Furniture Row Adds One More Store

People looking for furniture can buy everything from beds to couches to mattresses and tables at one place — Furniture Row, along South Thompson Street in Springdale.

Furniture row now has a new kid on the block, My Furniture, My Way.

The Nickell family, owners of Factory Return Outlet in Rogers, opened My Furniture, My Way on May 14 at 1404 Chester Ave. in Springdale. It’s behind the Ashley Home Store.

Michelle Nickell said the location and timing for the building were perfect.

“The building was being built so we were able to finish it out the way we wanted,” she said. “Also, it’s right off furniture row.”

My Furniture, My Way has 8,650 square feet of retail space and 3,600 square feet of warehouse space, Nickell said, with three full-time employees and one working part-time.

The Nickells invested about $500,000 in the new furniture store, including buying inventory and finishing the building.

Fair Park in Fayetteville

Brandon Barber’s The Barber Group may get a lot of attention for its Fayetteville condo developments and announced hotel in Rogers.

The Pinnacle Group in Rogers may get a lot of attention for its developments, including Pinnacle Hills Promenade and The World Trade Center Shoppes in western Rogers.

But Tracy Hoskins is quietly building in Fayetteville, with several projects in the works.

Hoskins isn’t ready to talk about all his developments, but plans were submitted April 25 to the Arkansas Department of Health for Fair Park, a retail and office complex at 2733 McConnell Ave. in Fayetteville.

That’s at Interstate 540 and Arkansas 112, across from the Sam’s Club under construction. The intersection of I-540 and Arkansas 112 sees about 61,000 cars per day, according to www.paradigmnwa.com, the Web site for Hoskins’ businesses.

Hoskins, president of The Paradigm Cos., said Fair Park has 27,500 square feet, including 15 suites that range from office space as small as 500 square feet to spaces with 1,800 square feet.

“There’s a lot of flexibility,” Hoskins said.

Fair Park tenants so far include Kwall International, an international paint company; Signs Now; and Health Care Essentials.

Hoskins broke ground for Fair Park in late 2005 and construction on the shell building was completed in May 2006.

When asked if the slowing commercial market in Northwest Arkansas slowed attracting tenants, Hoskins had a reply typical of a businessman.

“Those of use who build and lease commercial buildings, it’s always slower than we’d like,” Hoskins said.

Fair Park cost about $2.7 million to construct, including finishing some tenant spaces, he said.

Information from: www.nwaonline.net