Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic essentially halted passenger air travel, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock is seeing travelers return to the skies — though traffic is not normal yet. read more >
Frank McIllwain has been promoted to director of aviation at Garver in North Little Rock. read more >
An affiliate of National Asset Services of Los Angeles acquired the 4701 Northshore Drive project from an affiliate of Old House Capital in Dallas. read more >
Garver of North Little Rock's three-story headquarters on Northshore Drive has sold for $13.2 million — $3 million more than the property commanded last summer. read more >
Garver, the North Little Rock engineering and more firm, has grown exponentially in its 101-year history, but its name has been steadily shrinking. read more >
An affiliate of Old House Capital in Dallas, acquired the 47,627-SF Garver complex at 4701 Northshore Drive. The seller is Taipanic Investment Group LLC, a Garver affiliate. read more >
Home to Garver since 2009, the 47,627-SF complex anchors the north end of North Little Rock's NorthShore Business Park. read more >
Yeonsang Hwang, who has a doctorate in civil engineering, and Jason Stewart, who is an instructor in engineering, have been appointed to new positions in the College of Engineering at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. read more >
Bill Sowell of Sowell Management and Larry Freeman of Synergy Saturday Inc. won executive of the year awards, and Wallace Fowler was honored for his lifetime of leadership at the 32nd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
Steve Clark of Fort Smith, entrepreneur and startup investor and adviser, has received the Award of Merit from the Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Brandon Ruhl of Taggart Architects in North Little Rock has received the Emerging Professional Award. read more >
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and his spokeswoman, Stephanie Jackson, sat down for an hourlong interview Aug. 30 at City Hall. read more >
Arkansas is less than a year away from tapping a rich new source of economic development, public-private partnerships that will build and operate public assets like college dormitories or parking decks. read more >
Kappa Realty LLC, led by Chris Robertson, bought 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 >
Laura Nick intended to pursue a career in advertising after she graduated in 2002 from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. 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 city of North Little Rock is sprucing up the Park Hill and Levy business districts with federally funded Jump Start grants and playing a long game when it comes to economic development in those areas. read more >
The airport code is HOT, and these days it’s both an identifier and a description: Traffic, revenue and optimism are climbing at Hot Springs Memorial Field. read more >
Dan Williams of Garver and Lynn Blankenship of Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic won executive of the year awards, and former Simmons First National Corp. CEO J. Thomas "Tommy" May was honored for his lifetime of leadership at the 31st annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
U.S. Rep. French Hill joined the Little Rock Port Authority to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a two-phase, $10.5 million project that will make improvements to Slackwater Harbor, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability and new rail storage. read more >
Executives at Garver say its wellness program helps the North Little Rock engineering firm save on health care costs and is a boon to the retention, recruitment and productivity of its employees. read more >
