Beaty Capital Group of Rogers recently added two key executives to its team: Christa Clark, as Chief Investment Officer and General Counsel; and Kathleen Lamb, as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance.
Beaty Capital Group, Inc. is an investment firm focusing on commercial real estate, adaptive re-use, and other non-real
estate business activities in the central United States. The firm specializes in development and repositioning of unique or historical assets to create value and capital appreciation for its stakeholders. BCG maintains controlling interest in its investment affiliates and operating entities but does have certain minority interests. The firm develops, owns, and operates, through multiple special purpose entities, 1,000,000 square feet of commercial real estate. BCG purchased Grand Village, a Luxury Independent Living Community in Fayetteville, in July 2021 in a $37,000,000 transaction. A significant portion of this property is comprised of traditional commercial office space leased to tenants under long and intermediate term leases. The firm’s tenant mix is comprised of local, regional, and publicly traded companies. BCG also owns undeveloped property and developed lots and earns revenues from its real estate related activities including property management, construction management, development, and buying, selling, and trading for its own account.
Christa Clark will serve as the company’s Chief Investment Officer & General Counsel. In this role, Clark will oversee BCG’s investment activities and other legal affairs as it continues to invest in larger adaptive reuse and community projects in Arkansas and other core markets.
“Ms. Clark brings to the role a longstanding commitment to community development finance and economic development tools that bring positive impacts to our investments. She has a passion for transforming communities,” said Lance Beaty, President of BCG.
Clark has a Business Administration and Political Science degree from Baylor University and earned her law degree at the UALR Bowen School of Law where she served as the Associate Editor in Chief of the Law Review. She has served as a Senior Vice President for Arkansas Capital Corporation for the last 11 years where she worked with New Markets Tax Credits and other specialized financing tools targeted at underserved communities. Clark is a member of the Arkansas Economic Developers Association, Women in Tax Credits, and the American and Arkansas Bar Associations and works with several nonprofit and for-profit community development groups.
“I am excited to bring my background in community development to Beaty Capital Group and look forward to continuing my strategic engagement with the economic development stakeholders to bring transformative investments to the markets we serve,” said Clark.
BCG also welcomed its new Chief Financial Officer and V.P. of Finance, Kathleen Lamb. Lamb graduated with a B.S. in accounting and has worked previously in both for profit and nonprofit accounting, including several years in public accounting with Frost, PLLC.
“Ms. Lamb brings substantial accounting and financial expertise to BCG and we are pleased she is bringing that talent to our team,” said Lance Beaty.
Clark and Lamb expand BCG’s Little Rock office, which currently includes an accounting manager and executive assistant.
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