Tag: real estate

River City Aims For New Image

Fort Smith officials are using history and entertainment to attract visitors downtown.

Wally Properties Follows Wal-Mart Store Openings

John Alford of Wally Properties LLC and partner Charles Palmer have developed or redeveloped more than 1 million SF of space in former Wal-Mart stores, or in what?s called ?shadow? buildings near new Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Cooper Creates Shopping Center (Real Deals)

Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway buys a building permit valued at $4 million to build a 52,000-SF shopping center off Sixth Street in Fayetteville.

U.S. Beef Plans Arby?s, Taco Bueno

United States Beef Co. plans to build a 3,400-SF Arby?s restaurant and a 2,600-SF Taco Bueno on 3.8 acres in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park.

Village on the Squeaks: Retailers Flee Project

Several retailers are departing from Rogers? Village on the Creeks development. First it was Secret Ingredients, then Bed Bugs, and now it?s the upscale clothier Blue.

Clothing, Shoe Stores Join The Shoppes

We hear that future tenants at The Shoppes off Pinnacle Parkway will include a lingerie store, another shoe store and another women?s clothing store besides Pink Bamboo.

Rupple Resolution?

The lawsuit triangle over Centerton?s Sienna Estates subdivision is all but settled out of court. A punch list of legal details between litigants John David Lindsey, Gary Combs and Neil Johnson is being finalized.

Six Flags Over Red Sovine

Diesel Downs, Gary Combs? planned mega truck stop off Wagon Wheel Road and Interstate 540 in Springdale, will include five restaurants. The 36-acre development is supposed to include 40,000-SF of space and 94,000-SF office building.

Bourdeaux Renovates Club Matrix Site

Montana developer Tom Bourdeaux is busy with another Fayetteville renovation project, the former site of Club Matrix at 620 N. College Ave.

Carter & Burgess Puts Office in Fayetteville

The ink is still drying on the lease agreement, but the national engineering powerhouse Carter & Burgess Inc. will have an office in the Bank of America building in Fayetteville.

Lowe’s Has Liberty

Remember the old Modern Fence & Supply Co. site on Sixth Street in Fayetteville? Liberty Bank of Arkansas bought the 1.74-acre piece from owner Roy Milligan for $1.1 million and Modern Fence is moving to Springdale.

West End Lofts Continue Leasing As Space Fills

To all the naysayers who doubted the new luxury lofts in downtown Fort Smith would be a hit, West End Lofts is filling up fast.

Precept Packages Pinnacle Church (Real Deals)

The $17 million Doubltree project in Bentonville gets underway and the Church at Pinnacle Hills purchases its $24 million permit.

Nomad Finds Kingdom Land (Real Deals)

Nomad Development LLC buys 120 acres off Arkansas Highway 12 in Benton County from Kingdom Investments LLC for $4 million.

Parisian Store in Rogers Might Add 20,000 SF

The 100,000-SF Parisian store planned for the Pleasant Crossing retail development in Rogers might be expanding by about 20,000 SF.

Builder Leaves Peaks

Sincerity Homes Inc. of Springdale has jumped ship on 48 homes it was in charge of building at The Peaks.

Fountain Plaza Attracts Bankers

At least three banks could be operating out of Bentonville’s Fountain Plaza, with one more looking at the site as well.

Bank of Arkansas Shuffles Offices

Amid the flurry of bank and infrastructure announcements in the two-county area, the Bank of Arkansas N.A. has made some subtle changes to its location strategy.

Ajax Scrubbed by Investor

Gene Kelley and developers Collins and Hunter Haynes plan to go before the Rogers Planning Commission to get a street name changed at The Peaks in Rogers.

Thank You, Alice Walton (Bill Bowden Editor’s Note)

Thanks to Alice Walton for returning to Northwest Arkansas and building the $50 million Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Construction starts on 7th Highlands Oncology Center

Connections: UA engineer receives $550,000 career award

Nine Riceland facilities temporarily close

Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May