Detroit industrial park may get auto supplier
“Warren-based Crown Enterprises — a development company owned by billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun — is planning to build a 400,000-square-foot automotive supplier facility on 40 acres of Detroit’s I-94 Industrial Park, the Detroit Economic Development…
Good news vs. bad news for land owners in pipeline path
“Previous information session on the proposed ET Rover pipeline have been unsuccessful, seeming to increase frustration, but a recent town hall at Goodrich Middle School, appears to have been more informative. Guests gathered by Atlas…
The problem with private eminent domain
“Is there really such a thing as private property for the middle class? This week, News 8’s Jobin Panicker detailed a story of future development of a tollway by a private company with the power…
A peek inside Beth Olem, the cemetery that was swallowed by a GM plant
” In the early 1980s, Mayor Coleman A. Young and the city of Detroit conceded a whole neighborhood to General Motors. As GM threatened to end its manufacturing presence in the city by closing its…
Eminent domain may be needed for Ram Trail
“The Delhi Township Board of Trustees have passed a resolution that may lead to the use of eminent domain on private property to build its new trail. Trustees voted unanimously to begin the process, which…
BRUCE TOWNSHIP: Property rights advocate speaks to residents
“An overflow crowd showed up at the Bruce Township hall Aug. 18 to hear Jeff Axt present his case on why residents should fight a proposed natural gas pipeline that will be installed in the…
Troy files suit for Transit Center land
“The City of Troy has filed an eminent domain suit against Grand Sakwa in an attempt to regain property occupied by the city’s completed transit center. The city filed the case in Oakland County Circuit…
Urban renewal on trial: Eminent domain case pries veil off downtown redevelopment
“After listening to the city’s lawyers repeatedly press his client about the timing of his challenge to the $9 million downtown Grand Rapids urban renewal plan, Harold Sawyer finally had enough. Sawyer, a well known…
Delhi Twp. to use eminent domain for trail easement
“The township’s “Ram Trail” is scheduled to be constructed by 2015, using a $1.1-million state grant for a $1.8-million trail along Holt Road. The planned trail will be 1.5 miles and connect the community with…
Appeals run out in airport case
“Appeals have run out in an eminent domain case that resulted in court orders that the Lenawee County Airport buy an entire house at Lake Madison rather than just the air space above it. The…