In 1947, Little Rock businessman Raymond Rebsamen donated 80 acres on the east side of Hayes Street for a new campus for Little Rock Junior College. The undeveloped land in far south Little Rock was covered in pine, hickory and oak trees.
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I'm in Simmons Bank's building in the River Market District of downtown Little Rock with George Makris, the company chairman who has led Simmons during its massive growth spurt. I ask him why the bank, which is still technically headquartered in Pine Bluff, decided five years ago to buy this structure alongside Interstate 30 that had been built for Acxiom.