LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Main Street is a part of Downtown Little Rock seeing major growth, but some parts of it are growing faster than others.
Take a walk on Main Street in downtown Little Rock and you will see the change right in front of you.
"This is a 5,000 square foot mural. The biggest one we've seen downtown,” Gabe Holmstrom said.
Gabe Holmstrom with the Downtown Little Rock Partnership said the mural at the corner of Main and Capitol has become a big hit. The artist is expected to finish it next week.
"It is an economic develop tool. That's one of the reasons we wanted to bring this mural downtown,” Holmstrom said.
But he said restaurants have truly changed downtown. Allsop and Chapple is the newest restaurant and A.W. Lin's will be opening by the end of the year.
"This is kind of becoming restaurant row, if you will,” Bonner Cameron said.
Bonner Cameron is the executive chef at Allsop and Chapple. He said downtown Little Rock has been great for business.
"I think the mayor's done a great job. People feel safe going downtown now,” he said.
But Main Street is still home to vacant skyscrapers.
"You have the Boyle building and the Donaghey building. Those are the two towers that have been vacant for a number of years,” Holmstrom said.
The Donaghey building sold in November 2017 and was supposed to be turned into apartments. It is now back on the market.
"The plans that they had to move forward on the apartment project didn't come to fruition for whatever reason,” Holmstrom said.
But Holmstrom said he is confident the two buildings will eventually get renovated.
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"I know there's a wide variety of options being looked at and people consistently looking at these buildings,” he said.
Arkansas Tees and Crying Weasel Vintage also announced Wednesday they will be opening up a brick and mortar store right next to Three Fold.