Explainer: Eminent Domain
“The Sam Houston State University and local business owner Tarek Maalouf have been embroiled in a battle over the former Army Reserve Building on South Sam Houston Avenue, which Maalouf is buying from the city…
Council will ‘commence and prosecute’ eminent domain for Sycamore North project
“The city council will start eminent domain proceedings at a special meeting on Tuesday, August 20, to secure easements necessary to complete construction of the Sycamore North project. The easements are under the control of…
Eminent domain possible
“Commissioners authorized a resolution “deeming it necessary and in the public interests of the City of Arkansas City to acquire ownership of real estate for a public improvement project to construct a city building and…
Sandy Springs gets “serious” about eminent domain
“Sandy Springs City Council on June 18 authorized the taking of private property for the city’s future downtown. The vote came at the end of a lengthy City Council meeting during which council members also…
City to fix up historic Cascade Saloon
“t will cost an estimated $700,000 to shore up and put a new roof on the Cascade Saloon at 408-410 South Elm St. The city has started the process for taking over the building by…
Stanislaus County Claims Eminent Domain on Home For Road Project
“Stanislaus County Supervisors have claimed eminent domain on a Modesto home after they were unable to make a deal with the homeowners. Part of the home sits along the path of the county’s $15 million…
Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted
“With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About…
Longmont Urban Renewal Authority Files Eminent Domain Action Against Dillard’s Properties, Inc
“n order to implement the Twin Peaks Area Urban Renewal Plan and to remove blighted conditions on the mall property, the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority (LURA) has filed an eminent domain action against Dillard’s Properties,…
Port Authority to take land by eminent domain
“In a move more than 10 years in the making, the city’s Port Authority is going forward with plans to take a vacant 11.4-acre property in the South End by eminent domain. “We’re basically trying…
City ready to file to take Dilliard’s’ property
“A filing will be made in Boulder County District Court, which would start the process on setting a price for the property and granting the city possession of it. City council members – acting as…