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Rouses Picayune

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $16,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $16,871,956

IMPACT

  • 97 FTE jobs
  • 81 construction jobs
  • 55,108 sq. ft. of real estate

Investor

Project Description

Acquisition and construction of a new retail shopping center with a 40,000 sq. ft. grocery store as its anchor. The project is located in a severely distressed area of rural Picayune, Mississippi that has been identified by the USDA as a Food Desert. The anticipated project will fund costs associated with acquisition and construction of a former Winn Dixie grocery store that closed in 2018.

MAP

Address: 1701 Highway 43 N Frontage Rd, Picayune, MS 39466

Census Tract: 28109950600

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The Habitat Homes Project provided support to Habitat for Humanity affiliates located in Metro Jackson and in the Mississippi Gulf Coast areas of Mississippi.
NMTC financing supported a construction loan for the rehabilitation of historic hotel in Clarksdale, MS, run by an artist co-op.

Acquisition and construction of a new retail shopping center with a 40,000 sq. ft. grocery store as its anchor. The project is located in a severely distressed area of rural