Metro Little Rock
Openings, closings, development projects, and changes across the metro. Neighborhood-level updates, not press releases.
A Little Rock-based developer has announced plans to convert a vacant commercial building on Main Street in Argenta into a multi-vendor food hall, with eight to ten vendor stalls, a central bar, and a rooftop terrace. The project targets a first-quarter 2027 opening.
A neighborhood wine bar concept that gained traction through pop-up events and private dinners in the Heights is signing a lease for a permanent location on the Kavanaugh corridor, expected to open this summer with a focused natural wine list and small plates.
The Little Rock City Board approved funding for a renovation of the River Market District pavilion structure, with construction expected to begin in June and run through early fall. The project addresses deferred maintenance, upgrades vendor stalls, and improves the outdoor event space between the pavilion and the riverfront.
Conway's planning commission approved a 200-unit mixed-use residential and retail development on Harkrider Street near Hendrix College, a project that would be the largest new housing addition to the college-town corridor in over a decade.
The Argenta Community Theater has announced a $1.2 million capital renovation campaign that will expand the lobby, upgrade acoustic and lighting systems, and add a 75-seat black box performance space — the theater's first physical expansion since opening in the Argenta Arts District.
Three Fold Noodles + Dumpling Co. — the hand-pulled noodle shop that has been one of downtown Little Rock's most acclaimed restaurants since it opened — is expanding with a second location on Kavanaugh Boulevard, bringing the Heights neighborhood its first dedicated noodle operation.
A $4.2 million trail expansion project in Chenal Valley broke ground in late February, adding 8 miles of paved multi-use trail that will eventually connect the neighborhood's residential corridors to the Pinnacle Mountain State Park boundary.
Little Rock's planning commission has approved a five-story mixed-use development for a parking lot site on South Main Street that will add 80 residential units and 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space to the South Main Creative Corridor.
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