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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><font style="font-size: 18.0pt">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><font style="font-size: 18.0pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>Washington, D.C.
  20549</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><u>__________________________</u></b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><font style="font-size: 16.0pt">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><font style="font-size: 16.0pt">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>Current Report</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>Pursuant to Section
  13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>Date of Report (date
  of earliest event reported):&nbsp; October 30, 2009</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><b><u><font style="font-size: 14.0pt">PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC</font></u></b><u>.</u></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>(Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>&nbsp;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>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (State or Other Jurisdiction &nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp; (IRS Employer</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Identification
  No.)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center'><u>One
  Jackson Place, Suite 1000, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39225-4647</u></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center'>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center'><font style="font-size: 11.0pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'><u>(601) 948-4091</u></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>(Registrant&#146;s
  telephone number, including area code)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center'><u>Not
  Applicable</u></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>(Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-indent:.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 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Written communications
  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.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>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>Page 1 of 2 Pages</p>
  
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  <hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:navy' align=center>
  
  </div>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:1.0pt'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <br
  clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>
  
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:1.0pt'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:1.0pt'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:1.0pt'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'><b>Item 5.02.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Departure of Directors or Principal
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers</b></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On October 30, 2009,
  Parkway&#146;s Board of Directors increased the size of the Board from seven to
  eight members and elected Brenda J. Mixson to fill the newly created position
  on the Board.&nbsp; Ms. Mixson will serve as an independent director and a member of
  Parkway&#146;s Audit Committee and Investment Committee.</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. Mixson has been
  with Island Capital Group LLC since its inception in July 2003 and is a senior
  member of Island&#146;s Real Estate Debt and Capital Markets Group focusing
  primarily on investment acquisitions (commercial real estate debt and equity as
  well as operating companies), joint ventures and portfolio management.&nbsp; Prior
  to joining Island Capital, Ms. Mixson served as a Managing Director of Insignia
  Financial Group from 2001 through 2003.&nbsp; She held a variety of senior executive
  positions in the real estate finance industry, including Executive Vice
  President of Travelers Realty Investment Corp., Chief Operating Officer of one
  of George Soros&#146; real estate funds, Managing Director with ING Barings, and
  Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of a start-up commercial
  mortgage securitization company.&nbsp; She has served as the Chief Financial Officer
  of a publicly traded REIT, and also served on the Board of Directors of
  AvalonBay Apartment Communities, Inc., a NYSE REIT, from 1994 to 2001.&nbsp; Ms.
  Mixson has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Commercial
  Mortgage Securitization Association.&nbsp; She received a B.S. in Economics from the
  University of Minnesota, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.&nbsp; </p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are no
  arrangements or understandings between Ms. Mixson and any other persons
  pursuant to which Ms. Mixson was appointed a director of the Company.&nbsp; There
  are no transactions in which Ms. Mixson has an interest requiring disclosure
  under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. Mixson will
  receive compensation for her service on the Board of Directors in accordance
  with the Company&#146;s standard compensatory arrangement for non-employee
  directors.&nbsp; A description of the Company&#146;s non-employee director compensation
  program can be found in the Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K that was filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2009.</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>SIGNATURES</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'>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 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:justify'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; November 3, 2009</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-indent:3.0in'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-indent:3.0in'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-indent:3.0in'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";margin-left:3.25in'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>By: /s/ J. Mitchell Collins</u></p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";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; J. Mitchell Collins</p>
  
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";text-align:center'>&nbsp;Executive Vice
  President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary Page 2 of 2 Pages</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):  October 30, 2009
  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 39225-4647
  (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))
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  Item 5.02.       Departure of Directors or Principal
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers
  On October 30, 2009,
  Parkway's Board of Directors increased the size of the Board from seven to
  eight members and elected Brenda J. Mixson to fill the newly created position
  on the Board.  Ms. Mixson will serve as an independent director and a member of
  Parkway's Audit Committee and Investment Committee.
  Ms. Mixson has been
  with Island Capital Group LLC since its inception in July 2003 and is a senior
  member of Island's Real Estate Debt and Capital Markets Group focusing
  primarily on investment acquisitions (commercial real estate debt and equity as
  well as operating companies), joint ventures and portfolio management.  Prior
  to joining Island Capital, Ms. Mixson served as a Managing Director of Insignia
  Financial Group from 2001 through 2003.  She held a variety of senior executive
  positions in the real estate finance industry, including Executive Vice
  President of Travelers Realty Investment Corp., Chief Operating Officer of one
  of George Soros' real estate funds, Managing Director with ING Barings, and
  Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of a start-up commercial
  mortgage securitization company.  She has served as the Chief Financial Officer
  of a publicly traded REIT, and also served on the Board of Directors of
  AvalonBay Apartment Communities, Inc., a NYSE REIT, from 1994 to 2001.  Ms.
  Mixson has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Commercial
  Mortgage Securitization Association.  She received a B.S. in Economics from the
  University of Minnesota, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
  There are no
  arrangements or understandings between Ms. Mixson and any other persons
  pursuant to which Ms. Mixson was appointed a director of the Company.  There
  are no transactions in which Ms. Mixson has an interest requiring disclosure
  under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
  Ms. Mixson will
  receive compensation for her service on the Board of Directors in accordance
  with the Company's standard compensatory arrangement for non-employee
  directors.  A description of the Company's non-employee director compensation
  program can be found in the Company's current report on Form 8-K that was filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2009.
  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:    November 3, 2009
  PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.
  By: /s/ J. Mitchell Collins
  J. Mitchell Collins
  Executive Vice
  President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary Page 2 of 2 Pages