by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Ten years ago, Ben Israel was building a chain of optical stores. Today, he is building a commercial real estate development company. Israel is forming Dixie Development LLC to handle…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
By the end of September, Rogers will have another 43,000 SF of retail space with as many as 25 new businesses. Work began on The Kingston Center II in March….
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
There’s a crisis in the construction industry — a shortage of skilled construction craftsmen. Although the shortage exists nationwide, it is especially acute in Northwest Arkansas due to the work…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
It was during the housing boom after World War II that Evertt and Orville Myers began building houses. Over the years, the business evolved and Don Myers, Evertt’s son, became…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Competition for cancer patients is coming to Northwest Arkansas. While Northwest Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute has served the area for a dozen years, a private company is poised to open…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Rich and Sandra Anderson Address: 100 N. Dixieland Road, Rogers, 72756 Phone: 631-8866 Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday Start-Up Date: September After three years of business in…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Doyle Martin Address: 647 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, 72701 Phone: 442-5722 Hours: 8 – 11 p.m., Friday Start-Up Date: April 3 After several years of closed doors, the UARK…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Anita LeFlett Address: 226 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville Phone: 528-5554 Hours: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday- Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday Start-Up Date: March 24 Artist…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Jeff Smith Address: 904 S. Walton Blvd., Rogers Phone: 271-6992 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., weekdays; by appointment on Saturday Start-Up Date: March 2 Smith Family Chiropractic and…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Several major construction projects are currently under way in Northwest Arkansas. Here, we sum up the three largest. Interstate 540 The largest project in Northwest Arkansas — the $450 million…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
The nation’s newest magazine is based in Fayetteville. The Life@Work Journal premiered last month with a printing of 35,000 copies. The 40-page magazine is aimed at Christian business people and…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Blackwood Martin/CJRW will apparently retain its contract with the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission. A&P commissioners interviewed on April 20 the four agencies that had expressed interest in the account….
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Speaking of Maylon Rice, he scooped all competing media with news that Tyson Foods Inc. planned a generous endowment gift to the University of Arkansas Press. The region’s other newspapers…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Fayetteville’s newest shopping center, Singletree Plaza, should be completed early this month, and the first store there, Walker Brothers Dry Goods, should be open by the middle of May, says…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Another Northwest Arkansas technology firm was sold last month, when Custom Micro LLC of Little Rock purchased MicroSolutions Inc. of Fayetteville. MicroSolutions is one of a handful of Microsoft-authorized technical…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
In 1997, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased the amount of business it does with Arkansas vendors and suppliers by 56 percent over the previous year — from $2.8 billion to $4.38…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Woodway Apartments at 2895 Dorothy Jeanne Drive in Fayetteville were sold March 16 for $2.55 million. The 23,292-SF apartment complex on five acres was owned by Woodway Apartments LLC and…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Prestige Properties Construction and Development Inc. of Fayetteville paid $2.5 million for 203.5 acres along Mount Comfort Road that the company plans to develop into a housing subdivision. Prestige Properties…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
The former Color Tile building at 3403 W. Walnut St. in Rogers was sold March 18 for $460,000. Lancaster Holdings Corp. sold the building to Neosho Investments Ltd. of Chanute,…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Construction of a $950,000, 22-unit senior citizen apartment complex in Lincoln is scheduled to begin this month. Beckwood Manor Four Limited Partnership of Little Rock received a $550,000 mortgage from…
