by MBJ Staff Published: December 20,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, education, government, health, health care, lease, medical, medicine, public health, research, school, supervisor, university
GRENADA — The Grenada County Board of Supervisors has selected the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) proposal for the long-term lease of Grenada Lake Medical Center (GLMC) in connection with Grenada County’s request for proposals (RFP). Terms were not disclosed. “While the process has taken longer than expected and there still remains work to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: acquisition, buy, casino, city, convention, council, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, government, lease, meeting, merger, municipal, municipality, nightlife, purchase, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
BILOXI — The sale of the Isle Casino to Landry’s Golden Nugget could close at any time. The Biloxi City Council has approved reassigning leases for city land at Point Cadet to Landry’s Golden Nugget. The sale of the Isle Casino to Golden Nugget was announced in March. The casino will become the Golden Nugget [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 26,2012
Tags: city, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, government, lease, municipal, municipality, parking, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez is eyeing the gravel lot next to the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center for parking it must provide to Magnolia Bluffs Casino in accordance with the lease between the casino and the city. Mayor Butch Brown tells The Natchez Democrat the parking lot is currently the most logical option [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 9,2012
Tags: distribution, employee, employer, employment, job, lease, retail, retailer, retailing, storage, warehouse, warehousing, work, worker
OLIVE BRANCH — Philadelphia-based specialty value retailer Five Below has signed the lease for a new distribution center in Olive Branch. Terms were not disclosed. The 600,000-square-foot facility, located at 9105 Hacks Cross Road, is Five Below’s second distribution center and will allow the company to more quickly and efficiently supply stores in the South [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: athletics, basketball, coach, education, higher education, land, lease, property, public education, public school, public university, real estate, school, sports
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Former Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury and a business partner will lease about 312 acres of 16th Section school land in Oktibbeha County for $31,290 annually. The county school board had rejected an earlier proposal involving 400 acres from Stansbury and partner John Barnett because the rental fee was too low. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: appropriation, athletics, budget, city, fitness, Golf, golf course, government, health, lease, money, municipal, municipality, outdoors, public sector, revenue, sports, tax, tax collection
GREENVILLE — Though there were some hiccups in revenue collections for some city departments during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Greenville ended up with about $122,000 more in collections than the previous year. Steve Osso, the city’s external financial consultant, tells The Delta Democrat Times Greenville brought in almost $15.8 million over the period compared to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 18,2012
Tags: acquisition, board of supervisor, county, government, health, health care, hospital, lease, medical, medicine, own, purchase, supervisor
TIPPAH COUNTY — Supervisors may bring in a medical organization to lease and operate the publicly owned local hospital. Supervisors and hospital officials tell the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal there are no plans to sell the Tippah County Hospital. Supervisors say a long-term lease would keep the ownership of the hospital with the county and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 11,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, boat, boating, commission, county, fishing, government, harbor, lease, marina, outdoors, parking, recreation, restaurant, slip, supervisor, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, visitor
OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County supervisors have approved a plan for the Harbor Commission to manage and lease parking and boat slips that will be created when the state removes a boat shed and restaurant from the county’s Ocean Springs Harbor. County leaders said the Department of Marine Resources will need to first remove the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 30,2012
Tags: building, Business, commercial, COST, industrial, lease, office, price, property, real estate, rent, rental, study, trade association
JACKSON — The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, using the results from the 2012 Experience Exchange Report (EER), has compiled a list of the most and least expensive commercial real estate city-markets in the United States. The annual report aggregates rental income and operating expense figures from the previous year; in 2011, data [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: county, county government, default, health, health care, hospital, lease, medical, medicine, public health
PORT GIBSON — Claiborne County supervisors have taken back the local hospital after the former operator missed two years’ of lease payments. The board voted to retake the facility from Tupelo-based Rural Healthcare Developers, the Vicksburg Post reports. County administrator James Johnson said business continues as usual. The 25-bed facility is now called Claiborne County [...] [...]