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The shared fortunes of the Capital City and its suburbs

For the MBJ — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:54:44 +0000

Since 2011, a fight has been brewing in the state capitol over where the Department of Revenue (DOR) and its 500-plus workers are going to relocate. In one corner is Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, and in the other is Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, R-Clinton. Sen. Blount represents those who want to house the [...]

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Bills: Move state offices to Capitol Complex

Ted Carter — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:22:54 +0000

Downtown Jackson would see hundreds of new workers and a whittling of its office space vacancies through proposals from Senate Public Property Committee Chairman David Blount to consolidate more state agencies into space available in the Jackson Capitol Complex. In support of a pair of bills he has introduced, Blount produced an analysis from Millsaps [...]

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Landmark Center, South Pointe top candidates in DOR search

Ted Carter — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:56 +0000

A tug-of-war between two major office properties could occur in the 2013 legislative session as the Landmark Center and South Pointe vie to become the new headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Both buildings will lose major tenants in the next few months and look to rebound by securing a long-term lease for several [...]

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Landmark closing pushing Central business district office vacancy to historic level

Ted Carter — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:01:08 +0000

Downtown Jackson’s office vacancy rate will head toward 40 percent with the shutdown of the Landmark Center once master tenant AT&T vacates at the end of the year, says John Barton, a Parkway Properties senior vice president and senior asset manager who participated in the Parkway’s quarterly office market surveys until the company ceased doing [...]

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Read October 15 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:49:34 +0000

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Search is on for next Department of Revenue headquarters

Ted Carter — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:36 +0000

The leadership of the Mississippi House of Representatives last week rebuffed a late-inning effort to salvage a move of the Mississippi Department of Revenue into downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center. House leaders are said to have no appetite for dealing with the DOR headquarters issue this year. State Sen. John Horhn tried to resurrect DOR headquarters’ [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Signs point to costly provincialism in demise of Landmark

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:02 +0000

Sticking it to your neighbor can be a gratifying exercise for some Mississippi legislators — especially when they aren’t personally writing the checks that cover the cost of the sticking. Which brings us to the sticking leaders of the Mississippi House of Representatives gave Jackson and the state’s taxpayers on April 3, the last day [...]

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