Construction/Real Estate

U.S. Steel has announced its “next-generation” highly sustainable and technologically advanced steel mill will be located in Osceola, close to the company’s Big River Steel plant in Northeast Arkansas. United States Steel Corporation is a leading steel producer serving the automotive,…

Simmons Foods will launch a $100 million expansion of its prepared foods operation in Van Buren, the Siloam Springs company announced. The expansion is expected to create 100 new jobs to support robotics and automation processes, according to Joel Sappenfield,…

HYDCO recently announced leadership changes for the new year, with the promotion of Jeremy Hyde to President, and Jarred Dulski to Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. HYDCO is a general contractor serving Arkansas and surrounding states…

North Little Rock City officials announced recently that a new Dollar General Distribution Center will be coming to the area, bringing with it the immediate need for 300 new jobs. The plan reportedly includes a 65 percent tax abatement and…

Baldwin & Shell Construction has named Bobby Gosser as President and CEO of the company, effective January 1, 2022. Gosser will replace Scott Copas, who officially announced his departure from the company on Dec. 10. The company’s Board of Directors…

Arkansas investment firm Natural Capital has purchased three properties in Fayetteville, including the headquarters of Kimbel Mechanical Systems, as well as two additional Kimbel Mechanical Systems’ warehouses. The buildings, located just off of I-49 at 1936, 2041, and 207 N.…

City officials gathered along with the police department Dec. 9 to celebrate the grand opening of the North Little Rock Justice Center. The two-story brick-and-glass complex is an 82,000-SF facility located in downtown North Little Rock, just off of Interstate…

Arkansas Federal Credit Union opened the doors for its new Little Rock headquarters at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning. Arkansas Federal Credit Union is the state’s largest credit union with more than $1.7 billion in total assets and more…

The commercial real estate market in the business district of Pinnacle Hills, Rogers is growing at a record pace, and will soon include a new medical office. The latest addition will be located at 3720 S. Champion Drive and is…

The Hope Policy Institute reports that finds there is a 26.3 percent gap between Black and white homeownership in Arkansas — higher than the gap during the 2008 housing crisis. The report found that COVID-19 exacerbated the disparate impacts of…