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Pacific GeneTech Subsidiary PGTx Works Toward Dysentery VaccineLock Icon

Pacific GeneTech is building a world headquarters in Springdale. read more >
Joe Ehrhardt
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Tech Firm Touts 10x ReturnsLock Icon

Teslar Software of Springdale says it recently offered a 10x return to round one investors who were willing to be bought out. read more >
Curtis Winar of Frost PLLC in Little Rock
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Winar Named Partner at Frost (Movers & Shakers)

Curtis Winar has been promoted to partner at Frost PLLC of Little Rock. read more >
Mark Conine
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Mark Conine to Lead ADFA

Mark Conine is the new president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, a division of the state Department of Commerce. read more >
Anne Laidlaw, director of the Arkansas Building Authority.
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Migration of State Agencies Generates Little Rock Office RipplesLock Icon

The reshuffling of state offices around Little Rock has set the stage for construction of two buildings and the possible sale of a third. read more >
The state bought Verizon’s last office building in the former Alltel corporate campus for $26 million. The six-story Little Rock property is pegged to become the home of the Department of Commerce.
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State Bond Issue Set to Finance Cost of Commerce Building PurchaseLock Icon

A $26.4 million bond issue is in the works to mortgage a state-owned building read more >
The redone 14-floor hotel is getting a new spa.
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Hotel Hot Springs Faces Foreclosure SaleLock Icon

The 200-room Hotel Hot Springs & Spa will be sold at a foreclosure sale to help pay a $128.9 million judgment its owner received in June. read more >
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State Offices, Rather Than Raytheon, Relocate to RiverdaleLock Icon

Plans are still taking shape to move 977 state employees into the six-story building at 1 Verizon Drive in the Riverdale area. read more >
Bryan Scoggins
Banking & Finance

Bryan Scoggins to Lead Arkansas Development Finance Authority

Bryan Scoggins has been named president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, effective immediately. read more >
Cheryl Schluterman, director of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority
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Schluterman to Officially Become ADFA Director (Movers & Shakers)

Cheryl Schluterman has been named director of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority in Little Rock, a division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, effective July 1. read more >
The Delta Resort & Conference Center in Desha County.
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Files Offer Look Inside $120M Delta Resort BankruptcyLock Icon

In December, creditors forced Gary R. Gibbs, the developer of the Delta Resort & Spa in Desha County and the Hotel Hot Springs & Spa, into bankruptcy for defaulting on $119.4 million in loans. It's familiar territory for Gibbs, who recovered from a 2005 bankruptcy only to fall back into financial distress after the New Orleans bank that made his loans failed. read more >
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Former Alltel Properties Dial Up $26M Transaction (Real Deals)Lock Icon

The Arkansas Development Finance Authority bought Building 4 on the former Verizon/Alltel campus at 1 Allied Drive from Alltel Corp., an affiliate of Verizon Communications Inc. of New York. read more >
Government & Politics / Real Estate

ADFA Allocates $26M to Buy Verizon Building

The Arkansas Development Finance Authority expects to close on its purchase of Verizon Building 4 at One Allied Drive in Little Rock by the end of next month. read more >
Cheryl Schluterman, interim president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.
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Cheryl Schluterman to Lead Arkansas Development Finance Authority

Cheryl Schluterman, vice president for finance and administration at the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, has been named interim president of the ADFA, effective immediately. read more >
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Clarity Pointe Transaction Exceeds $11M Mark (Real Deals)Lock Icon

An affiliate of Avenir Senior Living of Scottsdale, Arizona, purchased the 59-unit Clarity Pointe project at 8401 Ranch Blvd. read more >
Rose Schweikhart, right, owner of Superior Bathhouse Brewery, and Jimm Powell, brewer, load 5-gallon kegs onto their delivery truck for delivery to bars and restaurants.
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Hot Springs Sees Boom in Craft Beer BreweriesLock Icon

Tapping into Hot Springs thermal culture, the craft brewing industry in Spa City is hot. read more >
Larry Morton
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Soul of the South Investors Battle Over KMYA License

The broadcast license for KMYA-TV, Channel 49, that Soul of the South Network investors are fighting over was an important piece to a funding puzzle two years ago. read more >
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FBI Peers Into Soul of the South Finances

Inquiries about how the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission came to invest more than $1.7 million in Soul of the South's short-lived financial fiasco are being made. read more >
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Investors Battle Over Valuable Soul of the South License

A schism among Soul of the South investors has erupted into a lawsuit over control of the venture’s most valuable asset: the broadcast license for KMYA-TV, Channel 49. read more >
Ferndale Storage at 27000 Kanis Road.
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Storage Development Draws $1.4M Sale (Real Deals)

A 240-unit mini-storage project in west Pulaski County weighed in at $1.4 million, and a 24-unit loft project in downtown Little Rock is under new ownership after a $455,000 foreclosure sale. read more >