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Firm ‘completely surprised’ by supervisors’ vote on Old Capital Green

MBJ Staff — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:14:33 +0000

JACKSON — Full Spectrum, the master developer of the proposed mixed-use project in downtown Jackson called Old Capital Green, reports the firm was surprised by a recent Hinds County Board of Supervisors vote that puts the project in doubt. The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted July 16 to not support the development of the [...]

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Supervisors vote down Old Capitol Green; project in doubt

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:01:54 +0000

JACKSON — Plans for a $1 billion revitalization project for downtown Jackson have been thrown into doubt because of a decision by Hinds county officials to back out. The proposed Old Capitol Green project included office, residential and retail space and a 450-space parking garage. The Clarion-Ledger reports county supervisors voted 3-1 to bow out [...]

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County will approve bonds for Old Capital Green, if given financial information

Associated Press — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:51:12 +0000

JACKSON — Hinds County has agreed to take on more bond debt to build a parking garage for a proposed $1 billion development if developers provide repeatedly requested financial information. The Board of Supervisors narrowly voted to ask for $17 million in bonds if Full Spectrum South tells how much space is pre-leased, The Clarion-Ledger [...]

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Full Spectrum chooses Boomerang for robotic parking garage

MBJ Staff — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:47:46 +0000

JACKSON — Full Spectrum has chosen Boomerang Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of fully automated robotic parking and self-storage systems, to provide a 480-space automated parking garage as part of the initial phase of the Old Capitol Green redevelopment project located in Jackson. The cost of the project was not disclosed. Old Capitol Green [...]

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Tradition developer agrees to protect Mississippi gopher frog pond

MBJ Staff — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:29:36 +0000

HARRISON COUNTY — The Center for Biological Diversity, Gulf Restoration Network and Columbus Communities, the developer of a planned community called Tradition in Harrison County signed an agreement today to protect habitat for the highly endangered Mississippi gopher frog The memorandum of understanding outlines steps the parties will take to facilitate a land exchange between [...]

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Old Capitol Green signs leases, calls on city to act

MBJ Staff — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:06:26 +0000

JACKSON — Carlton A. Brown, founding partner and COO of Full Spectrum South, yesterday announced the first retail business leases for the Old Capitol Green project in Jackson with 65 percent of the retail spaces committed as well as leases to fill 52 percent of the project’s first commercial office building. Full Spectrum of NY [...]

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Mixed-use development set to open

Associated Press — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:53:21 +0000

JACKSON — The start of Jackson State University’s 2010-2011 academic year will coincide with the opening of the initial project in a $125-million development designed to reshape the area around campus. One University Place is a four-story building featuring 78 apartments on the upper floors and retail space on the ground level. The Clarion-Ledger reports [...]

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Seattle’s Best opens in King Edward

Wally Northway — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:38:48 +0000

JACKSON — Seattle’s Best Coffee has opened its first Jackson location at Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Jackson in the recently renovated King Edward. King Edward formally opened with an official ribbon-cutting a week before Christmas 2009, bringing life back to the venerable building that had been vacant for 42 years. The Seattle’s Best Coffee café [...]

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