Northwest Arkansas business execs talk home office expansions

J.B. Hunt corporate offices Executives with J.B. Hunt Transport, Simmons Foods, Tyson Foods and Walmart on Tuesday (Feb. 7) spoke about expansion plans at the winter meeting of the Northwest Arkansas Council held at the new Ledger building in downtown Bentonville. Walmart’s new home office campus has been under construction for roughly two years. Cindi Marsiglio, senior vice president of real estate at Walmart, is overseeing the massive campus build that encompasses roughly 9 city blocks, 12 office buildings and 10 community buildings with outdoor and indoor areas of recreation. She said there are as many as 800 people working on the building site daily at what she calls the “peak of nuisance stage” because of the lane and road closures around the mega block. “Please be patient with us through this time. We are on track to move into the building in 2025, two years from now, but it will take some time to bring everyone back on campus,” Marsiglio said. The first public building to open will be the Walton Whole Health & Fitness Center, a 360,000-square-foot facility that also intends to offer memberships to the public. She said the health & fitness center was originally a […]

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