Ramsay Ball

A Denver firm bought the 59-unit apartment complex in downtown Little Rock. read more >

Especially robust was the multifamily segment, boosted by a variety of factors ranging from rising inflation, high construction costs for new homes and the continued popularity of regions such as northwest Arkansas. read more >

While Walmart Inc.’s new headquarters in Bentonville propelled the value of commercial building permits to record highs during the first half of this year, the rest of northwest Arkansas generated its own sizable increases over the previous year. read more >

Impact investing, which offers returns and an opportunity to make a difference, is gaining ground in Arkansas as younger people, businesses and academics embrace the concept that money can do more than just make more money. read more >

Development experts say that hospitals are a great magnet for other retail and residential projects, such as restaurants, service companies and apartments. read more >

The costs of building things have gone up in northwest Arkansas, developers say. It’s not just that land value has risen, but construction and labor costs have also grown. read more >

Ramsay Ball, 58, worked in Little Rock real estate for 20 years before relocating to northwest Arkansas in 2004. He is now an executive broker for Colliers International in Bentonville. This week, he talks to Arkansas Business about the state of the northwest Arkansas commercial real estate market. read more >

In March 2012, Joe Whisenhunt placed a $19 million bet on northwest Arkansas and, four years later, it’s looking like a winner. read more >

Ramsay Ball of Bentonville, Don Greenland of Conway and Andy Peeler of Jonesboro have been elected to the board of directors of the Arkansas Community Foundation of Little Rock. read more >

Thrive Apartments, a mixed-used complex with 62 units, are at the intersection of Southwest A and Southwest Fourth streets a few blocks off the downtown Bentonville square. ERC Cos. of Barling built the complex through its in-house ERC Construction and it opened June 1. read more >

Construction seems to be the name of the game in the industrial real estate market in northwest Arkansas. 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 the real estate bubble popped in 2008, it popped big time in northwest Arkansas, which generated more “other real estate owned” than Little Rock. Now, sales and an improving economy are bringing calm to a market once noted for speculation. read more >

Experts think the commercial real estate market in northwest Arkansas is returning to normal; those who make their living in the industry agree. And they like the new normal. read more >

Resurging demand coupled with the paring of an Illinois lender’s OREO portfolio are helping push commercial activity in the heart of Benton County’s fabled Billion-Dollar Mile. Office and retail sectors are seeing positive trends and more dormant OREO sells in northwest Arkansas. read more >