Christian Brothers Shop Sells for $3.1M (NWA Real Deals) 
by Marty Cook – 1 day ago
A Missouri investor bought the 5,810-SF shop on East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville.
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Christian Brothers Shop Sells for $3.1M (NWA Real Deals)
Residences at Riverdale Draws $16M Transaction (Real Deals)
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The 124-unit apartment project in Little Rock's Riverdale area was sold to an affiliate of Vukota Capital Management in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Ridgecrest Apartments Sell for $7.2M; PotlatchDeltic Deals Equal $6.4M
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Apartments, a medical office building, three big homes and three commercial sites provide an all-Little Rock lineup of million-dollar real estate transactions.
Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations
The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its 2020 class. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $3.4M
Foreclosure sales of a pawn shop in Sherwood and a home in North Little Rock led the most recent round of real estate transactions. read more >
Victimless Crime (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
For years Rhea Lana Riner offered her consignors the opportunity to shop her sales first in exchange for putting in a few hours helping organize and operate the sales. read more >
Walmart Tests Higher Hourly Starting Wages in 500 Stores
Walmart says it's testing higher wages for new hourly positions at 500 of its U.S. stores as part of an overall strategy to better empower its staff. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $4.46M
The $800,000 sale of a 43,364-SF warehouse in Little Rock led the most recent round of real estate transactions. read more >
Center of Shackleford Crossings Sold for $10.5M
The heart of the Shackleford Crossings retail center in west Little Rock is under new ownership. read more >
Marijuana Dispensaries Zoned to the Letter of the Law
Putting in a medical marijuana dispensary in Arkansas is a game of inches, or at least feet. read more >
Cannabis Dispensary Says Rival Reaping Its Harvest Name
Harvest House of Cannabis is facing a lawsuit over its name, which is very close to the name of Harvest Cannabis Dispensary of Conway, which opened in October. read more >
McCain Park Transaction Surpasses $18.8M (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Rhodium Capital Advisors bought the 320-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock. read more >
Rhea Lana Finds Silver Linings in Changes
A painful loss in a long dispute with the federal government forced changes in Rhea Lana Riner's consignment sale business plan — and some of them have been positive. read more >
Brandon Warren Named New President at Infinity Worlds (Movers & Shakers)
Brandon Warren has been promoted to president at Infinity Worlds Inc. in Rogers. read more >
Former Walmart Exec David Glass Dies at 84
David Dayne Glass, who served as president and CEO of Walmart Inc. from 1988 to 2000, died Jan. 9. He was 84. read more >
Alice Walton: New Institute to Address 'Broken' Health Care System
Walmart Inc. heiress Alice Walton says the health care system in the United States is broken and, to fix it, she is starting the Whole Health Institute in Bentonville. read more >
Marijuana Panel Rejects Sale of 2 Dispensary Licenses
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission rejected the sale of two medical marijuana dispensary licenses Tuesday, signaling frustration with licensees attempting to sell without having made significant progress toward opening their outlets. read more >
US, China Deal Aims to Simmer Long-Running Trade Tensions
President Donald Trump describes an initial trade agreement with China as “righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of economic justice and security for American workers, farmers and families." read more >
Soiree Announces Sessions for 2020 Women's Leadership Symposium
Little Rock Soirée announces sessions that will be part of its 2020 Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium, which takes place Thursday, April 30, in Little Rock. read more >
Bold Owner Brings Sedate Look to Marijuana Dispensary
Its new name conjures visions of Al Capone, but the Hot Springs medical marijuana dispensary once known as Doctors Orders couldn't look more reputable these days. read more >
Markham West Shopping Center Bought for $19M
A retail project in west Little Rock kicks off our six-pack of million-dollar real estate transactions this week. read more >
Health Network Saved Its Members $14.7M in 2018
Arkansas Health Network of Little Rock saved the organizations it works with more than $14.7 million in 2018, the latest figure available. read more >
Specialized Cannabis Clinics Rise to Meet Demand
With medical marijuana expected to boom into a $100 million-a-year business in Arkansas within a year or two, medical clinics specializing in marijuana certifications are cropping up to handle the rush. read more >
Apartment Triple Play Adds Up to $70M (Real Deals)
Affiliates of MAA, the apartment-oriented real estate investment trust in Memphis, sold three complexes in separate transactions to affiliates of National Property Management Associates Inc. of Orchard Park, New York. read more >
I'll Have The Usual (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Everyone has been in a situation in which we felt we had no options, and that is never a good feeling. But being overwhelmed or paralyzed by too many choices is even more familiar and almost as miserable. read more >
How Does It Know? (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
Consumer Reports published the day after Christmas their list version titled, “The Most Influential Products of the Past Decade.” As they describe it, it's their editors' picks for the products and services that defined the 2010s. Here is our abridged and commented-on inventory. read more >
Express Rx CEO Galen Perkins Formulates Growth from Little Rock HQ
Galen Perkins, CEO of Express Rx, worries that inadequate compensation will make maintaining pharmacists' high level of service hard. read more >
Auto Dealer Scott Landers Dies at 35
Scott Landers, managing partner of the Steve Landers automotive dealerships, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 35. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $1.4M
The $800,000 sale of a retail project in Maumelle led the latest real estate transactions. read more >
Kohl's, Penney Report Holiday Sales Declines
Mall-based retailers J.C. Penney, Kohl's and Victoria's Secret parent reported sales declines for the holiday season, underscoring continued challenges ahead from online rivals and other low-price competitors. read more >
Monde Group Starts Work on Esplanade in North Little Rock
The Monde Group, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other officials break ground on a 41-acre mixed-use neighborhood along the Arkansas River between Riverview Park and Rockwater Marina in North Little Rock. read more >
Pace of US Services Growth Quickened in December
U.S. services companies grew more quickly in December than the previous month, a sign that the economy's steady expansion should continue. read more >
The Year in Executive Q&A: 2019
We approached executives from businesses large and small, nonprofits and even government agencies, and asked them to answer questions about their organizations, their industries and themselves. read more >
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