Arkansas Business back issues from August 1990:
Optimistic outlook; positive signs surround $9.2 million retail market as new projects and expansions continue growth.
Aug 01, 1990; Waldon, George ... Optimistic Outlook The retail scene in central Arkansas has remained relatively stable over the past year in terms of both occupancy rates and lease rates. These key indicators have even firmed up slightly while the market has continued its modest growth track with a handful of ...
Top retail leasing managers in central Arkansas. (directory)
Aug 01, 1990 ... Table : TOP RETAIL LEASING MANAGERS IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS <Pre> Firm No. Rentable Average Average Units square footage Occupancy Rates MELVIN SIMON & ASSOC. 2 1,421,838 98.5% n/a FLAKE & CO. ...
McClellan Manor sold. (Delta Life & Annuity Co. sold former home of John McClellan)(Real deal$)
Aug 13, 1990 ... McClellan Manor Sold The former home of bankrupt developer John McClellan and his ex-wife Dale recently changed hands in a $355,000 deal. Delta Life & Annuity Co. in Memphis sold the 5,536-SF residence in The Ridge subdivision after gaining title to the property in a ...
Financial package is all wrapped up now. (One Financial Centre Ltd. obtains financing for its office building)(Real Deal$)
Aug 13, 1990 ... Financial Package Is All Wrapped Up Now The investment group that bought One Financial Centre back in December has obtained $4 million in permanent financing for the 125,000-SF office building. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. in Jackson, Miss., is providing a ...
The bank that thinks it can. (The Bank of Little Rock is the smallest bank in Pulaski County, Arkansas) (company profile)
Aug 13, 1990; Ford, Kelly ... The Bank That Thinks It Can With 10 employees, $17.6 million in assets, and a one-year-old charter, the Bank of Little Rock has the dubious honor of being the smallest bank in Pulaski County, home to the state's billion dollar banking giants, Worthen Bank and First Commercial. ...
End of an era. (customers say quality and quantity of Cohn's goods have declined since Dunlap Co. took over) (company profile)
Aug 13, 1990; Ford, Kelly ... End Of An Era Dillard's and Wal-Mart may be the darlings of Wall Street, but it is M.M. Cohn that has long been acknowledged as the stately grandfather of Arkansas retail. "If it was a big occasion, you shopped at Cohn's," says one lifelong resident of Little Rock. ...
Bond daddy circus: State Securities Department stands trial at U.S. Associates' disciplinary hearing. (U.S. Associates Inc. up on charges alleged securities violation, accuses securities department official of perjury)
Aug 13, 1990; Kern, David F. ... Bond Daddy Circus A trip to the circus is supposed to be fun, but when a quasi-judicial proceeding of the Arkansas Securities Department gets out of hand and takes on the characteristics of a three-ring performance, it's not a joy for anyone. A 39-day hearing on alleged ...
Taxing situation. (Omega Tube and Conduit files suit against Pulaski County, Arkansas, on tax assessment of raw materials)
Aug 13, 1990; Waldon, George ... Taxing Situation Stephen Glover was momentarily perplexed when he prepared the 1989 property tax assessment for Omega Tube and Conduit's Little Rock operation. Why were the numbers for 1988 and 1989 so different? Glover, who had taken over as company controller a few weeks earlier, ...
Tainted town. (Jacksonville, Arkansas, has no solution yet to toxic problem)
Aug 13, 1990; Ritchey, David ... Tainted Town What's Happening in Jacksonville?!? Read all about it in this issue of Family Circle." Supermarkets hand printed these words on signs to announce Arkansas' latest scandal. Jacksonville is the subject of a special report, "Toxic Nightmare on Main Street," by ...
Circled wagons. (Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis files foreclosure suit against Crestwood Co.)(Whispers)
Aug 27, 1990 ... Circled Wagons The shields are up at the Crestwood Co. in North Little Rock following the recent $17.5 million foreclosure suit filed by Boatmen's National Bank in St. Louis. Some wonder if this action, tied to the Lakewood Village project, will trigger more of the ...
Recycled rental property. (Olin Wahrmund and Lynnon Gadberry bought the Hardin Building from the American State Bank)
Aug 27, 1990; Waldon, George ... Recycled Rental Property The Hardin Building at 9110 Chicot Rd. in southwest Little Rock has a new owner these days. Olin Wahrmund of Joint Venture Real Estate and investment partner Lynnon Gadberry of Arkansas Data Services in Conway bought the 5,500-SF office ...
Auld lang syne. (The Daily Record moves back to Mainstreet Market)(Outtakes)
Aug 27, 1990 ... Auld Lang Syne Bill Rector is headed for an odd reunion Oct. 1 when his Daily Record relocates to an office on the fourth floor of Mainstreet Market (Formerly MainStreet Mall). Rector and his company, Renaissance Properties, created the mall four years ago, but slow sales ...
Starting over. (Brooks-Pollard Agency plans new marketing strategy after losing TCBY Enterprises Inc. account)
Aug 27, 1990 ... Starting Over Restructuring is the word coming from the Brooks-Pollard Agency since most of its lucrative account with TCBY melted away. Creative director Greg Obrzut was fired recently, and a random call to the office produced a fearful confession from one employee that others ...
Singer of the blues. (Leslie Singer, others laid off from Fairfield Communities Inc.)(Outtakes)
Aug 27, 1990 ... Singer of the Blues A new round of layoffs at Fairfield Communities Inc. has claimed Leslie Singer, the Little Rock adman who founded Fairfield's in-house advertising agency more than four years ago. In the past two months, a total of eight creative and marketing personnel have been ...
A venture with zip. (United Systems of Arkansas cashes in on postal service's free mailing list cleanup)
Aug 27, 1990; Garner, Jennifer ... A Venture With Zip United Systems Of Arkansas Cashes In On Postal Service's Free Mailing List Cleanup Few things in life are truly free, but United Systems of Arkansas has found a way to cash in on that maxim with a business solution which could result in $1 million ...
Something to bank on: startups, acquisitions and expansions will keep altering the banking scene. (Startups, acquisitions and expansions will keep altering the banking scene)
Aug 27, 1990; Waldon, George ... Something To Bank On Startups, Acquisitions and Expansions Will Keep Altering The Banking Scene New banks are something of a rarity in Arkansas, and there are currently two proposals in different stages of development: First Exchange Bank of Conway and a Benton ...
Merging egos. (Merger of Worthen Banking Corp. and Twin City Bankshares results in Arkansas' largest bank holding company)
Aug 27, 1990; Walker, Wythe, Jr. ... Merging Egos The $2.6-billion Merger of Worthen And TCB Combines Banking Superstars Renaud, Bradbury In Potentially Explosive Mix Last week, the state's financial community began buzzing with the news of Worthen Banking Corp.'s proposed $75 million purchase of Twin City ...
Resale retail. (second-hand goods are selling well)
Aug 27, 1990; Ford, Kelly ... Resale Retail Second-Hand Goods No Longer Second Rate For Cost-Conscious Retail Bargain Hunters At a recent estate sale in the Hillcrest area of Little Rock one sunny morning, the line of bargain hunters started forming an hour before the doors opened at 10 a.m. By ...
