Three years after breaking ground, a development company can now move forward with its plan to build 200 new homes in the capital city, the Jackson City Council decided on July 2.
Retail Specialists, a commercial real-estate agency based in Birmingham, Ala., is leading the development. It is the agency’s first commercial real-estate project in the State of Mississippi.
After a heated debate among city leaders over how the project will affect the West Jackson community, the council voted 5-2 to approve the company’s final plat, or layout, for The Village at Livingston Place.
The site sits at what was once an industrial facility.
‘Be More Optimistic About Growth’
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba, commercial developers and community members gathered on Oct. 21, 2021, staking shovels into the ground at the construction site for new homes on Livingston Road in West Jackson.
The community, featuring homes priced between $200,000 and $250,000, will sit off Livingston Road and Woodrow Wilson Avenue, across the street from the Jackson Medical Mall.
“From someone who is from Jackson, who grew up in Virden Addition—which is just a few miles down the road—and who came in this area in high school when it was booming, it’s just a pleasure for me to see that it may boom again. This is the catalyst of doing that,” WLBT reported investor Robert Gibbs as saying at the time.
Ward 3 City Councilman Kenneth Stokes said at the Jackson City Council meeting on July 2, 2024, that he didn’t think real-estate developers responsible for The Village at Livingston Place had communicated well with residents in his ward. Photo courtesy of City of Jackson ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?fit=300%2C175&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?fit=780%2C455&ssl=1″ tabindex=”0″ role=”button” src=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=780%2C455&ssl=1″ alt=”Kenneth Stokes” class=”wp-image-38311″ srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=300%2C175&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=768%2C448&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=24%2C14&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=36%2C21&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?resize=48%2C28&ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson-1024×597.jpg?w=370&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kenneth-Stokes_courtesy-city-of-jackson-1024×597.jpg?w=400&ssl=1 400w” sizes=”(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px” data-recalc-dims=”1″>Ward 3 City Councilman Kenneth Stokes said at the Jackson City Council meeting on July 2, 2024, that he didn’t think real-estate developers responsible for The Village at Livingston Place had communicated well with residents in his ward. Photo
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