Wal-Mart’s Walton Family Backs Art-Hotel in Arkansas

Walton Family, 21c Museum Hotel to Build Near to Crystal Bridges Museum By Kris Hudson • Wall Street Journal • June 2010 Wal·Mart Stores Inc. ‘s founding Walton family will help finance an art-themed hotel in downtown Bentonville, Ark., near the headquarters of the world’s largest retailer. A Walton family investment arm and partner 21c … Continued

Museum Plaza Seeks Hand

Museum Plaza seeks hand, State to ask feds for $100 million loan By Marcus Green • The Courier-Journal • June 26, 2010 Nearly 2 1/2 years after abruptly stopping work on Museum Plaza, the project’s developers are turning to the federal government in hopes of raising money to start building the skyscraper. The state plans to apply … Continued

Way Up And Far Out

Plans for Fanciful Skyscrapers Proliferate; Are Some Too Eccentric to Lure Tenants? By Alex Frangos • April 19, 2006 Challenging traditional notions of what tall buildings are supposed to look like, developers around the world have unveiled a flurry of  new skyscraper designs in the past few months. A tower in China owned by a … Continued