2019 was the end of the line for Atlanta investment firm Invesco's ownership at Shackleford Crossings. After eight years, it decided to cut its losses and sell its remaining stake in the west Little Rock retail center.
The $1.42 million purchase of a Little Rock accounting firm Dorsey & Co. CPAs has turned into a headache for the new owner.
David Alan Bubbus, owner of the David's Burgers chain of Little Rock talks about his real estate investment philosophy and a number of new initiatives he has undertaken.
The value of big deals in Arkansas plummeted 85% in 2019 compared with the previous year, dropping to $7.9 billion compared with a stratospheric $53.9 billion in 2018. read more >
While the unemployment rate remains low in central Arkansas, income growth in the region has lagged behind that of the rest of the United States, notes the Metroplan report “Metro Trends: Economic Review and Outlook.” read more >
Ridgecrest LRAR LLC of Encino, California, sold its namesake project at 1900 and 2000 Reservoir Road to AM Capital Four LLC of Irvine, California. read more >
Emma Willis has been hired as a senior strategist at Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI in Little Rock. read more >
The accounting department at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will be named the William Dillard Department of Accounting. read more >
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority announces the appointment of two new members to its board of directors. read more >
Technology firms Biztek Connection of Little Rock is merging with A+ Technologies Services of Little Rock, effective March 1. read more >
The AC Hotel at 201 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock aims for millennials with its package of Euro flair. Here's a look inside the $25 million project that remade the historic the Hall-Davidson building. read more >
Blockchain technology came to prominence as the digital platform for the cryptocurrency bitcoin, but true believers think its uses will eventually be universal. read more >
Established Arkansas businesses say they must innovate to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world. Learning how to think like a startup is a means to that end. read more >
With record enrollment, Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia aims for $22 million in its "Love & Loyalty" capital campaign. read more >
This week's six-pack of real estate transactions encompasses North Little Rock apartments, a Vilonia grocery store, a Conway medical office building, a west Little Rock office building, Lonoke County acreage and Saline County retail property. read more >
It looks like Cupid missed his shot between a Little Rock attorney and the business owner with whom he had a personal relationship. read more >
An affiliate of CorePoint Lodging of Irving, Texas, sold the 261-room hotel in downtown Little Rock to an affiliate of MD Hospitality Group of Chattanooga, Tennessee. read more >
The game plan was simple. Not for the Super Bowl, but for judging the ads. read more >
From its Little Rock headquarters to Jonesboro and now Rogers, Encore Bank is in the process of establishing a northwest Arkansas office on the eighth floor of the Hunt Tower at 5100 W. J.B. Hunt Drive. read more >
Helen Shaw has been promoted to vice president-corporate security officer and facilities manager of Citizens Bank in Batesville. read more >
Cody Snellenberger and Mandy Breckenridge are new architects at Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects in Little Rock. read more >
Priority1 of Little Rock, a privately held third-party logistics services company, plans to add more than 200 jobs across the U.S., including 100 this year in Little Rock. read more >
With the $350 million Saracen Casino Resort under construction in Pine Bluff, a federal lawsuit is just getting underway over who designed it. read more >
The increasing popularity of cross-laminated timber as a building material has an Arkansas professor working on ways to transform a waste byproduct of CLT production into a construction material itself. read more >
The annual mean wage for architects in Arkansas in 2018 was $69,470, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That compares with $88,860 for the United States as a whole. read more >
CEO optimism is not a new metric. It is tracked by businesses, economists and pundits as a barometer for decisions on investments in capital expenditures, employment and other expansion-related issues. read more >
Amy Meins of Little Rock and Megan Murdock of Rogers have been appointed shareholders of Colliers International. read more >
Jennifer Ruhlman is the new senior vice president of retail banking at Relyance Bank for the Little Rock market. read more >
Fashion industry leader Rebecca Minkoff will be the keynote speaker at this year's Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium in Little Rock. read more >
Fears of a recession are subsiding in the United States and globally, but a slowdown in population growth is causing economies to likewise slowdown. read more >
The Arkansas Aerospace and Defense Alliance and World Trade Center Arkansas have teamed up to promote the federal grant funding that is available to help the state's A&D companies attend national and international trade shows. read more >
The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its 2020 class. read more >
Kelsey Foss has a 21st century job title if ever there was one: vegan-friendly consultant. read more >
