Simmons Bank Branch Sells for $2 Million
A bank branch in west Little Rock, a Faulkner County landfill, residential property in west Pulaski County, an office building in midtown Little Rock and undeveloped land in Maumelle form a five-piece...
View ArticleCantrell Heights Slice Generates $6.1M Sale (Real Deals)
Cantrell Heights LLC, led by John Bailey, sold a chunk of its namesake complex at 6900 Cantrell Road to F4 Little Rock 2 LLC of Edmond, Oklahoma.
View ArticleComplex Sells for $55M In Uptown Fayetteville (NWA Real Deals)
Sun Holdings Group, led by Jacob Blatt, bought the 300-plus-unit complex at Joyce and Steele boulevards.
View ArticleBatesville's First Community Bank Expanding March Into Missouri
First Community Bank of Batesville is looking to expand its deposit base in southwest Missouri through acquisition.
View ArticleSimmons Leads Current OREO Figures
A decade has passed since OREO portfolios became an especially significant line item as an epic wave of real estate securing bad loans flowed onto many a bank’s balance sheet.
View ArticleFirst Western Takes Northwest Footprint South Into Springdale
The Springdale location at 7322 W. Sunset Ave., Suite D, will expand First Western’s branch network to 11.
View ArticleArvest Bank Completes Bear State Conversion
Arvest Bank announced Tuesday that it has completed the transition and conversion process of Bear State Bank customers, branches and systems.
View ArticleAfter A Lull, New-Home Sales Up 3.5 Percent in August
Sales of new U.S. homes climbed 3.5 percent in August, snapping a two-month decline as buying surged in the pricey Northeast and West housing markets.
View ArticleFed Raises Rates for 3rd Time This Year; 1 More Expected
The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate for the third time this year in response to a strong U.S. economy and signaled that it expects to maintain a pace of gradual rate hikes.
View ArticleUS Economy Grew at Robust 4.2 Rercent Rate in 2Q
The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.2 percent in the second quarter, the best performance in nearly four years, though economists believe growth has slowed in the current quarter partly...
View ArticleStone Bank Shifts Staff at White Hall (Movers & Shakers)
Britanny Griffin has been promoted to loan assistant and Angela Lowry has been hired as a customer service representative and teller at Stone Bank’s White Hall branch.
View ArticleRock Plaza Transaction Tops $9 Million Mark (Real Deals)
Rock Plaza, a 54,772-SF office building in Little Rock’s Riverdale area, weighed in at $7.95 million.
View ArticleNeither a Borrower nor A Lender Be (Editorial)
Although no state law appears to forbid lawmakers from lending money to each other, taxpayers should not have to worry whether legislators have leverage over or obligations to each other that might...
View ArticleFBI Cracks Shell Game Defrauding Egg Companies
The FBI has seized nearly $550,000 from a North Carolina woman’s bank account that allegedly has been tied to wire fraud made against Noble Foods Inc. of Rogers.
View ArticleHillview Village, Properties at Maumelle Exit Lead Recent Real Estate Details
A 56-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock, a fast food-convenience store project in Maumelle and a 6,046-SF house in Little Rock generated a trio of multimillion-dollar transactions.
View ArticleAccounting Firms Merge to Form Landmark PLC
The Little Rock office of Thomas & Thomas LLP and Beall Barclay & Co. PLC have completed their previously announced merger and revealed the name of their new firm on Monday: Landmark PLC,...
View ArticleBill Reznicek Named Jonesboro's COO, Will Be Chief of Staff
Bill Reznicek, who has served as the city of Jonesboro's CFO for the past year, will also take on the title of chief operations officer for the remainder of 2018.
View ArticleStill Big on Little Rock (Millie Ward Commentary)
here has recently been what seems to be an unbalanced portrayal of Little Rock — a great deal of criticism and glass-half-empty viewpoints. I’d like to present an alternative glass-half-full view of...
View ArticleLittle Rock Lawyer Dies, Stranding Clients' Cash
Two of Robert Holitik's newest clients are scrambling to get their retainer money back after Holitik died unexpectedly and without a succession plan for his solo law practice.
View ArticleMillennial Salaries Adjusted State by State
The map, created by the website HowMuch.net, a cost information website, shows median annual salaries for millennials on an adjusted basis.
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