Stephen LaFrance Jr.
North Little Rock Apartment Complex Sells for $6.23M
This week's serving of million-dollar real estate transactions starts with North Little Rock apartments. read more >
Clark Contractors Buys New Home (Real Deals)
Clark Contractors purchased a 39,452-SF office building in west Little Rock for $7.5 million. read more >
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SQRL Suits: More Convenience Store Creditors Take Grievances to Court
Three creditors of the SQRL convenience store chain are attempting to drag the insolvent venture into Little Rock bankruptcy court and liquidate its assets. read more >
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SQRL Sale? Acquisition Nears Amid Financial Troubles
Amid rumblings of payroll problems and more staff cuts, SQRL Service Stations is entertaining new ownership. read more >
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Frenchman’s Woods Sale Tops $9.5M (Real Deals)
Affiliates of the Read Property Group of Brooklyn, New York, bought 31 buildings in seven transactions of the North Little Rock apartment complex. read more >
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First National Bank Buys Bank Branch
A west Little Rock bank bank branch-office building is sold while a new spec warehouse project takes shape and land for an apartments project approaches its acquisition date. read more >
WLR Plaza’s Price Point Disputed in Eminent Domain Case
Eminent domain case associated with future improvements to Highway 10/Cantrell Road in west Little Rock hits the court docket. read more >
Oklahoma STACK Play Produces Lawsuits
After negotiating a $7 million judgment last year against a former partner and manager, an Arkansas-heavy investment group hasn’t given up trying to recover damages from others they say helped him in his scheme. read more >
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Otolaryngology Center Attracts $6.7M Sale (Real Deals)
A.O.C. Kanis Properties LLC, led by Mitchell Bolding, bought the 29,256-SF medical office building in west Little Rock. read more >
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Ridgecrest Apartments Sell for $7.2M; PotlatchDeltic Deals Equal $6.4M
Apartments, a medical office building, three big homes and three commercial sites provide an all-Little Rock lineup of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Apartment Project Trio Spawns $20.3M Sale (Real Deals)
BBR Oil LLC of Iowa City bought the 280-unit Spanish Valley Apartments, the 181-unit Spanish Willows Apartments and the 109-unit Spanish Viento Apartments in southwest Little Rock. read more >
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Jacksonville Plaza Sells In $5.4M Transaction (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Midwest Retail Properties of St. Louis bought the 33,668-SF retail center on John Harden Drive. read more >
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Pebble Peak Ridge in Hot Springs Sold for $5.8 Million
A portfolio of duplexes in Hot Springs, undeveloped commercial land in Benton, elbow room for a Benton congregation, a Little Rock mansion and a cold storage facility in North Little Rock provide this week’s five-count of million-dollar transactions. read more >
Arkansas Contributors Help Noelle Nikpour in Florida Congressional Race
Noelle Nikpour, the Republican strategist and Fox News pundit who used to call Little Rock home, remains in the race for Congress from Florida’s 18th District. read more >
Half of WLR Warehouse Draws $3.8 Million Sale (Real Deals)
The sale of a 50 percent stake in Shackleford Corporate Center, a 177,650-SF warehouse project in west Little Rock, weighed in at $3.8 million. read more >
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CapRocq Creates New Real Estate Fund
Little Rock’s CapRocq Core Real Estate Fund LP, a partnership that buys properties in the South and Midwest, has created a new real estate investment fund that has already raised $20 million. read more >
LaFrances Lead Investors Through Wisconsin’s Greenwood’s State Bank
What started as a niche lending venture in Wisconsin for the Stephen LaFrance family has morphed into a financial turnaround effort with more extensive Arkansas ties. read more >
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Tallest Building on Former Alltel Campus Sold in $12M Deal
A local investment group, Allied Drive Holdings LLC, bought the 225,000-SF space. The group includes the LaFrance brothers, Stephen Jr. and Jason; and the Middleton brothers, Larry and Mark. read more >
Demand, OREO Sales Power Commercial Market Gains in Rogers
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 >
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Cast of Delta Bank Deal Includes 5 Past 40 Under 40 Honorees
Two members of the 40 Under 40 class of 1996 had roles in negotiations that would’ve increased the Stephen LaFrance Sr. family’s stake in the $441.8 million million-asset bank holding company. read more >