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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>
  
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Washington, D.C.
  20549</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>__________________________</u></b></p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Current Report</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Pursuant to Section
  13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</p>
  
  
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Date of Report (date
  of earliest event reported):&nbsp; April 28, 2010</p>
  
  
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b><u>PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC</u></b><u>.</u></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>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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  Number)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (IRS Employer</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; Identification
  No.)</p>
  
  
  
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
  <u>One
  Jackson Place, Suite 1000, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39225-4647</u></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)</p>
  
  
  
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
  <u>(601) 948-4091</u></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code)</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><u>Not
  Applicable</u></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&#61551;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Written communications
  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&#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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&#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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&#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>
  
  
  
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Item 5.02&nbsp; Departure of
  Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</b></p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The
  Board of Directors of Parkway Properties, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot; or &quot;Parkway&quot;)
  announced that Richard G. Hickson IV has been appointed as Executive Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 1, 2010.&nbsp; A
  copy of the press release announcing such appointment is attached hereto as
  Exhibit 99.&nbsp; In connection with the appointment of Mr. Hickson, Mandy M. Pope,
  will relinquish her role as interim Chief Financial Officer and will continue
  her role as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary.&nbsp;
  </p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Mr.
  Hickson, age 36, has been with the Company since 2004, and most recently served
  as Senior Vice President, Senior Asset Manager and Fund Manager, based out of
  the Company's regional office in Atlanta, Georgia.&nbsp; While at Parkway, Mr.
  Hickson has progressed through a number of increasingly senior roles in
  investments, asset management and operations.&nbsp; Immediately prior to joining the
  Company, he worked as Manager of Real Estate for CCA Industries, a private holding
  company in Richmond, Virginia, from 2003 to 2004.&nbsp; During 2002 and 2003, he
  worked in the investment banking department of Lehman Brothers Inc. in New
  York, New York.&nbsp; He also worked in the investment banking department of First
  Union Securities (now a part of Eastdil Secured) in Richmond, Virginia, from
  1998 to 2001.&nbsp; Mr. Hickson is a graduate of Washington and Lee University with
  a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.&nbsp; He also received a
  Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden School
  of Business.</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Effective
  May 1, 2010, Mr. Hickson will be paid an annual base salary of $250,000 and
  will be eligible to participate in the Company's 2010 cash incentive bonus
  program (described in the Company's Form 8-K filed February 16, 2010) with a
  maximum bonus of 50% of his base salary for achievement of individual and
  Company performance goals. &nbsp;Mr. Hickson earned $206,154 in salary and bonus for
  2009.&nbsp; Effective February 5, 2010, Ms. Pope will be paid an annual base salary
  of $225,000 with a maximum bonus of 35% of her base salary for achievement of
  individual and Company performance goals.&nbsp; Additionally, Ms. Pope will receive
  a one-time bonus of $15,000 for her work as interim Chief Financial Officer.</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Item 9.01&nbsp; Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.</b></p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:27.0pt;margin-bottom:
  12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify'>99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Press
  release dated April 29, 2010</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>SIGNATURES</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='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 class=MsoNormal>Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 4, 2010</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.25in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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; </u></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>
  
  <p class=MsoFooter align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Chief </p>
  <p class=MsoFooter align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accounting Officer
  </p>
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  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):  April 28, 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 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))
  Page 1 of 2 Pages
  Item 5.02  Departure of
  Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
  Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
  The
  Board of Directors of Parkway Properties, Inc. (the "Company" or "Parkway")
  announced that Richard G. Hickson IV has been appointed as Executive Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective May 1, 2010.  A
  copy of the press release announcing such appointment is attached hereto as
  Exhibit 99.  In connection with the appointment of Mr. Hickson, Mandy M. Pope,
  will relinquish her role as interim Chief Financial Officer and will continue
  her role as Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary.
  Mr.
  Hickson, age 36, has been with the Company since 2004, and most recently served
  as Senior Vice President, Senior Asset Manager and Fund Manager, based out of
  the Company's regional office in Atlanta, Georgia.  While at Parkway, Mr.
  Hickson has progressed through a number of increasingly senior roles in
  investments, asset management and operations.  Immediately prior to joining the
  Company, he worked as Manager of Real Estate for CCA Industries, a private holding
  company in Richmond, Virginia, from 2003 to 2004.  During 2002 and 2003, he
  worked in the investment banking department of Lehman Brothers Inc. in New
  York, New York.  He also worked in the investment banking department of First
  Union Securities (now a part of Eastdil Secured) in Richmond, Virginia, from
  1998 to 2001.  Mr. Hickson is a graduate of Washington and Lee University with
  a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.  He also received a
  Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia Darden School
  of Business.
  Effective
  May 1, 2010, Mr. Hickson will be paid an annual base salary of $250,000 and
  will be eligible to participate in the Company's 2010 cash incentive bonus
  program (described in the Company's Form 8-K filed February 16, 2010) with a
  maximum bonus of 50% of his base salary for achievement of individual and
  Company performance goals.  Mr. Hickson earned $206,154 in salary and bonus for
  2009.  Effective February 5, 2010, Ms. Pope will be paid an annual base salary
  of $225,000 with a maximum bonus of 35% of her base salary for achievement of
  individual and Company performance goals.  Additionally, Ms. Pope will receive
  a one-time bonus of $15,000 for her work as interim Chief Financial Officer.
  Item 9.01  Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)        Exhibits
  99        Press
  release dated April 29, 2010
  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:    May 4, 2010
  PARKWAY
  PROPERTIES, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Mandy M. Pope
  Mandy
  M. Pope
  Executive Vice President and Chief
  Accounting Officer
  Page 2 of 2 Pages