Summerwood Partners LLC
East North Street Foundation Donates $1M for Arkansas Children’s Hospital Expansion
The nonprofit is co-founded and operated by David Hendrix and Doug Hendrix of Bryant. read more >
Private Firms List Led by Blue Cross
Seventeen private companies owned and headquartered in Arkansas are believed to have had revenue of more than $1 billion in 2023. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
SQRL Faces Financial Strain After Ambitious Expansion
A 210-store transaction in October has not been “seamlessly integrated” as predicted by CEO J. Blake Smith read more >
by George Waldon -
Canadian Firm Will Buy Big Red Stores
The transaction for the fuel and convenience stores is expected to close in the first half of the year. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Chenal Woods Condo Transaction Tops $7M (Real Deals)
Forty-six condos in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $7.05 million. A 42,980-SF retail center in west Little Rock weighed in at $6.42 million. And a 7,400-SF office building in west Little Rock changed hands in a $1.3 million deal. read more >
by George Waldon -
Maumelle Industrial Project Attracts $4.3M Transaction (Real Deals)
A 60,600-SF industrial facility in Maumelle weighed in at $4.37 million. A North Little Rock storage park tipped the scales at $4.2 million. And a 1.73-acre commercial parcel in west Little Rock changed hands in a $656,754 sale. read more >
by George Waldon -
Summerwood Partners Uses Lessons Learned Over Two Retail Careers
David and Doug Hendrix learned the retail grocery business from the bottom, starting as sackers at Safeway and working their way up to district managers at Harvest Foods Inc. of Little Rock, the company that emerged from the 1989 merger of Safeway and Skaggs Alpha Beta stores. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Convenience Stores Head Up Energy List
Convenience stores still top the list of the state’s largest private companies in the energy sector, with one more added this year. This year, Flash Market Inc. of West Memphis, a convenience store chain and fuel retailer, remained at the top of the list. read more >
by Luke Jones -