School Board halts eminent domain for ES-27 property
“The Loudoun County School Board on Dec. 3 ended difficult negotiations with the landowners of the Lim and Park property that would have allowed for the construction of an elementary school in Ashburn.
The action stopped all activities relating to the pending condemnation of the property.
The School Board had voted June 25 to use eminent domain to acquire the 17-acre site off Belmont Ridge Road where ES-27 was slated to be build.
According to a Times-Mirror report in June, the property owners had received an undisclosed offer of $4.5 million at that time. The School Board had offered $1.5 million, and the county assessor had valued the land and the single-family home on the property at $2.18 million. The Lim and Park trustees made a counteroffer of $3.75 million to the School Board.
School Board member Kevin Kuesters (Broad Run) explained the reasoning behind dropping the property from consideration.”
Sharbel, Andrew. Loudon Times 10 December 2013.