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SANY Nutrition Group Opens 89,100 SF Food Manufacturing Facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:10:04 +0000

JONESBORO, ARK. — SANY Nutrition Group, a family-owned-and-operated food manufacturer based in Jonesboro, has launched its new production facility in its home market. The 89,100-square-foot factory, located at 9401 E. Highland Drive in Jonesboro, was formerly operated by Butterball. From the newly retrofitted plant, SANY Nutrition Group is launching its flagship snack platform, Beyond Resilience, with plans to produce 500 million snack products annually. SANY’s Beyond Resilience Protein Crunch Bar is available now at Walmart stores nation-wide as well as online, and SANY plans to sell the crunch bar at additional retailers in the near future, as well as the company’s line of Crunch Pops, Prookies, Giant Clusters, Brittles, Fro-Bite and Vitamin Splash products. In addition to the factory, SANY purchased additional land surrounding the factory for future expansion opportunities.

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Capstone Breaks Ground on 256-Unit Multifamily Development in Centerton, Arkansas

Abby Cox — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:57:57 +0000

CENTERTON, ARK. — Capstone Building Corp. has broken ground on The Emerald, a 256-unit multifamily development located in the northwest Arkansas city of Centerton. The $45 million apartment complex is slated for completion in October 2028. Situated at the intersection of East Centerton Boulevard and Womack Road, The Emerald will encompass 312,414 square feet across nine residential buildings. Amenities at the complex will include a resort-style swimming pool, pickleball courts, fire pits and gathering areas, as well as retail spaces integrated within the apartment buildings. Capstone Building Corp. is serving as the general contractor for The Emerald, with The Kalikow Group and EYC Cos. serving as developers. S. Robert Andron is the project architect, and Chris Bakunas is the civil engineer.

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MMCC Arranges $53M Refinancing for Build-to-Rent Property in Rogers, Arkansas

John Nelson — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:35:00 +0000

ROGERS, ARK. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $53 million loan for the refinancing of The Grove, a 235-unit build-to-rent (BTR) residential community in Rogers. John Brickson of MMCC’s Dallas office arranged the three-year, nonrecourse loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Brittenum Group and Realty Capital Partners. The direct lender was not disclosed. Built in 2024, The Grove was 94.5 percent occupied at the time of financing and comprises 123 detached, two-story cottages and 112 attached townhome-style residences. Amenities include a resort-style pool, 24-hour fitness center, golf simulator, package lockers, coworking offices, a community kitchen and a pickleball court.

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Landes Group Acquires Healthcare Center in Central Arkansas, Signs UAMS as Operator

John Nelson — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:06:14 +0000

BRYANT, ARK. — The Landes Group has acquired Encore Medical Center, a 108,055-square-foot healthcare property in Bryant, about 19 miles southwest of Little Rock. The Dallas-based owner also finalized a long-term lease agreement with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), which will operate the facility that formerly operated as the Arkansas Heart Hospital. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. CGA Capital provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Landes Group.

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Planet Fitness Opens 20,000 SF Gym in Rogers, Arkansas

John Nelson — Wed, 13 May 2026 12:01:00 +0000

ROGERS, ARK. — Planet Fitness has opened a 20,000-square-foot gym at Pleasant Crossing Commons, a shopping center located at 4319 S. Pleasant Crossing Blvd. in Rogers. The 24/7 gym offers strength and cardio equipment, a turf for agility training, mobility and stretching space and the members-only Black Card Spa that features massage chairs, tanning beds and recovery loungers. The new gym is the seventh location in Northwest Arkansas for Excel Fitness, one of the largest franchisees of Planet Fitness. According to LoopNet Inc., Pleasant Crossing Commons’ tenant roster includes Walmart, Walgreens, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Famous Footwear, Ross Dress for Less, Pet Supplies Plus and Starbucks Coffee. The landlord was not disclosed.

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Endeavor Breaks Ground on 1,009-Bed Student Housing Development Near University of Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:28:33 +0000

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Endeavor Real Estate Group has begun construction on Juniper, a 1,009-bed student housing development located at 77 S. Duncan Ave. near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The community will offer 294 units upon completion, which is scheduled for summer 2028. Shared amenities are set to include hospitality-themed gathering spaces; a rooftop pool and sky lounge; sauna and cold plunge; cabanas and grilling areas; a Jumbotron; fitness enter; yoga and Pilates studio; spin room; golf simulator; private courtyards; secured garage parking and bicycle storage; and 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The project team for Juniper includes Endeavor Opportunity Partners III, Marble Capital, Kennedy Wilson, JLL, FaverGray, Modus Studios and Ecological Design Group.

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By Flipping the Script on Value Engineering, AI ‘Saves’ Arkansas Hotel Project

John Nelson — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000

How did The Fay hotel in Fayetteville, Ark., save $500,000 mid-construction? How are other apartment, office and mixed-use developments doing the same, across the construction cycle? Developers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to flip the script on the challenge of value engineering that often dumbs-down original design plans. Value engineering is almost a constant in the business: A project is designed and priced during the feasibility and entitlement stage but three, four or five years later when construction starts, prices have jumped while the budget is the same. And prices go up for many reasons, such as materials costs, labor costs or regulatory issues — even for import tariffs, as we’ve seen the past year. But maybe we’re blaming the wrong culprit in giving “value engineering” a negative connotation.Now it’s time for the procurement process to take its turn in preserving value and design. Saving despite tariffsProactive procurement led to a half-million-dollar savings for real estate investor/developer Dwellist at its Fayetteville project. Dwellist is transforming a decades-old motel near the University of Arkansas into The Fay, its first Motelier-branded property, a full adaptive-reuse. Recently, materials ordering was running into cost-overruns that risked putting the overall project over budget.…

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Whole Foods to Open 39,500 SF Grocery Store in Rogers, Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:26:20 +0000

ROGERS, ARK. — Whole Foods Market plans to open a new 39,500-square-foot grocery store in Rogers on Feb. 18. The store will be located at 1801 S. 46th St. and will represent the third Arkansas location for the Austin-based grocer. The new Whole Foods will offer more than 120 different products sourced from Arkansas and its surrounding states, including coffee from Onyx Coffee Lab and craft beer from Ozark Beer Co. The Whole Foods will anchor Summit Marketplace, a mixed-use development by Atlanta-based SJC Ventures that also features the Vista at Summit apartments. Other tenants at Summit Marketplace include Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Serotonin, Veterinary Emergency Group, Chase Bank, E’lan Nails and PJ’s Coffee.

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Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Negotiates Sale of Two Warehouses Totaling 160,000 SF in Maumelle, Arkansas

Abby Cox — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:27:56 +0000

MAUMELLE, ARK. — Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors has negotiated the sale of two industrial warehouses located in the Little Rock suburb of Maumelle. The transaction included a 100,000-square-foot warehouse at 700 Burkhalter Commercial Drive and a 60,000-square-foot building at 400 Sharkey Drive. The two-building portfolio is currently 84 percent leased to tenants including United States Postal Service (USPS), Scholastic, Greentech Renewables and REM Plastic. Amazon was a tenant until its lease expired last month. Landon Williams and Katie Hargett of Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors represented the seller, Burkhalter Property Group LLC, in the transaction. Box Acquisitions acquired the warehouses for an undisclosed price.

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DWG Capital Acquires 256,314 SF Industrial Facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas Leased to Stryten Energy

Abby Cox — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:08:07 +0000

FORT SMITH, ARK. — DWG Capital Partners has acquired a 256,314-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility located at 4115 S. Zero St. in Fort Smith, a city on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. Stryten Energy, a U.S.-based energy storage solutions provider, has occupied the industrial property since its construction in 1975. Atlas Holdings, which recently announced plans in April 2025 to expand its domestic manufacturing footprint, owns and operates Stryten Energy. Mike Salmen and Andrew Watson of Transwestern represented the seller, a private ownership group, in the off-market transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 88-Room Homewood Suites Hotel in Fort Smith, Arkansas

John Nelson — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:23:01 +0000

FORT SMITH, ARK. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an 88-room Homewood Suites hotel located at 7300 Phoenix Ave. in Fort Smith. The sales price was not disclosed for the transaction, which is part of a two-property portfolio deal that included a Home2 Suites in Fort Smith. Chris Gomes and Steve Greer of Marcus & Millichap, along with Allan Miller of the firm’s Miller-Gomes Hotel Team, represented the seller, an entity doing business as Heritage Hotel Group LLC, and procured the buyer, a Texas-based entity doing business as FortSmith RA HS Hotel LLC.

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Harrison Street, Morningstar Properties Acquire 21-Property Self-Storage Portfolio

Abby Cox — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:45:38 +0000

CHICAGO AND MATTHEWS, N.C. — A joint venture between Chicago-based Harrison Street Asset Management and Matthews-based Morningstar Properties has acquired a portfolio of 21 self-storage properties totaling morning than 10,800 units. The properties are located in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas, with 71 percent of the assets situated in top 30 U.S. metropolitan areas such as Houston, Austin, Charlotte and Atlanta. The portfolio was 90 percent leased at the time of sale and spans more than 1.3 million rentable square feet. Morningstar will continue operating and managing the portfolio. The seller was not disclosed. Harrison Street and Morningstar previously completed 41 self-storage investments across five Sun Belt states.

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McCarthy Delivers $185M Expansion of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:20:01 +0000

FORT SMITH, ARK. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has delivered the new addition for Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, a hospital situated off Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith. The five-story addition spans 162,000 square feet and represents a $185 million expansion for the hospital, which opened in 1975. The expansion allows Mercy to accommodate approximately 25,000 more patients annually. Construction began in 2022 and increased the number of emergency rooms from 29 to 50, added six new trauma rooms and expanded the number of ICU beds from 36 to 64. Infrastructural upgrades include enhancements to the hospital’s mechanical penthouse, helipad and parking decks, along with an expanded central utility plant and the addition of a 22-bed observation unit in the former ICU space. The design-build team for the expansion project included ENFRA (mechanical engineer), HKS Architects, Olsson Associates (civil engineer) and Northstar Management (program manager). Mercy is one of the 15 largest health systems in the United States and serves patients in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

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Aptitude Development Sells 647-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of Arkansas

John Nelson — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:43:32 +0000

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Aptitude Development has sold The Marshall Arkansas, a 647-bed student housing development located near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Newmark brokered the disposition of the property to an undisclosed institutional investor. Terms of the transaction were not released. Developed in 2021, The Marshall Arkansas offers units in a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a resort-style pool and hot tub, outdoor kitchen, rooftop terrace, fitness center and fitness lawn, private and shared study spaces and a game room.

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Subtext, Kayne Anderson to Break Ground on 845-Bed Student Housing Development Near University of Arkansas

John Nelson — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:49:16 +0000

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — A joint venture between Subtext and Kayne Anderson is set to break ground on VERVE Fayetteville, an 845-bed student housing development located at 707 W. Treadwell St. near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The community will span 532,300 square feet and offer 272 units in one- through four-bedroom configurations. The property will feature 33,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces, including open and private study areas; a coffee café; sports simulator; resort-style pool and hot tub; fire pits; and a fitness and wellness center with cardio equipment, weights, yoga rooms, private wellness rooms and a sauna. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2027. The development team includes Kennedy Wilson, Brinkmann Constructors, Modus Studio and Vida Design. Additional contributors include AJC Design Group, Viewtech, McClelland Consulting Engineers and ENGR3. John Rowland and Steve Lane of Colliers | Arkansas served as the exclusive brokers on the sale of the VERVE Fayetteville development site.

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Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $5.3M Sale of Industrial Facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:29:10 +0000

JONESBORO, ARK. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $5.3 million sale of a 26,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 2800 Fair Park Blvd. in Jonesboro. Situated on a 6.4-acre site near I-55, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to SRS Distribution, a building materials supplier that was recently acquired by The Home Depot. The building was delivered in 2013, according to LoopNet Inc. Giancarlo Mata of Marcus & Milllichap’s Jacksonville office represented the seller and former tenant, Jonesboro Cycle and ATV, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. Steve Greer served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Arkansas for the transaction.

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Student Quarters Acquires 232-Bed Student Housing Property Near University of Arkansas

John Nelson — Tue, 20 May 2025 11:58:41 +0000

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Student Quarters has acquired Champions Club, a 232-bed student housing property located near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Located at 1629 S. Razorback Road, the community offers fully furnished units in two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a resort-style pool, 24-hour fitness center, gaming lounge, computer café, dog park and outdoor grilling stations. Student Quarters plans to invest in both operational and experiential upgrades to the community, including the implementation of resident-focused programming and branded touchpoints. The seller and terms of the transaction were not released.

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Sam’s Club to Remodel All 600 Stores

John Nelson — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:26:20 +0000

BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Sam’s Club, a division of Bentonville-based Walmart, has announced plans to remodel all 600 of its existing membership-based stores (called “clubs”) nationwide. The stores will be modeled after the Grapevine, Texas, location, which opened in December 2024. The new locations will span 160,000 square feet and include a seafood/sushi island, full-service floral station, walk-in dairy and fresh coolers and a larger healthcare space featuring a patient waiting area, health services suites, private consultation rooms and dedicated hearing and optical centers. As part of its previously announced long-term strategy, Sam’s Club will also open 30 new locations over the next several years while building a pipeline to begin opening 15 new clubs annually. This marks the first expansion since 2017 after Sam’s Club closed 62 locations in 2018. By the end of fiscal 2025, Sam’s Club plans to open two more new locations in Tempe, Ariz., and Lebanon, Tenn., with further plans to begin construction on seven additional locations, according to CNBC.

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Endeavor Acquires Student Housing Development Site Near University of Arkansas

John Nelson — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:38:39 +0000

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Endeavor Real Estate Group has acquired a development site near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville for a new student housing development. Details on the project have not been announced. The Austin, Texas-based firm also recently hired Chuck Carroll as principal to assist with growing the company’s student housing platform. Carroll previously spent over 20 years with American Campus Communities. He will be joining Jake Newman, principal of Endeavor, who will be spearheading the firm’s new student housing division.

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Dollar General Opens $160M Distribution Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas

John Nelson — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:39:39 +0000

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Dollar General opened its new distribution center in North Little Rock in February, the retailer’s first warehouse facility in Arkansas. The $160 million development is expected to create 300 new jobs at full capacity and support Dollar General’s traditional, DG Fresh and DG Private Fleet distribution channels. The facility spans more than 1 million square feet in Pulaski County. Dollar General opened its first store in Arkansas 50 years ago in 1975 and currently employs more than 5,700 Arkansans through its and store and distribution center presence.

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