City seeks Black Rock property via eminent domain
“The city has been forced to acquire the last property needed for the Black Rock School expansion by eminent domain after a property owner refused to accept a purchase price much lower than the value…
Road work to help pave way for growth in Orange
“Two infrastructure projects may portend developments coming to Marsh Hill Lane, including a town train station and a user for the Stew Leonard’s parcel. Citing “progressing” talks between the state and a developer, the town…
Developer Named For $500 Million Stamford Train Station Project
“As the state Department of Transportation works to improve the downtown Stamford Transportation Center and surrounding area, it named Stamford Manhattan Development Ventures as the preferred developer on the project Thursday. The project, estimated to…
Eminent domain: a power officials would rather not wield
“A Freedom of Information request for actions taken since 2006 revealed that the Meriden City Council voted to use eminent domain to claim three properties. Wallingford, Southington and Cheshire didn’t use it once in that…
Wallingford Acquires Two Properties Via Eminent Domain For $238k
“Tuesday evening, the Wallingford Town Council approved spending $238,000 to acquire two properties on Prince Street via eminent domain to accommodate a new maintenance facility for the Center Street Cemetery. The Record-Journal reports that the…
Wallingford OK’s purchase of 2 properties for new cemetery maintenance facility
“The Town Council approved Tuesday the purchase of 58 Prince St. for $148,000, and the purchase of 60 Prince St. through eminent domain for $90,000. Through the purchase of the properties, which border the Center…
‘It still hurts’: Fight to save home scars one Fort Trumbull family
“Cristofaro was one of six plaintiffs in Kelo v. City of New London who fought the government takings; they lost and eventually were compensated for their land and forced out. The case put the city…
Eminent Domain for No One’s Gain: New London Groundbreaking Ceremony Postponed
“In case you were wondering what’s happening in New London, Connecticut, proud home to the nation’s most famous dump, the answer is still a whole lot of nothing. In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed…
City says Fort Trumbull development delayed
“The first new construction in Fort Trumbull since the area became the focus of a national fight over eminent domain was delayed Thursday after developers apparently were unable to demonstrate how they were going to…
Construction halted on land involved in eminent domain battle
“A last-minute setback is delaying construction at Fort Trumbull in New London. The groundbreaking for The Villages on the Thames, which is a 103-unit housing development, was expected to be Monday, but it has been…