UALR Offers Land For Tech Park Without Eminent Domain
“In order for UALR to sell the land to the board Anderson said the university has a few conditions. “They would formally commit to the federal guidelines for fair treatment of private property owners who…
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…
Valley Stream considers eminent domain in Gibson
“Valley Stream officials say they will try to have two vacant commercial buildings on Gibson Boulevard, which residents have been calling an eyesore for years, condemned. Mayor Ed Fare said that the village was ready…
Hercules council prepares for possible eminent domain action on Sycamore project
“The City Council embraced a dual-pronged strategy Tuesday to resolve an impasse over a half-built apartment building, urging negotiations to avoid litigation while preparing for a possible eminent domain action to secure an easement on…
Threat of eminent domain ends quietly
“The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a land purchase from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near 600 East and 600 North. The vote ends the possibility of eminent domain,…
South Inlet relocations
“In the late 1980s, as the CRDA began the $300 million transformation of the Northeast Inlet, many longtime residents of that blighted area objected strenuously to having to relocate. And a dispute between property-owner Vera…
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…
Amherst Town Meeting asked to preserve land to keep it from proposed student housing
“Members of the Save Historic Cushman group have submitted an article asking that the town take the conservation restriction by eminent domain or purchase it and pay up to $1.2 million for it. The money…
Urban Land Conservancy Brings Over $70,000,000 in Economic Investment to Metro Denver’s New West Rail Line
“The Urban Land Conservancy’s (ULC) investment along a new, 12-mile light rail line will ultimately bring more than $70 million in development value to the area, 600 units of housing including 400 affordable units, over…