Mississippi Business Journal » Ted Duckworth http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 District at Eastover construction to start later this year http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/district-at-eastover-construction-to-start-later-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=district-at-eastover-construction-to-start-later-this-year http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/district-at-eastover-construction-to-start-later-this-year/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:31 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=74984 A mixed-use development on the site of Jackson’s Old Blind School has confirmed tenants a few months before construction begins. The District at Eastover will sit on Interstate 55 and be bordered by the Eastover and Fondren neighborhoods. So far, a Residence Inn by Marriott, Community Trust Bank, Cantina Laredo restaurant, a movie theater, a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/district-at-eastover-construction-to-start-later-this-year/feed/ 0 Eastover development on track for 2014 opening http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/21/eastover-development-on-track-for-2014-opening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eastover-development-on-track-for-2014-opening http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/21/eastover-development-on-track-for-2014-opening/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:12:25 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=62936 The developers of a mixed-use development on the site of Jackson’s School for the Blind say the project is on schedule for construction to start next summer. Until then, finalizing building plans and getting a grip on exactly where each piece of the project will sit on the 23-acre site is top priority. Ted Duckworth [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/21/eastover-development-on-track-for-2014-opening/feed/ 0 Survey: Metro Jackson office markets showing some strength http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/survey-metro-jackson-office-markets-showing-some-strength/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-metro-jackson-office-markets-showing-some-strength http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/survey-metro-jackson-office-markets-showing-some-strength/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:08:11 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=53887 Jackson’s Central Business District office market is starting 2012 much as it did 2011 with slightly more than a quarter of available space empty. That’s the good news. The CBD wouldn’t be keeping its current occupancy levels had expected lease renewals not come through, commercial real estate professionals say. Parkway Properties’ 120-building fourth-quarter office market [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/survey-metro-jackson-office-markets-showing-some-strength/feed/ 0 Construction to start by year’s end on Eastover development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/construction-to-start-by-year%e2%80%99s-end-on-eastover-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=construction-to-start-by-year%25e2%2580%2599s-end-on-eastover-development http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/construction-to-start-by-year%e2%80%99s-end-on-eastover-development/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:35 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=53426 Developers of The District at Eastover in Northeast Jackson finally own the site for the mixed-use project. Ted Duckworth and Breck Hines, co-owners of the The District Land Development Co., bought the 21-acre Old Blind School site from the state for $3.3 million. The deal closed Feb. 24. Hines said in an interview last week [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/construction-to-start-by-year%e2%80%99s-end-on-eastover-development/feed/ 0 Eastover project set to go http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/finally-there/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finally-there http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/finally-there/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:00:18 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=32667 Jackson developer hopes that his District at Eastover is soon a reality Ted Duckworth has spent the better part of three years working on the District at Eastover in Jackson. And he is as close as he ever been to concrete results. After negotiations with Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann over lease terms for the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/31/finally-there/feed/ 0 Eastover negotiations come to halt http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/11/23/eastover-negotiations-come-to-halt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eastover-negotiations-come-to-halt http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/11/23/eastover-negotiations-come-to-halt/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:01:05 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=15505 Negotiations between a Jackson developer and the state to build a mixed-use development on the Old Blind School site in Jackson have broken down. Ted Duckworth said last week that he would seek to modify the legislation that outlines the terms that have governed negotiations between him and the Mississippi Development Authority and Secretary of [...]

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