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  align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
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  align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
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  align=center>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
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  align=center><B><U>__________________________</U></B></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B></B>&nbsp;</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
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  align=center>Current Report</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>Date of Report (date
  of earliest event reported):&nbsp; August 9, 2010</P>
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  align=center><B><U>PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC</U></B><U>.</U></P>
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  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"
  align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <U>Maryland</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <U>1-11533</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <U>74-2123597</U></P>
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  align=center>&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Commission File
  Number)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  (IRS Employer</P>
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  align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of
  Incorporation)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Identification No.)</P>
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  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 4.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center><U>One Jackson Place, Suite 1000, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson,
  MS 39201</U></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
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  align=center>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)</P>
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  align=center><U>(601) 948-4091</U></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center>(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 4.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center><U>Not Applicable</U></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">Check the appropriate box below if
  the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation
  of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
  A.2. below):</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)</P>
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  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in">&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)</P>
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>
  <P class=MsoFooter style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>Page 1 of 3</P>
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  <P><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B>Item
  1.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry into a Material Definitive
  Agreement</B></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><U>Underwriting
  Agreement</U></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">On August
  9, 2010, Parkway Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and Parkway Properties LP (the
  "Operating Partnership") entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo
  Securities, LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, as underwriters.&nbsp;
  Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the Company
  agreed to sell 1,974,896 shares of its 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable
  Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, $0.001 par
  value per share (the "Shares") to the underwriters (the "Offering").&nbsp; The
  underwriters agreed to pay the Company a purchase price per share of $23.016
  (reflecting a price to the public of $23.757 per share, less an underwriting
  discount of $0.741 per share).&nbsp; The underwriting agreement contained
  customary representations and warranties, indemnification provisions and closing
  conditions.&nbsp; The foregoing description of the underwriting agreement is
  qualified in its entirety by reference to the underwriting agreement filed as
  Exhibit 1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; Legal
  opinions delivered regarding the legality of the Shares and certain tax matters
  are attached as Exhibits 5 and 8, respectively, to this Form 8-K.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><U>Amendment
  to Exhibit A of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
  Parkway Properties LP</U></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">On August
  9, 2010, the Company, through it wholly-owned subsidiary, Parkway Properties
  General Partners, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership,
  amended Exhibit A of the Operating Partnership's Amended and Restated Agreement
  of Limited Partnership, dated July 1, 1998 ("Amendment to Exhibit A"), to permit
  the issuance of additional units of limited partnership interest in the
  Operating Partnership with substantially identical economic terms as the Shares
  issued in the Offering. </P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The
  foregoing description of the Amendment Exhibit A is qualified in its entirety by
  reference to the Amendment to Exhibit A, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10
  to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B>Item
  5.03.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amendments to Articles of
  Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year</B></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">On August
  10, 2010, the Company filed Articles Supplementary (the "Additional Series D
  Articles Supplementary") with the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the
  State of Maryland reclassifying and designating the Shares as 8.00% Series D
  Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. &nbsp;The
  first dividend on the Shares issued in the Offering will be paid on October 15,
  2010 and will be for a full quarter in the amount of $0.50 per share.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The
  foregoing description of the Additional Series D Articles Supplementary is
  qualified in its entirety by reference to the Additional Series D Articles
  Supplementary, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3 to this Form 8-K and
  incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  <P class=MsoFooter style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>Page 2 of 3</P>
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  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B>Item
  9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial Statements and
  Exhibits</B></P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Exhibits.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Underwriting Agreement dated August 9, 2010 by and among Parkway Properties,
  Inc., Parkway Properties LP, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Banc of America
  Securities LLC.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Articles Supplementary reclassifying and designating an additional 1,974,896
  shares of common stock as 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock,
  par value $0.001 per share.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Opinion of Jaeckle Fleischmann &amp; Mugel, LLP regarding legality.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(8)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Opinion of Jaeckle Fleischmann &amp; Mugel, LLP as to certain tax matters.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(10)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Amendment to Exhibit A dated August 9, 2010 of the Amended and Restated
  Agreement of Limited Partnership of Parkway Properties LP.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 60pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">(23)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Consents of Jaeckle Fleischmann &amp; Mugel, LLP (included in Exhibits 5 and
  8).</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
  align=center>SIGNATURES</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">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.</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; August
  12, 2010</P>
  <P class=MsoNormal
  style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.</P>
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  By: /<U>s/ Mandy M.
  Pope&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  </U></P>
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  style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Mandy M. Pope</P>
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  align=center>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Executive Vice President and </P>
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  Chief Accounting Officer </P>
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text: 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):  August 9, 2010
  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)
  Check the appropriate box below if
  the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation
  of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
  A.2. below):
        
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
        
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
        
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
        
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Page 1 of 3
  Item
  1.01.        Entry into a Material Definitive
  Agreement
  Underwriting
  Agreement
  On August
  9, 2010, Parkway Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and Parkway Properties LP (the
  "Operating Partnership") entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo
  Securities, LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, as underwriters. 
  Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the Company
  agreed to sell 1,974,896 shares of its 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable
  Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, $0.001 par
  value per share (the "Shares") to the underwriters (the "Offering").  The
  underwriters agreed to pay the Company a purchase price per share of $23.016
  (reflecting a price to the public of $23.757 per share, less an underwriting
  discount of $0.741 per share).  The underwriting agreement contained
  customary representations and warranties, indemnification provisions and closing
  conditions.  The foregoing description of the underwriting agreement is
  qualified in its entirety by reference to the underwriting agreement filed as
  Exhibit 1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.  Legal
  opinions delivered regarding the legality of the Shares and certain tax matters
  are attached as Exhibits 5 and 8, respectively, to this Form 8-K.
  Amendment
  to Exhibit A of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
  Parkway Properties LP
  On August
  9, 2010, the Company, through it wholly-owned subsidiary, Parkway Properties
  General Partners, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership,
  amended Exhibit A of the Operating Partnership's Amended and Restated Agreement
  of Limited Partnership, dated July 1, 1998 ("Amendment to Exhibit A"), to permit
  the issuance of additional units of limited partnership interest in the
  Operating Partnership with substantially identical economic terms as the Shares
  issued in the Offering.
  The
  foregoing description of the Amendment Exhibit A is qualified in its entirety by
  reference to the Amendment to Exhibit A, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10
  to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
  Item
  5.03.        Amendments to Articles of
  Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
  On August
  10, 2010, the Company filed Articles Supplementary (the "Additional Series D
  Articles Supplementary") with the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the
  State of Maryland reclassifying and designating the Shares as 8.00% Series D
  Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.  The
  first dividend on the Shares issued in the Offering will be paid on October 15,
  2010 and will be for a full quarter in the amount of $0.50 per share.
  The
  foregoing description of the Additional Series D Articles Supplementary is
  qualified in its entirety by reference to the Additional Series D Articles
  Supplementary, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3 to this Form 8-K and
  incorporated herein by reference.
  Page 2 of 3
  Item
  9.01.        Financial Statements and
  Exhibits
  (d)       
  Exhibits.
  (1)       
  Underwriting Agreement dated August 9, 2010 by and among Parkway Properties,
  Inc., Parkway Properties LP, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Banc of America
  Securities LLC.
  (3)       
  Articles Supplementary reclassifying and designating an additional 1,974,896
  shares of common stock as 8.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock,
  par value $0.001 per share.
  (5)       
  Opinion of Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP regarding legality.
  (8)       
  Opinion of Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP as to certain tax matters.
  (10)     
  Amendment to Exhibit A dated August 9, 2010 of the Amended and Restated
  Agreement of Limited Partnership of Parkway Properties LP.
  (23)     
  Consents of Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP (included in Exhibits 5 and
  8).
  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.
  Date:    August
  12, 2010
  PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.
  By: /
  s/ Mandy M.
  Pope
  Mandy M. Pope
  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Accounting Officer
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