Grady Mathews

Cushman & Wakefield-Sage Partners announced this week that Grady Mathews and Aaron Nicholson have been named partners of the commercial real estate firm. read more >

Craig Soos plans to open his new office building in Bentonville at the start of the new year. It should be close to capacity the way things are looking. read more >

Grady Mathews of Sage Partners said the 270,000-SF Bentonville Plaza has four tenants who are now looking to expand. Mathews said the demand for Class A office space is continuing to grow. read more >

When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville announced a few years ago it planned to open a prototype 13,700-SF Express store in Gentry, Mayor Kevin Johnston said concerned citizens feared that the coming of the retail giant would crush competitive commerce in the city. Johnston said there were town meetings with small-business leaders to discuss the situation. read more >

Retail Insight, which has been operating out of temporary space in Bentonville, is taking 1,600 SF of space for a team of eight to 10 people. read more >

David Erstine said only time will tell how successful the current and projected build-out of office space in west Rogers — and elsewhere in northwest Arkansas — is going to be. read more >

Cody Crawford, the president of C.R. Crawford Construction of Fayetteville, has his hands full with work these days. He’s not alone — the region is showing signs of shrugging off the hangover of the recession. read more >

When Tyson Foods of Springdale acquired Hillshire Brands for $8.55 billion last year, it cost Bentonville Plaza its seventh-floor tenant. read more >

Vacancy rates for the northwest Arkansas office space market dropped almost one-half percent to 9.3 percent during the first quarter of 2014. The rate was 9.7 percent in the last quarter of 2013, according to data collected by Xceligent Inc. of Independence, Mo. read more >

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has eight projects in some stage of development in northwest Arkansas, and that’s not including a planned neighborhood market in Bentonville and a convenience store prototype that recently opened in Bentonville. read more >