Tri- State Truck plans dealership in NLR

Tri- State Truck Center has secured a $ 10.3 million building permit in North Little Rock.

Century Construction of Tupelo, Miss., is the contractor for the 85,000- square- foot project, which is set to begin next week at 8901 Diamond Drive. Clay Evans of Century Construction said the new dealership is scheduled to be complete in September 2017.

Memphis- based TriState Truck Center Inc. has nine locations in Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas. It employs more than 250 people in those states and currently operates a Little Rock dealership at 4614 Thibault Road.

Tri- State, founded in 1945, also has a dealership in Jonesboro.

— Chris Bahn