As chairman and CEO, Chris Roberts is leading the campaign to rebrand and relaunch Capital Bank with a $50 million stock offering. The 50-year-old banker considers his recent move from Simmons Bank to be a curtain call on his 27-year lending career. read more >
In late 2015, Suneet Singal thought he had a great deal with Heartland Bank of Little Rock. read more >
Daniel Hintz knows about revitalizing a city’s downtown area and believes a new federal tax program could be just the ticket for Springdale’s budding efforts. read more >
Community banks lack the financial and human capital of their larger counterparts to invest in research and development, but they need new technologies all the same. Partnerships with financial technology startups are a practical way to address this need, four of the state’s community bankers told Arkansas Business. read more >
Pinpointing legally permissible real estate for the state’s first medical cannabis enterprises after a 2016 legalization vote was like plunging into the haystack to find the perfect spot for a needle, those involved in the process say. read more >
A company behind about two dozen nursing homes in Arkansas is facing increasing scrutiny over the nonprofit status of its facilities, which plaintiffs have dismissed as a ploy to avoid liability in cases alleging improper care. read more >
Northwest Arkansas’ population is becoming more diverse as it grows, and the area’s restaurant industry is hitching along for the ride. "That is one of the things Arkansas brings to the table: There are unique experiences in every area," said Kalene Griffith, CEO of Visit Bentonville. read more >
After putting together a portfolio of 14 commercial properties during the past three years, Little Rock’s Tempus Realty Partners cashed out of its first deal. The transaction was a doozy. read more >
Walmart Inc. has expanded its real estate interests in Bentonville beyond the western boundary of the future location of its new headquarters. read more >
Arkansas needs nurses, but as a severe shortage persists nationwide, there’s no simple call button to push. read more >
Even an environment rich in business executives creates tenfold more blue-collar and trade skill jobs. Studies show that only 20 percent of the jobs created or open in northwest Arkansas require four years of college. read more >
The University of Arkansas System eVersity offers a 5 percent tuition discount to employers who agree to promote the online college to their workers. read more >
Renewable energy and health care top the list of the fastest-growing jobs in the United States in 2016-26, as predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more >
Headed east down Little Rock’s Cantrell Hill, motorists have been able to catch a glimpse of an adventurous construction project that started last year. "Yeah, we were going for something like a natural treehouse," said homeowner Cori Catlett, executive vice president of Motel Sleepers Inc. "You feel like you're floating out in the middle of the woods." read more >
The average price of a new single-family house in the United States reached $373,100 in January, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. read more >
Fayetteville showed strength in the expensive home competition in 2018, but Benton County still rules the northwest Arkansas roost. read more >
Last year, 29 homes sold for $1 million or more, down from the 33 homes purchased in 2017, which was the highest number since Arkansas Business began tracking them in 2004. read more >
Despite a hospitality background, Capi Peck didn’t start out to be a restaurateur. Nonetheless, she opened Trio's in 1986 and has since become a leader not just in the local restaurant industry, but also on the Little Rock Board of Directors. read more >
Erin Kiefer knew in high school that she wanted to work at Assembled Products Corp. in Rogers. Why wouldn’t she? Her father, Bill Sage, founded the company in 1983 after he invented a motorized shopping scooter that is now, along with its doppelgangers, found in grocery and retail stores nationwide. read more >
A “deeper dive” into gender equity, inclusivity and diversity was already underway at Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock when the publicly traded telecommunications firm filled out the new “gender equity scorecard” that netted it the inaugural award. read more >
