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[tim2462]

Yet, another Walgreens is on the wey to Rogers. Developer Bencor/Rogers Limited Partnership of Colorado Springs announced the start of construction Tuesday. The company will build a 14,820-square-foot store with a double drive-through pharmacy in Rogers. The new Walgreens will sit at the corner of 26 th Street and Pleasant Grove Road as part of the 250,000-square-foot retail center under construction there.

[Mith242]

tim2462, on Jan 4 2006, 03:59 PM, said:

Yet, another Walgreens is on the wey to Rogers. Developer Bencor/Rogers Limited Partnership of Colorado Springs announced the start of construction Tuesday. The company will build a 14,820-square-foot store with a double drive-through pharmacy in Rogers. The new Walgreens will sit at the corner of 26 th Street and Pleasant Grove Road as part of the 250,000-square-foot retail center under construction there.

Yeah I noticed that walgreens seems to be making a move here in NWA.  Three in Fayetteville and at least one that I know of in Springdale.  How many up in Benton County?

Edited by Mith242, 05 January 2006 - 02:38 PM.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Jan 4 2006, 04:27 PM, said:

Yeah I noticed that walgreens seems to be making a kove here in NWA.  Three in Fayetteville and at least one that I know of in Springdale.  How many up in Benton County?

There's one in Rogers and one in Bella Vista that just opened up. There's another on it's way in the Centre Pointe Development off Pleasant Grove Road. It looks like Construction has started on it as well.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Jan 4 2006, 11:32 AM, said:

Doesn't St. Petersburg thrive off of Tampa's Tourism industry?

It's about even... St. Petersburg thrives on Tampa's Cultural features like the International Mall, dance clubs and Busch Gardens Theme Park and Tampa thrives on St. Pete's beaches, museums and unique destinations like St. John's Pier... a multi-level concrete pier where the HMS Bounty is usually exhibited.

[masons_dad1]

Mith242, on Jan 4 2006, 05:43 AM, said:

Is there much big business there?

Another big company based in Tampa is Outback Steakhouse. But the fact is there are many large companies there even though they may not be Fortune 500 companies.

On the subject I was questioning why developers in this area think they should sell fancy townhomes for much higher than their value based on this location. The fact is if Wal-Mart wasn't here there wouldn't be any $800,000 townhouses in this area because they wouldn't be worth a tenth of that proposed value. St. Pete/Tampa has valuable homes because that area has much more to offer than this area and they don't have any of the "big" companies like Wal-Mart.

[mcheiss]

I've heard that Dixeland Road in Rogers is going to be extended from Lowell, through Pleasant Crossing, to the existing street.

The city of Lowell wants to make the extension a retail and restaurant hub for the city.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Jan 5 2006, 07:39 AM, said:

I've heard that Dixeland Road in Rogers is going to be extended from Lowell, through Pleasant Crossing, to the existing street.

The city of Lowell wants to make the extension a retail and restaurant hub for the city.

This isn't news for Rogers but I think it has to do with this road extension.  The first roundabout in NWA will be in Lowell apparently.

Edited by Mith242, 06 January 2006 - 12:46 PM.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Jan 6 2006, 05:44 AM, said:

This isn't news for Rogers but I think it has to do with this road extension.  The first roundabout will be in Lowell apparently.

It can affect Rogers, by providing another route to Lowell. Plus, I didn't want to put it in the Benton County Thread.  

[mcheiss]

The new Harley Davidson dealership in Rogers, will be called the Razorback Harley Davidson.

[mcheiss]

I've heard of a new restaurant coming to downtown rogers.

Thje restaurant will be the Switchback Cafe, which will be an italian theme cafe with gelato, paninis, and coffee.

The cafe should be open by February.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Jan 11 2006, 03:22 PM, said:

I've heard of a new restaurant coming to downtown rogers.

Thje restaurant will be the Switchback Cafe, which will be an italian theme cafe with gelato, paninis, and coffee.

The cafe should be open by February.

Sounds interesting.  

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Jan 11 2006, 04:43 PM, said:

Sounds interesting.  

This will actually make the second Italian Restaurant to open in Downtown Rogers within 2 months.

The Bella Arti Ristorante opened in December. I haven't been yet, but they have a chef from Europe with a pretty good Italian menu. It's being called the best Italian Restaurant in Benton County and possibly in NWA.

[masons_dad1]

Rogers’ Peachtree building may become condos. The Peachtree building has quite an interesting history as the following article link will tell. A New York company called Ninety-Second LLP bought the building with a plan to convert it to offices and apartments. Those New Yorkers really like Northwest Arkansas, don't they! Construction may begin within two months.

Rogers’ Peachtree building has storied history

[Mith242]

masons_dad1, on Feb 26 2006, 12:48 AM, said:

Rogers’ Peachtree building may become condos. The Peachtree building has quite an interesting history as the following article link will tell. A New York company called Ninety-Second LLP bought the building with a plan to convert it to offices and apartments. Those New Yorkers really like Northwest Arkansas, don't they! Construction may begin within two months.

Rogers’ Peachtree building has storied history

Thanks for that link.  That building really impressed me when I was up there taking pics and it's great to be able to read about it's history.  I also like the idea of converting them over to condos as well.

[mcheiss]

masons_dad1, on Feb 26 2006, 12:48 AM, said:

Rogers’ Peachtree building may become condos. The Peachtree building has quite an interesting history as the following article link will tell. A New York company called Ninety-Second LLP bought the building with a plan to convert it to offices and apartments. Those New Yorkers really like Northwest Arkansas, don't they! Construction may begin within two months.

Rogers’ Peachtree building has storied history

I'm glad this is finally started, it's been about 11 months since the project was announced. I'm going to move this to the Rogers Thread, if you don't mind.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Feb 26 2006, 11:25 AM, said:

I'm glad this is finally started, it's been about 11 months since the project was announced. I'm going to move this to the Rogers Thread, if you don't mind.

Cool Matt... I guess I didn't dig far enough to find the actual Rogers thread.  

[mcheiss]

No problem.

We also have a Benton County thread, which is where I've been putting a lot of other stuff about Rogers as well.

[Mith242]

At some point I really need to find the time to go back up to Rogers and look around the Pinnacle Hills area.  They had a live shot on KNWA from their Benton County studio.  I didn't get a great look but I could see quite a few changes since I walked around there a few months ago.

[Mith242]

Okay some more somewhat offtopic info.  Has anyone heard of this new company that's making new conveyor belts for grocery stores?  It apparently is a local company that started off in Rogers.  What's different about this is that there are ads built into the conveyor belts.  Apparently they've already got them into the Little Rock Kroger stores.  Looks like Harps in NWA will be happening very soon with Ft Smith and some other cities in Arkansas happening a little later this year.  They're also trying to get into the Memphis market as well.  Sounds like the guy who started it all actually worked in a grocery store and the idea occured to him while checking people out.  Just in case anyone has any interest in this, here's a link to their website.


http://www.envisionm...p.com/index.htm

[DickSonstreetDFW]

Mith242, on Mar 2 2006, 06:13 PM, said:

Okay some more somewhat offtopic info.  Has anyone heard of this new company that's making new conveyor belts for grocery stores?  It apparently is a local company that started off in Rogers.  What's different about this is that there are ads built into the conveyor belts.  Apparently they've already got them into the Little Rock Kroger stores.  Looks like Harps in NWA will be happening very soon with Ft Smith and some other cities in Arkansas happening a little later this year.  They're also trying to get into the Memphis market as well.  Sounds like the guy who started it all actually worked in a grocery store and the idea occured to him while checking people out.  Just in case anyone has any interest in this, here's a link to their website.
http://www.envisionm...p.com/index.htm

Thats one I hadn't thought of.  One of those million dollar ideas.

There's advertising in the restroom stalls, on the seat-back tray tables of airplanes, now on grocery checkout conveyor belts.

It makes me think of that Tom Cruise movie Minority Report where everything, down to cereal boxes, have video hologram advertisements on them.