Alan Cole

Arkansas businesses and organizations announced leadership changes, including promotions and new hires in banking, health care, education, law, real estate, and utilities. read more >

The site will include the 37,000-SF Whole Foods and an additional 43,500 SF of retail space at the northwest corner of New Hope Road and Promenade Boulevard. read more >

Cole is a principal and executive vice president at Colliers International in Fayetteville. read more >

Shining on light on the vibrant downtowns that continue to attract real estate developers, including those specializing in office space. read more >

The Club at the Creek and the Vineyards on Garland in Fayetteville were sold in a combo deal. read more >

NS Retail Holdings LLC, an affiliate of NetStreit Corp. of Dallas, bought the 3,030-SF Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant at 7501 Rogers Ave. in Fort Smith for $4.75 million on Jan. 31. read more >

The owners of Springdale property that was the site of a Kmart on Sunset Avenue filed suit against Sears Holdings Corp. in Washington County Circuit Court in late September. read more >

When big-box tenants look for space, there's ample competition for the same handful of properties, due to increasing costs of construction and property. read more >

The commercial vacancy rates for the four main cities of the northwest Arkansas corridor range from Fayetteville’s 5.6 percent to Springdale’s 14 percent, sandwiching Rogers (10.5 percent) and Bentonville (12 percent). read more >

The vacancy rate in the retail market in northwest Arkansas is less than 5 percent and new areas of development are showing promise. read more >

Experts say the market is so good that the problem is finding space to put people in. That demand has raised lease rates, which in turn has made it easier to convince property owners and developers to build. read more >

Whole Foods broke ground in August for its new location at the College Marketplace at 3525 N. College Ave., which is just south of the Northwest Arkansas Mall and new flyover bridge connector to the Fulbright Expressway. read more >

Occupancy in the northwest Arkansas retail market has tightened to 6 percent during the first quarter. That figure stood at 6.7 percent a year ago, according to data collected by Xceligent Inc. of Independence, Mo. read more >