First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas

The addition of the $227.4 million-asset bank, which operates full-service offices in Craighead and Crittenden counties, will enlarge Southern Bancorp’s footprint to 16 Arkansas counties. read more >

Premier Bank of Arkansas is making its first move outside Crittenden County by jumping into the $2.5 billion-deposit Jonesboro market. read more >

The Capital Bank in Little Rock says that the state Bank Department has approved its name change to Encore Bank. read more >

An affiliate of Altus Equity of Santa Rosa, California, purchased the 118-unit Arrow’s Edge Apartments at 300 Indianhead Cove for $4.1 million. read more >

Serenity Park Partners LLC of Little Rock has purchased the 12,195-SF former Serenity House at 2801 W. Roosevelt Road in Little Rock for $1.1 million from Bank of Little Rock. read more >

The 121,922-SF former Kmart Shopping Center at 10901 N. Rodney Parham Road will become home to Premier Gastroenterology Associates as part of the Premier Medical Plaza. read more >

Apartment land in Conway, an office-warehouse project in North Little Rock and foreclosed property dominated by Little Rock addresses form this week’s trio of million-dollar deals. read more >

Sixteen months after filing for Chapter 11, RWL Investments LLC of Little Rock is about to conclude its trip to bankruptcy court. read more >

Centennial Bank of Conway is restarting its $2.6 million foreclosure action against Little Rock real estate investor Ron Lazenby. read more >

An insurance company had a straightforward $300,000 commercial letter of credit from First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas, and that’s bad news for the Marion bank with $150.8 million in assets. read more >