Matt Bell
Origami Sake Poised For Breakout Growth
Hot Springs-based Origami Sake is expanding to 36 markets and entering the nonalcoholic market with Zero, the first U.S. nonalcoholic sake, as it scales production to meet growing demand. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Origami Sake Becomes No. 4 Premium Sake Brand in U.S.
Origami Sake, brewed in Hot Springs, is seeing growing demand — and recognition — in the sake industry. read more >
Origami Sake Partners with National Distribution Company
Hot Springs' Origami Sake announced a partnership with Republic National Distributing Company of Atlanta to expand distribution across 19 U.S. markets. read more >
Nabholz Purchases Entegrity Stakes, While Former Partner Moves On to Other Ventures
As Matt Bell devotes himself to sake, he and Entegrity founder Chris Ladner have sold their stakes in the company. read more >
Origami Sake Brewery to Open in Hot Springs
Using Arkansas' abundant rice and natural spring water, the sake brewery now under construction is the first of its kind in the state. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Sake Brewery Planned for Spa City
If all goes according to plan, Arkansas will get its first sake brewery by the end of the year: Origami Sake in Hot Springs. read more >
State Energy Efficiency Push Hailed by AAEA, Entegrity, Johnson Controls
Gov. Asa Hutchinson won praise from the industry for an executive order aimed at eliminating unnecessary consumption. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Entegrity’s Network Building in Fayetteville Cuts the Electric Bill
Entegrity’s Network project proves that net zero living can be had at market rates. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
AAEA Honors Leaders in Advanced Energy
The Arkansas Public Service Commission's chairman, Ted Thomas, was a presenter and an award winner at the event. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
In Winter’s Brutal Grip, The Power Grid Buckles
The regional electric grid was stretched to the limit and beyond, and Arkansans joined Texans, Oklahomans and Missourians sitting in their darkened houses, getting chillier. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Entegrity Building 2nd Self-Powered Site, in Fayetteville
Entegrity of Little Rock is repeating itself as a net-zero building pioneer in Arkansas, following up its LEED-certified Little Rock headquarters with another self-powered building for its office in Fayetteville. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas and Energy: A Business Convergence
The stars, and particularly that fiery ball just 92 million miles from us, have aligned for Arkansas Business’ debut column on energy, a new monthly feature. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
COVID Relief Deal Bolsters Sun Power; Ozarks Electric Announces ‘Solar Park’
Solar power contractors in Arkansas are calling tax incentives and other provisions of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief plan a boost for the renewable power industry. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Future of Arkansas Solar Starting to Clear
Recent rulings in a five-year regulatory battle over solar energy policy in Arkansas leave two conclusions as sure as the sun rising in the east: More solar arrays are coming, and the fight over who will build them goes on. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
California Company Pays $15.9M for Mercy Facilities (NWA Real Deals)
Montecito Medical Real Estate of Corona, California, paid $15.9 million for two adjoining Mercy Health of Northwest Arkansas facilities in Rogers. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Arkansas’ Solar Systems Reach Record as PSC Ruling Nears
Home and business solar power system installation soared last year in Arkansas, which added a record 812 new net-metering customers between Jan. 1 and the end of the year. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
New Chef for One Eleven May Have Arkansas Background
With Executive Chef Joel Antunes recently decamped from One Eleven at the Capital Hotel, the elegant restaurant may have a slot reserved for another Arkansas chef. read more >
Markham West Retail Draws $19M Sale (Real Deals)
An affiliate of RCG Ventures of Atlanta purchased the Markham West Shopping Center at 11400 W. Markham St. from Weingarten/Investments Inc. of Houston. read more >
by George Waldon -
South On Main to Be Sold, Chef Headed to Nashville
South on Main Chef Matt Bell is selling the popular Little Rock restaurant and moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to serve as executive chef of the Gray & Dudley restaurant. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $4.46M
The $800,000 sale of a 43,364-SF warehouse in Little Rock led the most recent round of real estate transactions. read more >