Mel Collier

The project will feature 80,000 SF of retail space, anchored by a 37,000-SF Whole Foods store and two North Carolina-based restaurants: Firebirds Wood Fired Grill of Charlotte and Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar of Asheville. read more >

Timberland Partners of Bloomington, Minnesota, paid $43 million for the Pure Springdale apartment complex on Gene George Boulevard. read more >

The Scion Group of Chicago paid $29 million for the Varsity House student housing complex on South School Avenue in Fayetteville. read more >

The Arkansas Support Network, a nonprofit organization that works with people with developmental disabilities, sold two properties for $2.7 million. read more >

Jason Pullman, through his Refined Retail LLC, paid slightly more than $1.2 million for a 1.9-acre lot in front of the Walmart Supercenter at Hall Crossing on Elm Springs Road in Springdale. Bear State Bank of Rogers assisted the purchase — and presumably the construction that will soon start — with a loan of $2.65 million. read more >

Virtus Real Estate Capital LLC of Austin, Texas, paid nearly $4 million for two self-storage projects in Benton County. Together, the two facilities have more than 800 storage units. read more >