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Project to Bring Nearly 1 Million SF of Warehouse Space to Little Rock Port
Kansas-based commercial real estate firm Bluestem Partners broke ground on the development Thursday. read more >
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Gratis Industrial Ground Remains a Go-To Incentive
Unlike other companies calling, Amazon didn’t focus on incentives when it paid the market rate for its future distribution center property. read more >
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CZ-USA Pushes Port Plant Construction to June
Construction of Czech gun-maker CZ-USA’s gun manufacturing operation and North American headquarters at the Little Rock Port has been pushed to the summer. read more >
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Fiocchi Plans Ammo Factory, 85 Jobs in Pulaski County
Fiocchi of America, the U.S. subsidiary of Italian ammunition maker Fiocchi, plans to put a factory in Pulaski County, investing $15 million in an operation that will employ 85 people. read more >
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Little Rock Port Begins Work on $11M in Infrastructure Projects
Local, state and federal leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for $11 million in transportation infrastructure projects at the Port of Little Rock. read more >
LM Wind Power to Close Little Rock Plant As Industry Moves to Bigger Blades
LM Wind Power said Tuesday that it will close its wind blade manufacturing plant in Little Rock later this year amid declining demand for its product. read more >
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State Offices, Rather Than Raytheon, Relocate to Riverdale
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 >
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Arkansas Emerges as Bull’s-eye for Gun Trade
A growing list of gun manufacturers with Arkansas facilities are currently employing more than 3,000. read more >
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Staying ‘Prayerful’ (Editorial)
President Trump may think that “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” but St. Francis County workers need jobs and Arkansas farmers, the top rice producers in the world, would love to ship their rice to China. Agriculture is, after all, the state’s biggest industry. read more >
Update: Czech Gun Maker Plans $90M HQ at LR Port, 565 Jobs
Czech gun-maker CZ-USA plans a $90 million gun manufacturing operation and North American headquarters that will employ 565 people at the Little Rock Port, the governor and company officials announce. read more >
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