Vitamin Shoppe Leads Off Six-Pack of Million-Dollar Deals
McCain Plaza LLC of Los Angeles bought the Vitamin Shoppe at 4300 McCain Blvd. in North Little Rock for $3.77 million from Quattro North Little Rock LLC of Oak Brook, Illinois.
View ArticleEagle Bank Picks Delta's Michael Bynum To Lead Conway Expansion
Eagle Bank & Trust lured away Michael Bynum, who had been Conway market president for Delta. Bynum joined Delta in 2011 to lead the company's expansion in the Conway area.
View ArticleOtter Creek Mall Development Decades in the Making
Once upon a time, the current site of the Gateway Town Center and Bass Pro developments was slated to be part of a grand 1.1 million-SF regional mall development. The fabled Otter Creek Mall never...
View ArticleFayetteville Site Draws Starbucks (NWA Real Deals)
The word that Starbucks is coming to Wedington Drive in west Fayetteville is now official, and the coffee shop is bringing some dental care, too.
View ArticleDominik Mjartan Promoted at Southern Bancorp
Dominik Mjartan has been named CEO of Southern Bancorp Community Partners and executive vice president of Southern Bancorp Inc., the nonprofit organization announced Wednesday.
View ArticleFrost Acquires Phoenix Accounting Firm
Frost PLLC, with offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville, announced Wednesday that it had acquired Thomson & Co. of Phoenix.
View ArticleReport: Northwest Arkansas Job Growth Ahead of Peers
Northwest Arkansas job growth easily beat its peer regions, the state and the nation this past year, according to a report released Thursday by the University of Arkansas.
View ArticleIberiaBank to Buy Florida Bank Group Inc.
IberiaBank Corp. of Lafayette, Louisiana, says it will buy Florida Bank Group Inc. of Tampa, Florida, in a cash and stock deal worth about $87 million.
View ArticleReceiver Takes Control of Turner Grain
U.S. District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr. named bankruptcy attorney Kevin Keech and his North Little Rock law firm to take control of what's left of Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. of Brinkley.
View ArticleFed Uncaps Its Case Against Mountain Pure's John Stacks
The criminal trial of John Stacks, owner of Mountain Pure water bottler and former CEO of HomeBank of Arkansas, commenced last week before U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes, 12 jurors and two alternates.
View ArticleCrittenden Regional Hospital's True Financial Status Surprised Directors
Directors of Crittenden Regional Hospital learned on Aug. 19 that its monthly revenue was only $2 million — about half what they had previously been led to believe — while expenses were about $5...
View ArticleCitizens Bank Eyes NWA Expansion, Names Doug Lynch Market President
Citizens Bank of Batesville has launched opened a loan production office in Fayettevile, marking the launch of its expansion into northwest Arkansas.
View ArticleJohn Stacks, Mountain Pure Owner, Convicted of Seven Federal Counts
A federal court jury deliberated for most of three days before reporting that it was hung on three additional counts of money laundering.
View ArticleFraud Helped Extend One Bank's Solvency, Hunt Company's Lawsuit Alleges
An injection of $17.3 million in U.S. Treasury TARP funds five years ago saved Little Rock's One Bank & Trust from insolvency. A lawsuit against the bank's parent company, One Financial Corp.,...
View ArticleThe Mind of an Entrepreneur (Mitch Bettis Publisher's Note)
On Oct. 24, Arkansas Business, in partnership with the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is hosting another Power Breakfast executive panel where Johnny Allison,...
View ArticleRelyance Team Continues Bank's Move Into LR Market (Movers & Shakers)
Nina Castaldi, Sandy Ross, Nikki Pfleger and LaTonja Hill are members of Relyance Bank of Pine Bluff's new Little Rock team.
View ArticlePaul Hindman Goes Forward With First Community Bank
Paul Hindman has been named senior vice president and senior credit officer for First Community Bank of Batesville, which has assets of more than $900 million and 17 branch offices. Hindman will work...
View ArticleMark Millsap on Why the Federal Reserve May Have Zero Interest in Repairing...
Mark Millsap is a co-owner of Foundation Resource Management, which has a team of six investment professionals and five administrative employees managing approximately $2.1 billion.
View ArticleCourt Appoints Former LR Mayor Special Administrator in Scooter Stuart Case
Tom Prince, former Little Rock mayor, has entered the fray between Little Rock's One Bank & Trust and the estate of its former controlling owner and CEO, Layton “Scooter” Stuart.
View ArticleArvest Extends Lead on List of Largest Trust Departments
This week, Arkansas Business presents three industry lists with the common theme of wealth management: trust departments, money managers and broker-dealers. Arvest Trust Co. of Lowell solidified its...
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