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Bridge repair project finished ahead of schedule

MBJ Staff — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:52:22 +0000

RANKIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued an update on the Airport Road bridge in Rankin County, and the news is good. Earlier this week, crews began making repairs on the Airport Road bridge over the westbound lanes of I-20. Work on this project was expected to continue for one week, [...]

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Parkway packs bags

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:09 +0000

The headquarters for Jackson’s Parkway Properties Inc. will move to downtown Orlando, Fla., in early 2012, according to a statement made by the upcoming CEO in a Florida newspaper in October. A handful of senior level management will transfer, but most of Parkway’s 89 Jackson employees will stay in town. Parkway Properties is a publicly [...]

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Parkway names new leaders

MBJ Staff — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:02 +0000

Parkway Properties Inc. has appointed Charles T. Cannada chairman of Parkway’s board of directors, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Cannada will replace Parkway’s current executive chairman James R. Heistand, who will become Parkway’s permanent president and CEO on the same date. As previously announced, Steven G. Rogers will be stepping down as the company’s current president [...]

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Parkway Properties case trial date is set

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:00:51 +0000

At a recent hearing, a judge ruled the case in which the former CFO of Jackson’s Parkway Properties Inc. (NYSE: PKY) alleges wrongful termination and fraud will be tried June 4. The judge did not rule on disagreements about the plaintiff’s expert witnesses or the production of certain Parkway financial records. Parkway says it fired [...]

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Read the September 26th issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:13:42 +0000

In this week’s MBJ, Stephen McDill broke the national news that Cellular South is changing its name to C Spire Wireless. Cellular South is the nation’s largest privately-owned wireless company. The official announcement was made on the website www.personalizedwireless.com. Speculation had run rampant all week that hat the company was making major changes to its [...]

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Parkway’s Mississippi magic kingdom in flux

Amy McCullough — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:00:33 +0000

Parkway Properties’ headquarters will remain in Jackson at least for now, and a new Orlando, Fla.-based CEO will take the company’s reins Jan. 1. About 100 days after its combination with Eola Capital LLC, Parkway Properties Inc. announced CEO Steve Rogers’ retirement and succession by Eola chairman and Parkway board chairman Jim Heistand, who will [...]

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Parkway fires CFO, stock tumbles

Ross Reily — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:01:50 +0000

Parkway Properties Inc. (PKY US) fell 13.78 percent to $17.20, after sinking as much as 13 percent, the most intraday since April 20. The real estate investment trust reduced its annual dividend to 30 cents a share from $1.30 and said it fired J. Mitchell Collins as chief financial officer.

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Parkway Realty expanding in Houston

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:26:21 +0000

JACKSON — Parkway Properties Inc. is expanding its wholly-owned subsidiary, Parkway Realty Services, LLC (PRS) in Houston, Texas, and has added commercial leasing veteran Mark Preston to the Houston team of real estate professionals. PRS was founded in 1983 as a real estate service provider to both third-party clients and the investments for Parkway Properties. [...]

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Parkway recieves honor

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:32:46 +0000

JACKSON — June 29, 2009 – The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) together with The Great Place to Work Institute Inc. (GPTW) has named Parkway Properties Inc. (NYSE:PKY) one of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America in 2009. The list was announced June 29, 2009, in New Orleans [...]

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Parkway honored for great workplace

Wally Northway — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:24 +0000

JACKSON — The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) together with The Great Place to Work Institute Inc. (GPTW) has named Parkway Properties Inc. one of the “50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America” in 2009. The list, now in its sixth year, ranks the top 25 small and top 25 [...]

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