LATEST ARTICLES BY Marty Cook
Student Housing Site Sells for $8.25M (NWA Real Deals)
Trinitas Ventures, a real estate development company in Lafayette, Indiana, bought the 2-acre site in downtown Fayetteville.
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Blue Crane Land Purchases Spark Bella Vista Hopes
It may be a few months until Blue Crane announces what it plans to do with the property it bought in Bella Vista earlier this year, but city leaders believe the Walton heirs’ interest is a sign its time has come.
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Arkansas Hemp Farmers Struggle in ‘Overhyped’ Market
The number of licensed processors, who turn hemp flowers into cannabidiol (CBD) oil or hemp stalks and seeds into industrial-use fiber and feed, dropped from 35 in 2019 to four this year.
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Arkansas’ Cold Storage Industry Heating Up
Major players are dominating the cold storage market nationally, but Arkansas still has plenty of room for local businesses to thrive.
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‘Gold Card’ Bill Seeks to Fast Track Health Care Approvals in Arkansas
Act 575 gives automatic approval in many cases for procedures and drugs ordered by physicians who have achieved a 90% standard on previous approvals from insurance providers.
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Arkansas Secures $393M Grant for New I-55 Bridge
Officials say the new bridge spanning the Mississippi River between West Memphis and Memphis is expected to cost $800 million.
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Bentonville’s HFA Has Blueprints For Fun
The architecture and engineering firm takes a unique approach with its hospitality and entertainment clients.
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UA Basketball Coach John Calipari Buys $2.2M Home (NWA Real Deals)
John Calipari, the new head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas, paid $2.2 million for a home in the Clear Creek subdivision in Fayetteville.
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Tyson Foods Financial Recovery: Turning the Tide in 2024
The company started fiscal 2024 with two steady quarters, generating momentum and company optimism.
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I-30 Crossing Nears Completion
It was ARDOT’s first $1 billion project, it was ARDOT’s first design-build project, and, thanks to an unexpected sewer line location, it was the first time the department used an innovative glass filler compound in a building project.
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Majestic Steel Expands with State-of-the-Art Facility in Mississippi County
The service center went online in May in Hickman, an unincorporated community near the river in Mississippi County, the largest steel-producing county in the United States.
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What Keeps Women Out of Driver’s Seat
One way the trucking industry can combat the ongoing driver shortage is by recruiting more women into the workforce.
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Banking on Tech: Arvest Among Those Investing in Interactive Devices
The Bentonville lender has started using interactives teller machines, or ITMs. The devices work like a traditional ATM with the added benefit of having access to a live bank employee through video conferencing.
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Former Slim Chickens HQ Sells for $2.35M (NWA Real Deals)
The engineering firm PEPM Group of Tulsa paid $2.35 million for the 10,028-SF office on East Millsap Road. PEPM, led by Yi Zhang, and the company lists the site as its Fayetteville branch home.
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Closing the Deal: Real Estate Agents Prepare for New Sales Commission Rules
The fallout from a federal class-action lawsuit in Missouri is causing uncertainty among many in the real estate industry, including in Arkansas.
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Wright’s Barbecue to Expand to Walmart Campus
Wright’s fifth location will occupy a prime spot: on Eighth Street in the middle of Walmart’s 350-acre home office complex.
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Discovering Arkansas: Census Bureau Estimates Show Rising Population
More than half of Arkansas’ 75 counties have seen their populations grow since 2020, and the state’s population is growing at close to 2%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Hillcrest Village Sells For $33.3M (NWA Real Deals)
The townhome complex in west Springdale sold for $33.28 million to a Kansas City real estate investor.
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Arkansas Poultry Farmers Navigate End of Contracts, Bankruptcy Fallout
Some northwest Arkansas farmers are scrambling in the wake of news from poultry companies like Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale and Cooks Venture of Decatur (Benton County).
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Truckers Promote Alternatives to EVs
Electric vehicles are a great idea for the private automobile sector but not so much for the trucking industry.
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