City uses eminent domain to help controversial developer
“A controversial developer who owes more than $10 million in back taxes is nonetheless getting the city’s help in acquiring a parcel of land he has long wanted for a parking lot.
The City Council’s Economic Development Committee this week approved a plan that will allow the Port Authority to seize a South End property by eminent domain and transfer it to developer Sal DiNardo, who would pay all costs of the acquisition.
The parcels are needed to keep Sikorsky Aircraft and businesses that lease space from DiNardo from leaving the city, economic development officials told council members. DiNardo, city officials said, would also pay for the remediation of contaminants on four sites bordering his properties on South Avenue and Atlantic Street.”
Ocasio, Kelia Torres. CT Daily 20 July 2013.