identify it on the world’s aviation maps. When the airport opens Nov. 1,…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Although the trucking industry remains healthy and many trucking companies had strong second-quarter earnings, analysts are urging investors to be cautious for the rest of the year. “Overall, we remain…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
~ Alyce A. Moore has completed the course in personal property appraisal at the Certified Appraisers Guild of America. She has also completed the Jewelers of America certification in jewelry…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
The new Razorback Stadium designed by Peter Eisenman of New York City will lure visitors to the city and serve as an excellent recruiting tool for the University of Arkansas,…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Eisenman says he designed the roof of the UA stadium like that of a soccer stadium in Bari, Italy, so that air can move through it and keep the crowd…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Officials at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority have received the first $1,800 of the $100,000 they hope to raise through private donations to pay for the airport’s grand opening…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Midcoast Aviation Inc. of St. Louis has decided against building an aircraft maintenance and modification facility at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Instead, the company will invest about $10 million…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
A deal to buy the last piece of property adjacent to the new regional airport but still inside the city limits of Bentonville is scheduled to close within a week….
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
Llama Asset Management Co., a sister company of Alice Walton’s Llama Co., recently hired two new analysts out of the Portfolio Management Class being taught by Robert Kennedy at the…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
The flurry of activity at Dixieland Mall in Rogers continues. Hibbett Sports, a national chain of more than 150 stores, plans to open a 5,000-SF store in the mall on…
by - September 7, 1998 12:00 am
For most people, it’s probably a snore: The Arkansas Soil and Water Commission is asking voters to allow it to issue $300 million in bonds, the proceeds of which would…
