Stuart Hankins

Several office properties, two day care properties and a $5.83 million buy for gas stations and property are the highlights in this week's Real Deals. read more >

The 26-acre Lakeside Estates Mobile Home Park in Jacksonville was bought from JES Properties LLC, led by Paul Spellmann . read more >

The 60-unit assisted living project in Maumelle was sold by Stonehaven Assisted Living LLC, led by James Thomas. The deal is financed with a $5.2 million loan from First Security Bank of Searcy. read more >

An insurance company had a straightforward $300,000 commercial letter of credit from First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas, and that’s bad news for the Marion bank with $150.8 million in assets. read more >

A convoluted probate case that started with a bombshell revelation more than 11 years ago concluded with a whimper Wednesday morning. Pulaski County Probate Judge Mary McGowan approved, with no objections and little discussion, the final distribution of assets from the estate of M. David Howell Jr. read more >

The favorable ruling by the Internal Revenue Service has cleared the way for what may be the final hearing in the eternal probate case of M. David Howell Jr. of Little Rock. read more >

Stuart Hankins, the Sherwood lawyer representing the Howell’s estate and its administrator, said he received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service last week requesting “seven categories of documents” that he assured would take some time to collect and remit. read more >

There is still one more piece to be dispensed with before 59 claimants who have already divided up $2 million get their shares of the $507,000 remaining in the estate. read more >