Boyle Building
Central Construction Receives Boyle Building Renovation Contract
This week's round-up of million-dollar deals and construction contracts is tied to plans announced earlier this year by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin. read more >
Boyle Building’s Fiscal Plan Unveiled
Last month, Attorney General Tim Griffin struck a deal with Moses Tucker Partners in a lease-purchase agreement for Little Rock’s Boyle Building. read more >
Reverential Renovation: Griffin Crafts $35M Deal for Treasured Boyle Building
The public-private venture Attorney General Tim Griffin struck with Moses Tucker Partners represents a momentous intervention for a neglected 12-story landmark. read more >
New Energy Downtown (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Little Rock scored some big wins last week, bringing the prospect of new life downtown. read more >
by Lance Turner -
Update: Boyle Building Revival Seen as Spark For Capitol Avenue
The $35 million project is reviving a vacant building at the expense of an occupied one just blocks away. But supporters said they believe it will have a broader impact on the health of downtown, mostly because of its location. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
In Buyers’ Market, Little Rock Office Towers Look to Sell
With several big pieces of the downtown Little Rock skyline in play, it’s a tower buyer’s market. Amid a stagnant office market, for-sale signs are competing with space for rent. Leading the way is the 24-story Bank of America Plaza. read more >
by George Waldon -
Boyle Building Listed for Nearly $6M
The Chi Hotel Group of Little Rock has listed for sale the Boyle Building at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Main Street in downtown Little Rock. read more >
Apartments May Replace Plans for Aloft Hotel in Little Rock
Chi Hotel Group LLC is looking at the possibility of up to 96 apartments in the Boyle Building at 500 Main St. read more >
Main Street Lofts Could Find Buyer Before Foreclosure
A sale may be in motion at the money-troubled Main Street Lofts. This latest version involves all three buildings at the downtown Little Rock project. read more >
Lawsuit, Liens Hit Scott Reed’s Main Street Projects
Contractors have more than $1.5 million in claims for unpaid work on two unfinished Main Street redevelopments in downtown Little Rock. The liens and lawsuit add to a track record of overreaching, underfinanced, subsidy-supported development in the city. read more >
by George Waldon -
Boyle Redevelopment Starts With $4.6M Buy (Real Deals)
An Aloft Hotel project is trailing the $4.6 million sale of a 12-story building in downtown Little Rock. A Chick-fil-A restaurant in midtown Little Rock tipped the scales at $1.87 million. And ownership of a 10,791-SF retail project in west Little Rock was consolidated in a $345,000 transaction. read more >
by George Waldon -
Boyle Building in Little Rock Will Carry Aloft Hotel Banner
The 12-story Boyle Building at 501 Main St. in Little Rock will be developed as an Aloft Hotel, according to announcement Monday by the Chi Hotel Group of Little Rock. read more >
by Mark Carter -
New Life As Aloft Hotel Latest Possibility for Downtown’s Boyle Building
Have you heard about a would-be redevelopment that could result in a new hotel for downtown Little Rock? The property in question is the 12-story Boyle Building at 501 Main St., a historic property built in 1909 as the State Bank Building. A hotel banner under consideration is Aloft. read more >
Vacancy Rate Drops In Little Rock Metro
During third-quarter 2012, the office market in the Little Rock metro area saw positive absorption of 103,113 SF. This resulted in a decline in the vacancy rate to 11.9 percent, compared with 12.6 percent in second-quarter 2012 and 12.7 percent in third-quarter 2011. read more >