McClure Sees Opportunity Brewing With Coffee.Club
Fort Smith entrepreneur Bill McClure recently purchased the Internet domain name Coffee.club for $100,000.
View ArticleArkansans ‘Cautious' About Adding New Debt
Caution is reflected in increased savings rate among respondents to the Fall 2014 Arvest Consumer Sentiment Survey.
View ArticleNew York Investment Group Stakes $44 Million Claim in Fayetteville
Spring Creek Centre, Steele Crossing sold to a New York investment group for a combined $43.9 million.
View ArticleDickson Street Theater Lease Expires Dec. 19
The new owners of the building that houses the Fayetteville venue are still mum about their long-term plans for the 5,000-SF property.
View ArticleInvestors Recruit Fayetteville Startup TiFiber to Fort Smith
TiFiber, a subsidiary company of Fayetteville-based technology venture development firm VIC Technology Venture Development, was founded in 2010 and currently maintains its research lab at the Arkansas...
View Article2014: One Busy Year
From the most expensive acquisition in the history of the meat industry, to the leadership reshuffling at the world's largest company, to the continued and rapid growth of our area, 2014 may be viewed...
View ArticleStartup Watchers Say Gap in Venture Funding Shrinking
Those involved in the Northwest Arkansas entrepreneurial ecosystem agree that access to venture capital has vastly improved in the last 10 years, but there's still room for improvement.
View ArticleKoolio Inc. Looks to Football Season for Business Boom
Husband-and-wife team Marc and Barbara French used their backgrounds in merchandising to develop Koolio, a koozie with a freezable gel pack.
View ArticleJohn Brown University Announces $125 Million Capital Campaign
Wednesday's announcement moves the seven-year campaign from its private phase, which began in 2012, into the public phase.
View ArticleBella Vista Village at 50
Bella Vista has developed from a small, retirement village to a burgeoning city in the past half-century.
View ArticleRadio Partnership With Crain Goes Sour For Fayetteville Businessman
Steve Renfro and Larry Crain Sr. of Little Rock severed ties in October, after multiple disputes — with well-known sports media personality Bo Mattingly caught in the middle.
View ArticleOklahoma Investor Buys Strip Center Near Baum Stadium
Raymond Merrill of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, paid $1.9 million for the strip center at 1545 W. 15 St., whose tenants include Foghorn's and La Hacienda.
View ArticleWonderland Cave Owners Plan to Reopen as Adventure Park
The historic site has been deserted since 1995, but was once a huge tourist draw for Bella Vista.
View ArticleRanch at Pinnacle Point Sold For $41.1 Million
The 392-unit multifamily property in Rogers has been acquired in a joint venture by Balfour Beatty Communities of Pennsylvania and Block Multifamily Group of Missouri.
View ArticleStephens Media LLC Sold For $102.5 Million
New Media Investment Group Inc., a public company based in New York, announced the acquisition Thursday.
View ArticleFive Elms Capital Puts $2M Into Field Agent
Fayetteville-based company gets a boost in the form of a second investment from Five Elms.
View ArticleCommercial Land in Rogers Sold in $8.3M, All-Cash Deal
The deal looks like an example of investors taking advantage of a 1031 exchange.
View ArticleInvestors Plan to Reopen Big Sugar Golf Club
Jeff Arnold and Steve Stobaugh have agreed to lease and operate the property for three years with an option to buy at the end of the term.
View ArticleDormant for Years, Sleeping Subs Show Signs of Recovery
Frozen in time, stuck in court, bank owned, or stranded without full utilities, nearly two dozen subdivisions in Benton and Washington counties not only languished during the Great Recession, but sat...
View ArticleSchmieding Produce Co. Sold to Florida Group
H.C. Schmieding Produce Co., a wholesale distributor of fruits and vegetables, was acquired by Woerner Holdings Inc., in a multimillion-dollar deal.
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