Have you heard talk that Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff is buying the Acxiom Corp. building in downtown Little Rock?
We have.
We also made official inquiries, which were met with neither confirmation nor denial.
One of our operatives reports that Simmons representatives in late October did a final walk-through of the 188,460-SF building at 601 E. Third St.
We can confirm that Simmons has been interested in the 10-story office building with supporting five-story parking deck for some time.
The property marked “For Sale” is still considered the Acxiom headquarters, though most top tier execs office elsewhere.
That’s elsewhere, as in outside of Arkansas.
Another operative wondered if someone else was buying the building and that Simmons staffers were touring the property in connection with financing the deal.
If the year-end time table we’re told is truly in play, the picture should become clearer during the next few weeks.