Eminent domain proceedings approved by University of Michigan regents likely to succeed
“The two properties that could be purchased by the university are both under the management of Copi Properties. According to Sam Copi, David Copi’s son and manager of Copi Properties, 541 S. Division St. is a…
U-M to buy 4 homes, pursue eminent domain for new dorm on Blimpy Burger site
“The school plans to purchase two properties on South Division Street and two properties on East Madison Street for $3.17 million. The properties total just under 0.4 acres. The school recently bought the building that…
Tax increment financing has winners and losers
“Proponents for tax increment funding, including the Michigan Economic Development Corp., which promotes TIF on the Pure Michigan website, argue it has a place in a community’s economic development toolbox. It allows the community to…
Homeowner offers settlement in airport eminent domain case
“Although the airport runway was moved 500 feet further away from the houses, federal regulations required a larger object-free safety zone that included space above the houses. The homeowners’ attorney argued to the juries that…
Stateside: Enbridge Energy’s eminent domain issue
“Enbridge Energy is replacing one of its key pipelines that runs through Michigan. Nearly 285 miles of new pipeline is required to replace the ruptured line that caused an oil spill in July 2010. Enbridge…
Enbridge uses eminent domain for project
“More than 70 homeowners in Ingham and Livingston counties have been taken to court by Enbridge Energy – the Canadian-based oil transportation company responsible for the July 2010 oil spill in the Kalamazoo River –…
Enbridge Clashes With Homeowners Over Eminent Domain
As unwanted Enbridge bulldozers cleared trees from several plots of land in Ingham County near Stockbridge on Friday, homeowners made it clear this was a case of eminent domain rearing its ugly head. Morrow, Emerald….