June 22, 2026
Lexicon Inc. of Little Rock unveiled its renovated and expanded headquarters Monday as a part of the steel fabrication and construction firm’s $37.6 million expansion project at the Port of Little Rock.
Changes to the headquarters include a renovated front entrance, 5,000 SF of additional space, a new employee café and a replica of late founder Tom Schueck’s office.
The four-phase project, supported by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission through tax- and job-creation incentives, was announced in March 2025 with a two-year construction timeline. The next phases are a 46,000-SF expansion of the Lexicon fabrication facility; remodeling the 40,000-SF Sloan Drive facility; and the construction of a new 6,165-SF facility in Little Rock. The expansion is expected to create 60 new jobs.
With $1.31 billion in 2025 revenue, Lexicon ranks No. 15 on Arkansas Business‘ most recent list of the state’s largest private companies. Revenue was up 29.7% from $1.01 billion in 2024.
“We’re proud of the investment,” Patrick Schueck, CEO of Lexicon, said at the unveiling. “We’re proud to do it in Arkansas. We’re proud to do it in here in the city of Little Rock. We had other opportunities where we could have taken this work and done it other places, but we chose to stay home.”
The revamped headquarters was designed by Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Little Rock and built by Nabholz Construction of Conway.
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said the project is “a testament to the grit and grind of Arkansans.”
This year marks a “new beginning” for Lexicon, Schueck said, mentioning the company’s January implementation of an employee stock ownership plan. Schueck said Lexicon is not a construction company, but a “people company that just happens to be really good at construction.”
“We build a better tomorrow one project at a time,” Schueck said. “I am so proud to carry the torch for the over 3,000 employees that work at Lexicon.”
Lexicon was founded as Schueck Steel Products by Tom Schueck in 1968. Originally a converted home garage, the company has expanded its services into sheet metal fabrication, mechanical equipment installation, construction management and a variety of other fields. From its Little Rock base, Lexicon now works in about 30 states.
