Jackson politics, property, and power.
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Development deals, office and retail, and who's building what.
The 3-1 vote authorizes urban renewal bonds for a 1,800-person venue near Sunnybrook Road. A private developer plans a 250-room hotel next door. Critics say taxpayers are on the hook if revenue falls short.
Con Edison cut power to thousands and reduced voltage for 400,000 customers during the heat wave, a preview of what a grid without slack looks like. Jackson votes on its data center rules July 14. The two stories are the same story.
A rezoning brawl over 230 acres in northwest Jackson has the protests and the deadline. But a separate developer's off-grid gas plant — the project state regulators just declined to touch — may set the precedent that lasts.
A quiet office building on Ridgewood Road is becoming luxury lofts. The developer has done this before, and the math is the reason.
An essay: for twenty years Jackson couldn't give away a downtown lot — and when investors finally arrived with a private jet and a yacht, they turned out to be the FBI.
In barely a year, New Jersey tech founder Kumar Bhavanasi has quietly bought five of downtown's most important buildings — and he's planning to spend more than $100 million bringing them back to life.
A New Jersey firm wants to rezone 190 acres for what looks like a data center, just as the City Council weighs a moratorium — part of a boom that's made Mississippi one of the country's hottest markets.