Aggressive last-minute price cutting did the trick for Clinton’s South Pointe Business Park in the competition to become the new home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, the state says. The selection came down to price, with representatives of the former WorldCom headquarters presenting a lease offer too attractive to pass up, said Kevin Upchurch, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: bench, case, Commercial Real Estate, community development, court, developer, development, home, homeowner, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, movie, noise, residence, resident, residential real estate, theater, traffic, trial
OLIVE BRANCH — An Olive Branch community remains in the lurch about whether a controversial movie theater will be constructed near its homes. The Commercial Appeal reports the developer has filed an appeal in DeSoto County Circuit Court about Board of Aldermen decisions he said are preventing a theater from being developed near Wedgewood subdivision. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 18,2013
Tags: city government, Commercial Real Estate, land, mall, municipality, property, redevelopment, renovation, retail, retailer, retailing, shop, shopper, shopping
GAUTIER — The redeveloped Singing River Mall will be an open-air shopping center that requires demolition of about 250,000 square feet of existing space. That’s according to an agreement on the city council’s agenda last week. The Mississippi Press reports the proposed agreement points to a 350,000-square-foot high-quality mixed-use development with anchor, junior anchor and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: annex, bench, Commercial Real Estate, construction, court, health, health care, hospital, judge, land, law, legal, medical, medicine, property
OXFORD — A Lafayette County judge has ruled that the land that a company has selected as the location of its new $300-million hospital will be included in the Oxford city limits. Since Chancery Judge Ed Roberts approved the annexation last month, some objectors have dropped out of the case, but three others — Kenneth [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 6,2013
Tags: ceremony, Commercial Real Estate, construction, distribution center, economic development, employee, employer, employment, ground breaking, job, job creation, work, worker
OLIVE BRANCH — Gov. Phil Bryant was among those on hand to celebrate a new business for the Olive Branch area. Bryant attended a ceremony yesterday marking the pending construction of a distribution center for Helen of Troy, a health and personal care product manufacturer. Helen of Troy expects its new 1.3-million-square-foot facility to be [...] [...]
BILOXI — The city of Biloxi is seeking authority from the Legislature to deal with blighted commercial property. Its target is Caesars Entertainment’s unfinished casino on the beach on U.S. Highway 90. The city had authority until last September when a law expired to clean commercial buildings and multi-family housing complexes damaged by Hurricane Katrina [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: city government, Commercial Real Estate, film, movie, movie theater, municipal, municipality, protest, real estate, residence, resident
OLIVE BRANCH — Officials have blocked a movie theater developer’s attempt to put a cinema at the wooded rear of the golf course community of Wedgewood. The Commercial Appeal reports the controversial plans by cinema developer Ambarish A. Keshani drew about 100 area residents to yesterday’s Olive Branch Board of Aldermen meeting to speak in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: build, builder, building, building code, city government, Commercial Real Estate, construction, consultant, municipal, municipality
NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez has hired a consultant to help officials rewrite the local guidelines for building codes, new construction, signage and the various zoned districts in the city. Former city planner Phil Walker of the Walker Collaborative, a consulting firm in Nashville, Tenn., tells the Natchez Democrat he’ll meet with a local [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 19,2013
Tags: bill, Commercial Real Estate, cultural retial, executive, governor, incentive, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, outlet mall, Politics, retail, state government, tax, tax break, vote
PEARL — The Mississippi House has given final approval to a bill that would provide sales tax rebates to the developer of an $80-million outlet mall scheduled to open in November in Pearl. Senate Bill 2806 passed the House 93-22 and heads to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. It passed the Senate earlier. The bill would [...] [...]
GREENVILLE — A clause in Greenville’s historic district ordinance that allows businesses to opt-out of the program is valid, according to an opinion from the state attorney general’s office. The Joint Greenville Washington County Historic Preservation Commission had sought the clarification. An attorney general’s opinion does not carry the weight of law but is designed [...] [...]
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