Walk-On’s Bixtreaux & Bar, a Cajun-themed restaurant/sports bar co-owned by NFL All-Pro Quarterback Drew Brees, closed Thursday on its $1.37 million purchase of approximately two acres of land at Lewis Ranch in Conway. read more >
Jeanne Gang, the Chicago architect designing the almost $99 million makeover of the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, says her Midwestern upbringing keeps her rooted. read more >
Phillips County Judge Clark Hall is counting on solar power to save his county money and help shine its image. The county has hired Entegrity Partners of Little Rock to build a 400-kilowatt photovoltaic array as part of its major new justice complex near Helena Regional Medical Center. read more >
The $58 million Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel and Red Wolf Convention Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro is set to open in late September. read more >
The directors of Citizens Bank at Batesville were already contemplating a new headquarters building when they hired Phil Baldwin as CEO in 2013. The 37,000-SF $13.8 million building finally opened last month, and it is decidedly different. read more >
When Simmons Prepared Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs decided a few years ago to start from scratch to increase its fresh and frozen chicken production, Simmons bought 800-plus acres for $14 million and then went about designing what COO David Jackson called a “50-year investment.” read more >
Silver Development Co., Larry Crain Jr.’s non-car venture, is watching its 188-unit Chenal Village fill up as the high-end duplex project beckons 55-and-up renters. read more >
WeWork is a 9-year-old New York company that builds and runs shared office spaces in more than 100 cities worldwide. It announced April 1 that it would expand its operations to Bentonville at a soon-to-be-developed space at 224 S. Main St. that it hopes to open in 2021. read more >
Museums need to supply “social space,” says famed architect Jeanne Gang. If they are to survive, they need to be places where people want to be. And that is what her design seeks to do for the expanded, renovated Arkansas Arts Center, a $98.8 million project: provide a “cultural living room.” read more >
Thrive Argenta LLC, led by Rob Coleman, sold its namesake project at 501 Magnolia St. to an ownership group divided among four entities. read more >
The number of those employed in the construction industry in Arkansas reached 51,900 in March, the latest figures available. read more >
Hollis "Hank" Bray, professor of construction management at UA Little Rock, says lean construction and Building Information Modeling are hot topics. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville unveils initial designs for its new headquarters campus in Bentonville, saying work on the massive project will begin this summer with an eye toward opening in phases between 2020 and 2024. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
Garver of North Little Rock has bought two 5,000-SF buildings and a site at 7700 Northshore Place in North Little Rock for about $1.2 million. read more >
The Dallas company that purchased the AT&T building at 111 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock says AT&T will vacate the property in July to make way for a full renovation. read more >
Kappa Realty LLC, led by Chris Robertson, purchased the 17.6-acre home of the Riverdale Shopping Center at 2500-2610 Cantrell Road from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock. read more >
An 85-room hotel project will be built on the south side of Pleasant Ridge Road in west Little Rock. read more >
A residential homebuilder in Fayetteville is suing a Fort Smith developer for breach of a $2 million-plus contract to purchase 60 lots in a new Farmington subdivision. read more >
Five years after its founding, Roadie, the crowdsourced delivery service startup based in Atlanta, has attracted partnerships with major retailers, including Walmart, and, in February, $37 million in new funding. read more >
