UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________________

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):  May 11, 2011


PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland
1-11533
74-2123597
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)
 
Identification No.)

One Jackson Place, Suite 1000, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)
 
                                          (601) 948-4091                                      
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.01                      Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
 
On May 11, 2011, Parkway Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced sale of 233 North Michigan, a 1.1 million square foot office property located in the central business district of Chicago, Illinois, to HUB Properties Trust, an affiliate of Commonwealth REIT, for a gross sale price of $162.2 million.   At closing, the Company repaid the $84.6 million first mortgage secured by the property that was previously scheduled to mature in July 2011.  Parkway received net cash proceeds from the sale after the repayment of the first mortgage of approximately $74 million, which the Company used to reduce amounts outstanding under the Company's revolving credit facility.

The Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Company and HUB Properties Trust was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.  Unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information of the Company reflecting the disposition of 233 North Michigan was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.  
       
Date:      May 12, 2011
By:
/s/ Mandy M. Pope  
    Mandy M. Pope  
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 
       
 
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