by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, city, city government, home, house, land, municipal, municipality, property, purchase, real estate, residence, residential real estate, sale, sell, state agency, tax, tax-forfeited property
GREENVILLE — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Greenville Mayor John Cox are hoping the second round of tax-forfeited land sales in Greenville will be just as successful as the first. In a joint press conference, Hosemann and Cox announced the public sale of another 94 parcels of tax-forfeited land, valued at $210,000. “I would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 3,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, buy, Commercial Real Estate, island, land, property, public land, public use, real estate, sale, sell, state, state agency
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The state of Mississippi has bought 217 more acres of Cat Island to set aside for public use. About one-third of Cat Island is part of the National Park Service’s Gulf Islands National Seashore and BP purchased about one-third of the island following the 2010 oil spill from the Boddie family, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: alternative fuels, bond, county government, economic development, employment, energy, industrial real estate, job creation, land, loan, plant, property, real estate, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County will borrow the $9 million it now needs to buy the former International Paper property from Rentech. County officials announced earlier this week they had reached a deal with Rentech for the 478-acre property. Officials tell the Natchez Democrat the board of supervisors will adopt a resolution to issue bonds for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: Coast, college, ecosystem, education, environment, higher education, land, postsecondary education, property, public university, real estate, restoration, study, survey, university, wetlands, wildlife
GULF COAST — A new survey Mississippi State University finds more than 60 percent of Americans are willing to pay to restore Louisiana’s rapidly eroding Barataria-Terrebonne estuary. The Courier reports the survey found that respondents were willing to pay between $909 and $1,751 per household for coastal restoration projects. Added up, that could generate between [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: city, city government, license, municipal, municipality, orginance, privilege license, property, real estate, regulation, rent, rental, rental property, residential real estate
MCCOMB — The city of McComb will soon require some rental property owners to obtain a privilege license and have their properties inspected. The Enterprise-Journal reports Mayor Whitney Rawlings broke a tie vote this week to approve the ordinance. It will require all rental property owners with three or more properties purchase what will likely [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, alternative fuel, board of supervisors, buy, county government, environment, fuel, green, industrial real estate, land, property, real estate, sale, sell, supervisor
NATCHEZ — Adams County officials are continuing talks on buying the former International Paper site from Rentech. The Natchez Democrat reports supervisors met Monday and board attorney Scott Slover said no decision has been made. The IP mill was once home to the area’s biggest employer but was shuttered in 2003. Rentech purchased the property [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: commercial real estater, debt, earnings, office space, profit, property, publicly traded company, real estate, real estate investment trust, revenue
JACKSON — EastGroup Properties’ profit rose in the first quarter as revenues rose and debt payments fell. The real estate investment trust said quarterly profit rose 32 percent to $7.2 million, or 24 cents per share in the three months ended March 31. That’s up from $5.4 million, or 19 cents per share, in 2012′s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 18,2013
Tags: annex, annexation, city government, fire, land, law enforcement, municipal, municipality, police, property, real estate, services
D’IBERVILLE — D’Iberville will nearly double in size Sunday when area it has annexed officially becomes part of the city. Police Chief Wayne Payne tells The Sun Herald his department has been working with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and will assume full law enforcement in the annexed area north of the city beginning at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: discrimination, federal government, home, house, housing, land, lawsuit, property, real estate, residence, settlement
MAGEE — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Mississippi company will pay a $27,000 settlement in a housing discrimination lawsuit. M.M. and S. Inc. agreed, according to a press release, to pay $20,000 to a family for refusing to rent a home to them, and a civil penalty of $7,000 to the United States. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: alderman, blighted property, board of aldermen, city government, home, house, property, real estate, residence, residentai real estate
HORN LAKE — Horn Lake aldermen have given the city authority to clean up more than 60 properties if the landowners fail to take action. Overgrown property becomes a chronic problem for municipalities with the coming of spring as grass begins to grow. Under the resolution approved by the board, the city has the authority [...] [...]
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