City Pays $1.55 Million for 3 Properties at New School
“The City has agreed to pay $1.55 million to take three properties by eminent domain from four owners, including one owner who works in the Mayor’s Office. The takings – all on Fernwood Place and…
CORNER OF NELSON AND WATER: Selectmen approve eminent domain taking for sidewalk
“Willis, speaking for the real estate trust that towns the property at the ocean-end of Nelson Street, was fighting an eminent zone taking of a sidewalk-wide stretch of land on the northern side of Nelson…
Weston, Mass. Plans To Acquire Harvard Property By Eminent Domain
“After years of back-and-forth negotiations with the University, the town of Weston, Mass. announced recently that it plans to obtain by eminent domain a portion of Harvard-owned land in the Case Estates property. According to…
Weston to acquire property from Harvard by eminent domain
“n a saga that has taken on “epic proportions,” according to Selectman Michael Harrity, the town plans to take from Harvard University by eminent domain a 1.6-acre parcel of the Case Estates property neighboring Alphabet…
Mayor On Union Square Redevelopment: ‘Eminent Domain Is a Last Resort’
“This is why the Somerville Redevelopment Authority will release a request for qualifications for a master development partner to work with the seven parcels identified for redevelopment in the Union Square Revitalization Plan. The developer…
Route 36 landowners unaware, eminent domain takings coming
“The Town of Pembroke was supposed to notify each and every landowner along 2.06 miles of Route 36 that a Commonwealth of Massachusetts highway project hearing was scheduled October 23, 2013, the same evening as…
Eminent domain hearing, World Series opener, same night
“Over 2 miles of Route 36 landowners in Pembroke, Massachusetts may have a bad surprise when they realize the informational meeting concerning eminent domain land takings on their road between Routes 14 and 27 was…
Mohegan Sun official denies that Palmer casino project will require takings of homes, businesses
“A Mohegan Sun official maintained on Friday that the resort casino project planned for the hillside on Thorndike Street will not require any takings of homes or businesses. “We will not need anybody’s home or…
Time to take Echo Village by eminent domain
“There is a housing crisis deepening in Amherst. We’ve all been reading about the student housing problems and how that situation is causing local and out-of town landlords to buy up any existing homes they…
Malden officials want old hospital building gone
“Vacant since 2001, the old Malden Hospital has been dubbed a blight on the city’s West End — and some city officials are pushing for demolition of the structure, to make the parcel more marketable….