by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, energy, fuel, land, plant, property, real estate, REFINERY, sale, sell, site
NATCHEZ — Rentech is asking $8.5 million for the 478 acres in Adams County where it once planned to build an alternative fuels plant to convert coal into liquid. Natchez real estate broker Glenn Green, one of the three listed on the property, tells the Natchez Democrat there has been some offers on the property [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, connector, county government, infrastructure, interstate, land, public safety, right of way, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, state government, street, supervisors, transportation, travel
JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County and the state will begin buying right of way before the end of the year for a new road that will parallel Interstate 10 and connect a popular shopping area in Harrison County with West Jackson County. The Sun Herald reports the Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted for Neel-Schaffer [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: expand, expansion, foreign market, global, home, house, housing, international, land, mortgage, property, real estate, residence, resident, technology
OXFORD — FNC Inc., a mortgage technology company, took its operations global this week, officially opening an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Last fall, Sao Paulo-based Cetip — Latin America’s largest depository of fixed income securities — selected FNC to deliver a comprehensive collateral management solution for the Brazilian mortgage industry. “We at Cetip are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 25,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, charitable organization, charity, city government, community development, construction, home, house, land, municipal, municipality, nonprofit, property, purchase, real estate, residence, residential real estate, sale, sell
HORN LAKE — Horn Lake is planning to sell some city-owned property to Habitat for Humanity for seven homes to be built by the nonprofit agency. The Commercial Appeal reports that aldermen voted last week to declare seven lots as surplus. Three appraisals will determine their fair market value — and thus the sale price. [...] [...]
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 4,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, charter boat, crime, investigate, investigation, investigator, land, law, legal, misappropriation, property, purchase, real estate, sale, sell, state agency
BILOXI — About $80,000 in charter boat trips are now part of a criminal investigation of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, an official has told The Sun Herald. Invoices and letters provided by the DMR indicate the trips were to sample fish for research about artificial reefs, even though the department owns a $389,000 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: Alternative energy, Closing, closure, energy, facility, green, land, plant, property, REFINERY, research and development, sale, sell, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Rentech Inc. says it plans to mothball its alternative-energy product demonstration facility in Commerce City, Colo., and end all related research and development activities, which will mean cutting 65 employee and contractor positions by mid-year. CEO D. Hunt Ramsbottom says the company intends to focus instead on opportunities for more immediate profitability. Rentech [...] [...]
BILOXI and GULFPORT — A new annexation plan would cut in half the amount of land Biloxi wants to annex on the city’s northwest border. City attorney Ronald Peresich tells The Sun Herald the new boundaries reduce the proposed annexation area from 7.5 square miles to about three square miles. The adjusted area still includes [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 25,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, board, buy, conflict of interest, investigation, land, law, legal, loan, property, purchase, sale, sell, state agncy, sweetheart deal, trust
BILOXI — The head of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain says a board member employed by the state Department of Marine Resources asked the trust if it would buy land from her boss’ son, if the department provided some money. The proposal came from Tina Shumate, who resigned early in February as [...] [...]