Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Every Hattiesburg parcel's owner of record, deed reference and roll value can be read free from the state's compiled 2024 parcel service, though no sale prices are on it. The City, the University of Southern Mississippi and Forrest County hold the most ground. CBL's Turtle Creek Mall and the two hospital systems hold the most valuable ground.
9 buildings · 9 with an owner established · 15 sources · 3 tier B · 6 tier A · prepared 2026-11-01
Can you find out who owns it?
Mississippi keeps no title register: deeds are recorded with the county Chancery Clerk, and ownership is read from the land roll kept by the county Tax Assessor. Hattiesburg sits mostly in Forrest County with a western strip in Lamar County. The state's compiled parcel service (MARIS / MDEQ 2024 parcels, hosted by the University of Mississippi) carries owner of record, mailing address, deed book and page with its date, and land, improvement and total value for every parcel in both counties, free and without an account. It carries no sale prices, so a Hattiesburg price is known only when a buyer, seller or filing announces it. No licence is stated, so facts are quoted parcel by parcel and rows are not republished.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (MARIS / MDEQ 2024 parcel service, no account). Chancery Clerk recording and copy fees not read: forrestcountyms.us inner pages returned 403 to a plain request
Bulk ownership dataMS_MDEQPARCELS_East_2024 map service (gis.mississippi.edu, ArcGIS REST, query enabled, 2,000 rows per request): tax-year 2024 parcels, Forrest County (FIPS 28035) 42,431 and Lamar County (28073) 34,394; 20,936 have their centre point inside the 2020 Census boundary of Hattiesburg (19,108 Forrest, 1,828 Lamar). Owner, mailing address, legal description, deed reference and date, tax status, land/improvement/total value; free, no licence stated, so rows are not republished
Sale pricesNo transaction data published
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Creek Mall 1000 Turtle Creek Dr, Hattiesburg (Lamar County) 845,004 sq ft centre, 191,617 sq ft in-line (CBL, s6) · 1 floors |
Retail | CBL & Associates Properties (Turtle Creek Limited Partnership) 100% (CBL 10-K) Roll: parcel 051M-11-005.000, owner TURTLE CREEK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, mailed c/o CBL & Associates Management Inc, Chattanooga; 17.1 acres, roll value $32.1M, the highest of any taxable parcel in the city; deed 10S-727, Aug 1994. Anchor boxes are separate parcels: Dillard's (HIGBEE COMPANY INC, $7.3M), Belk Stores of Mississippi LLC ($4.4M), Penney Property Sub Holdings LLC ($4.3M), TF Hattiesburg MS LLC (former Sears, c/o ESL Investments). CBL's 2025 10-K lists the mall at 100% ownership, 90% in-line leased, $344 sales per sq ft, carried at $20.9M gross (s6). |
REIT | —B |
| Merit Health Wesley (hospital) 5001 Hardy St, Hattiesburg (Lamar County) |
Institutional | Community Health Systems (Wesley Health System LLC) Roll: parcel 051L-11-074.000, owner WESLEY HEALTH SYSTEM LLC, mailed c/o a property-tax agent in Overland Park, KS; 22.7 acres, roll value $25.0M; deed 12Y-357, 29 Aug 1997. The LLC holds 43 parcels in the city worth $38.7M on the roll, the largest private holding by value. CHS's 2025 Exhibit 21 lists 'Wesley Health System LLC (DE) d/b/a Merit Health Wesley' (s8) and its 10-K lists the 211-bed hospital as owned, acquired July 2007 (s7). No price is stated. |
Public company | —B |
| Forrest General Hospital campus 6051 US Hwy 49 / S 28th Ave, Hattiesburg |
Institutional | Forrest County (Forrest County General Hospital) The roll holds 56 parcels inside the city in the name FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (and variants), 42 acres, $35.5M on the roll, the largest single parcel 2-040B-29-004.02 (7.4 acres, $12.5M, deed 1313-398, June 2019), all under an exempt tax status. Several whole blocks along S 28th Ave are titled to Forrest County itself at zero value. The county's audited statements list Forrest General Hospital as a county component unit and say the county operates it (s9). Which parcel carries the main tower could not be fixed from the roll. |
Government | —B |
| University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg campus 118 College Dr, Hattiesburg |
Institutional | University of Southern Mississippi (State of Mississippi) The roll carries 101 parcels inside the city under a dozen spellings of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, 761 acres in all, $18.3M on the roll (exempt parcels are valued unevenly, many at zero). The largest valued parcel is 2-028L-07-001.00 on Montague Blvd (39.4 acres, $11.1M). The Southern Mississippi Foundation holds two improvement-only parcels on 4th Street valued at $13.8M. Wikipedia gives the campus as 300 acres (s11). |
Government | —A |
| Hattiesburg City Hall 200 Forrest St, Hattiesburg |
Civic | City of Hattiesburg Parcel 2-029J-10-227.00, owner CITY OF HATTIESBURG, mailed to City Hall; 0.6 acres, roll value $2.4M, exempt status. The City also holds the Saenger Theater parcel on Forrest St (roll mailing line 'SAENGER THEATER', $1.2M) and the police station on Arledge St. No deed reference is carried. |
Government | —A |
| Forrest County Courthouse 630 Main St, Hattiesburg |
Civic | Forrest County Parcel 2-029J-10-260.00, owner FORREST COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 1.3 acres, roll value $2.6M, exempt status. The county's largest valued parcel in the city is a Lakeview Road parcel titled FORREST COUNTY (BEAT BARN #2 ...), $7.2M. |
Government | —A |
| Federal building and courthouse 701 Main St, Hattiesburg |
Civic | United States of America (General Services Administration) Parcel 2-029J-10-262.00, owner UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, mailed c/o the General Services Administration, Washington DC; 0.3 acres, roll value $8.1M, the most valuable federal parcel in the city. A second parcel at the same address is carried at zero. The building's name is not on the roll. |
Government | —A |
| Sofidel America plant (leasehold improvements) 176 W L Runnels Industrial Dr, Hattiesburg |
Industrial | Sofidel America Corp Parcel 2-049C-02-002.02, owner SOFIDEL AMERICA CORP, mailed to Haines City, FL: improvements only, roll value $19.3M, with the legal description 'LHI IN 40.03AC GROUND LEASE FROM 7/7/2014'; deed 1217-408, Oct 2015. The ground is a leasehold, and the neighbouring 130-acre parcel 2-049C-02-002.00 is titled to FORREST COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK; which entity is Sofidel's landlord is not stated on the row. The most valuable industrial improvement in the city. |
Private company | —A |
| Hattiesburg Clinic, main building 405-415 S 28th Ave, Hattiesburg |
Institutional | Hattiesburg Clinic Building Corporation Parcel 2-028N-07-221.00, owner HATTIESBURG CLINIC BLDG CORP, 0.9 acres, roll value $12.8M. Across the city, entities named Hattiesburg Clinic (BLDG CORP, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION and variants) hold 56 parcels worth $71.9M on the roll. Forrest County's audit calls Hattiesburg Clinic 'the largest privately owned health clinic in the State of Mississippi' (s9). |
Private company | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The most valuable ground in Hattiesburg is retail and medical: the mall and the US Hwy 98 strip in the Lamar County part of the city, and the hospital and clinic district along Hardy Street and S 28th Avenue in Forrest County. Values are the county assessors' true values as carried on the 2024 compiled roll. Mississippi assesses homes at 10% and other real property at 15% of true value (s3).
Highest-valued taxable parcel$32.1M
Turtle Creek Mall, 1000 Turtle Creek Dr (051M-11-005.000), Turtle Creek Limited Partnership, 17.1 acres. MARIS 2024 parcels (s1).
Roll value of all parcels inside the city$3.03B
$3,025,862,253 total ($753.3M land) on 20,936 parcels covering about 30,900 acres; 2,581 parcels ($273.4M) carry a non-zero tax-status code (exempt or special classes). Tax year 2024 (s1, s2).
Split between counties$2.02B Forrest / $1.00B Lamar
19,108 Forrest parcels against 1,828 in Lamar County: the western Lamar strip holds 9% of parcels and a third of the value. 2024 roll (s1).
Land-value benchmark, US Hwy 98 retailabout $860,000 per acre
6156 US Hwy 98, 2.58 acres, land valued at $2,212,840. It is among the highest land values per acre in the city, behind one 1.04-acre Lakewood Dr parcel at about $925,000 an acre. 2024 roll (s1).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Government owns the most Hattiesburg ground. The City is by far the largest holder, with 676 parcels and about 2,300 acres inside its limits. Next come the University of Southern Mississippi (761 acres), Forrest County, the county's hospital and the school district. The State of Mississippi is named on 381 parcels, but they are small lots averaging under half an acre, and the roll does not say why it holds them. The largest private landholder is Land Management Ltd, with 1,892 acres of mostly undeveloped land on the city's southwest edge. Figures are parcels whose centre point lies inside the 2020 city boundary on the 2024 roll. Values on exempt public land are uneven, and many are zero.
| Name | Type | Holdings inside the city, 2024 roll |
|---|---|---|
| City of Hattiesburg Held as CITY OF HATTIESBURG (651) and variants (… MISSISSIPPI, CEMETERY, LIBRARY, MEMORIAL …). The largest is a 144.6-acre parcel, 2-040H-29-001.01 ($4.7M), and the City holds several further 56-152-acre blocks in the industrial-park area south of town, where Wikipedia places the City-maintained Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport (s10). The roll does not label which parcels are the airport. |
Government | 676 parcels, 2,293 acres, $31.8M on the rollA |
| University of Southern Mississippi Held under about a dozen spellings (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISS, … MISSISSIPPI, … MS, THE UNIVERSITY OF …), all in Forrest County. The Southern Mississippi Foundation holds 3 more parcels ($13.8M, chiefly improvements on 4th Street). |
Government | 101 parcels, 762 acres, $18.3MA |
| Land Management Ltd Includes all of Section 29 at 11 Parkway Blvd (233 acres on this parcel; the legal description reads '626AC M/L LESS PT') and Section 33 at 515 Bonhomie Road (452 acres), both on deed 745-1 of 17 Jan 1996. Mailed to Hattiesburg. Low values reflect undeveloped or timber land. No source we opened names its owners. |
Private company | 17 parcels, 1,892 acres, $0.8MA |
| Forrest County Held as FORREST COUNTY, FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI, FORREST COUNTY MS and variants, plus 2 Lamar County parcels. Includes the courthouse (630 Main St), the 120-acre parcel at 17 Arena Drive ($1.3M) and the zero-value blocks along S 28th Ave by the hospital. Separately, FORREST COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK (and H'BURG INDUSTRIAL PARK) holds 21 parcels and 356 acres. |
Government | 121 parcels, 409 acres, $17.8M (excluding the hospital's own titles)A |
| Forrest County General Hospital (Forrest General Hospital) A component unit of Forrest County, which operates the hospital (s9). Its parcels cluster around Hardy St, S 28th Ave and US 49. |
Government | 58 parcels, 42 acres, $35.5MA |
| Silicon Ranch Corporation 382 Bonhomie Road (464 acres, deed 1227-078, May 2016) and an adjoining 38 acres (June 2022), mailed to Nashville, TN. The roll does not describe the use. |
Private company | 2 parcels, 502 acres, $2.2MA |
| William Carey University Held as WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY (129) and WILLIAM CAREY COLLEGE (9) and others, mostly lots along US Hwy 49 near the campus. |
Institution | 140 parcels, 237 acres, $2.8MA |
| Hattiesburg Public School District HATTIESBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT and variants hold 124 Forrest County parcels; Lamar County school entities hold 10 inside the city's western strip. |
Government | 134 parcels, 261 acres, $2.2M (with Lamar County schools)A |
| State of Mississippi STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (381 parcels, averaging 0.4 acres) plus the Mississippi Transportation Commission (4, chiefly 6356 Hwy 49, 17 acres). The roll does not say why the State holds the small lots. |
Government | 386 parcels, 166 acres, $4.7MA |
| Hercules Incorporated Industrial land off 7th Street and the Hwy 42 bypass, mailed to Hattiesburg; no deed reference is carried. Its corporate parent is not stated on the roll. |
Private company | 20 parcels, 185 acres, $2.2MA |
| Housing Authority of the City of Hattiesburg Held under about ten spellings (HOUSING AUTHORITY THE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF H'BURG …). |
Government | 28 parcels, 37 acres, $4.6MA |
| Railroads (Illinois Central Gulf and others) Right-of-way held as ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD (13), I C GULF RR R/W (6), ILLINOIS CG RR CO (5), G & S I RR, SOUTHERN RAILROAD and others, mostly at nominal value; the roll still uses predecessor names. |
Public company | 37 parcels, about 194 acresA |
| Mississippi Power Company Includes 2601 Old Hwy 42 ($2.5M) and 420 Pine St ($1.8M). |
Public company | 26 parcels, 91 acres, $9.8MA |
| United States of America The federal building at 701 Main St ($8.1M) and the Postal Service at 220 S 40th Ave ($2.5M). Camp Shelby, 'the Nation's largest State-owned National Guard training facility' at 135,000 acres (s9), lies south of the city and is not in these counts. |
Government | 8 parcels, $10.6MA |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Hattiesburg builds few new homes. The Census Bureau's 2025 file puts the city at 38 single-family homes ($10.6M), but the city reported no months, so the figure is a Census imputation. It shows no permits for buildings of two or more units (s12). Forrest County as a whole permitted 75 single-family homes and Lamar County 44 (s13). The national builders are barely inside the city: D.R. Horton's Birmingham division holds 84 parcels across the two counties but only 3 inside the city. Most new-home lots in the city are held by small local builders. Figures are parcels in the builder's name on the 2024 roll (lots and unsold homes); builders named for a person are left out.
| Name | Type | Parcels in own name, 2024 roll (Forrest + Lamar / inside the city) |
|---|---|---|
| D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham (D.R. Horton) Held as DR HORTON INC - BIRMINGHAM, D.R. HORTON INC. - BIRMINGHAM and D R HORTON INC-BIRMINGHAM; 57 in Lamar County. D.R. Horton's fiscal 2025 Exhibit 21.1 lists 'D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham' (Alabama) (s14). The roll is s1. |
Public company | 84 two-county / 3 cityB |
| Affordable Southern Homes Inc 14.6 acres, $1.6M on the roll. The largest builder holding inside the city. |
Private company | 25 / 21A |
| Brick House Development LLC $1.6M on the roll. |
Private company | 12 / 11A |
| Flanagan Builders LLC 5.8 acres. A related-name Flanagan Construction Company holds 9 more (1 in the city); no source states that the two are linked. |
Private company | 14 / 9A |
| Southern Colonel Homes Inc 90.3 acres two-county. |
Private company | 13 / 9A |
| Everett Construction LLC 16.7 acres two-county. |
Private company | 25 / 8A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Hattiesburg's largest private landlords are the mall REIT, the retail centres on US Hwy 98 in the Lamar County strip, and apartment owners, most of them single-asset LLCs registered outside the city. No single-family-rental platform holds houses here at scale. The roll shows no Progress Residential, AMH, Invitation or FirstKey entities, and the largest 'rentals' LLCs hold fewer than 25 parcels. The two hospital systems and the clinic hold more value than any landlord. Figures are roll values for parcels inside the city on the 2024 roll.
| Name | Type | Roll value inside the city, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| CBL & Associates Properties (Turtle Creek Limited Partnership) Turtle Creek Mall; CBL owns 100% (s6). The roll is s1. |
REIT | 5 parcels, $32.2MB |
| TCSC LLC Retail parcels at 6055-6143 US Hwy 98 and 24 Cross Creek Pkwy beside the mall, all on deed 30A-727 of 27 June 2022, mailed to Covington, LA. No source we opened names its owners or the centre's name. |
Private company | 7 parcels, 38 acres, $31.2MA |
| The Met Apartments LLC 27 Lake Forgetful, deed 027X-153 of 12 Dec 2019, mailed to Madison, MS. The most valuable apartment parcel in the city. |
Private company | 1 parcel, 12.6 acres, $27.9MA |
| Cross Creek Multifamily LLC 75 Cross Creek Pkwy, deed 024B-399 of 28 Oct 2014, mailed to Hattiesburg. |
Private company | 1 parcel, 14.4 acres, $23.9MA |
| The Reserve at Park Place III LLC 29 Park Pl, deeds 029C-732/736 of 1 June 2021, mailed to Madison, MS. Parkwest III Apartments LLC, same mailing city, holds 5 more parcels ($18.8M). |
Private company | 2 parcels, 27.6 acres, $22.9MA |
| NPRC Twin Oaks LLC 100 Twin Oaks Ln and Weeping Willow Cir, deed 29U-622 of 21 Mar 2022, mailed to Atlanta, GA. No document we opened names the parent. |
Private company | 2 parcels, 18.7 acres, $21.6MA |
| EPR Properties (EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.) 100 Grand Dr, deed 019E-659 of 26 Apr 2007, mailed to Dallas. EPR's 2025 Exhibit 21 lists EPT Hattiesburg, Inc. (Delaware) as a subsidiary (s15). The roll does not state the use. |
REIT | 1 parcel, 9.5 acres, $9.0MB |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Who owns TCSC LLC, The Met Apartments LLC, NPRC Twin Oaks LLC, Land Management Ltd and Silicon Ranch's land use: no filing we opened names their owners or uses.
- Sale prices: the compiled roll carries none, and no Chancery Clerk record was read, so no Hattiesburg price is stated except CBL's carrying cost.
- Which Forrest General parcel holds the main tower, and which City parcels are the Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport: the roll does not label them.
- Sofidel's ground lessor at W L Runnels Industrial Dr: the row says 'GROUND LEASE FROM 7/7/2014' but does not name the lessor.
- Why the State of Mississippi holds 381 small lots: not stated on the roll.
- Chancery Clerk recording fees: forrestcountyms.us inner pages returned 403.
- Hattiesburg's 2025 permit count is a Census imputation (0 months reported).
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Sources
- MS_MDEQPARCELS_East_2024 (Mississippi parcels, east zone, tax year 2024): Forrest County (STCNTYFIPS 28035) 42,431 parcels, Lamar County (28073) 34,394; fields OWNNAME, MAILADD1, SITEADD, SCITY, TAXACRES, GISACRES, DEEDREF, DEEDDATE, TAXSTATUS, LANDVAL, IMPVAL1, IMPVAL2, TOTVAL, LEGLDESC, LATDEC, LONGDEC; service description: 'this database contains the parcel polygons and center points of those polygons with all available data therein. County Tax assessor's offices of each county ...'; read in full 1 Nov 2026 — Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS), University of Mississippi / Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, from the county Tax Assessors' rolls · openA
- MS_CENSUSIncorporatedCities_2020 layer - Hattiesburg city (GEOID 2831020), land 138,411,324 m2, water 2,699,848 m2; used to place parcels inside the city by their centre point — MARIS, from the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line places · openA
- Property Tax Frequently Asked Questions: 'State law requires that the county Tax Assessor appraise your property at its true value'; 'Class I. Single-family, owner-occupied, residential real property, at ten percent (10%) of true value. Class II. All other real property ... at fifteen percent (15%) of true value' — Mississippi Department of Revenue · openA
- Forrest County Tax Collector: 'Property taxes are collected on all real property in Forrest County, as well as Business Personal Property. The property is appraised by the Tax Assessor and compiled for the tax rolls, which are turned over to the Board of Supervisors'; office in the Tax Services Building, 601 N. Main Street, Hattiesburg; links the county's ArcGIS tax map — Forrest County Tax Collector · openA
- Turtle Creek Mall: enclosed mall in Hattiesburg, opened 1994; owner CBL & Associates Properties; floor area 845,508 sq ft; anchors At Home, JCPenney, Dillard's, Belk and Urban Planet, former Sears vacant (closed Sept 2018) — Wikipedia · openA
- CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Form 10-K for 2025: mall table ('Turtle Creek Mall Hattiesburg, MS 1994 1995 100% 845,004 191,617 344 90 %') and Schedule III (Turtle Creek Mall: initial cost land $2,345K, buildings $26,418K; gross carrying amount $20,889K at 31 Dec 2025) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Community Health Systems, Inc., Form 10-K for 2025, Item 2 Properties: 'Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg 211 July, 2007 Owned' — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Community Health Systems, Inc., Exhibit 21 subsidiary listing as of 12/31/25: 'Wesley Health System LLC (DE) d/b/a Merit Health Wesley' — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- Forrest County, Mississippi, Audited Financial Statements and Special Reports, year ended 30 September 2020 (CPA-prepared, filed with the State Auditor): component units omitted include 'Forrest General Hospital'; 'Forrest County operate[s] the largest hospital in the Pine Belt with Forrest General Hospital'; Camp Shelby 'the Nation's largest State-owned National Guard training facility', 135,000 acres — Office of the State Auditor of Mississippi (document prepared by a private CPA firm) · openA
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi: population 48,730 (2020); land 53.44 sq mi; 'The main shopping mall is Turtle Creek Mall'; 'The city of Hattiesburg maintains the Hattiesburg Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport (HBG) in the Hattiesburg/Forrest County Industrial Park' — Wikipedia · openA
- University of Southern Mississippi: campus 300 acres (infobox) — Wikipedia · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual place file 2025, South Region (Hattiesburg, FIPS place 31020: 38 one-unit buildings, 38 units, $10,558,050; 0 months reported, so the figures are Census imputations; Petal: 37 units, 12 months reported) — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025 (Forrest County 28-035: 75 one-unit buildings, $16,879,050; Lamar County 28-073: 44, $7,162,160; no permits for 2+ unit buildings in either) — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- D.R. Horton, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal 2025, Exhibit 21.1 subsidiaries (lists 'D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham', Alabama) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA
- EPR Properties, Form 10-K for 2025, Exhibit 21 subsidiaries (lists 'EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.', Delaware) — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · openA