Transit-Oriented Development Takes off in Denver, Boosting Supply
“The Mile-High City finds itself in the midst of continued urban revitalization via transit-oriented development. At the center is the redevelopment of Union Station, which is seeing new infrastructure and the prospect of “work-play communities”…
Eminent Domain Comes to the Texas Legislature
“As property owners challenge the company’s use of eminent domain, the project to bring crude from the Canadian tar sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf sparked litigation all down the line. One of those…
SC to use eminent domain to take land from business
“The South Carolina Ports Authority said it will use eminent domain to take land from a Greer business that has called it home for 22 years. On March 1, both state and federal leaders broke…
TACIR Releases Eminent Domain Report
“Today, the Tennessee Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) released its report Eminent Domain in Tennessee, a study of two bills referred to TACIR by the General Assembly last year: Senate Bill 1566 (Ketron) [House…
Milton exercises right to eminent domain Two of three parcels deemed condemned
“The city of Milton stretched its young legislative limbs at its March 4 Milton City Council meeting. In preparation for the city’s first roundabout, councilmembers unanimously voted to exercise the city’s right of eminent domain…
House moves to Curb eminent domain authority for lake projects
“The Iowa House has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would limit the authority state and local officials have to seize land for the development of lakes. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, says private…
Sheffield Council OKs tax exemption
“The ordinance involves Tax Increment Financing in which property value is enhanced through infrastructure improvements paid with future taxes. If the property is developed and its value increases, the village will receive 38 percent of…
Eminent domain bill passes Iowa house by large margin
“Legislation making it more difficult for governmental entities to take private land for recreational purposes sailed through the Iowa House 93-6 Monday. House File 219 adds landowner protections to Iowa’s eminent domain law. The catalyst…
Couple wins $950K in Sawmill Parkway eminent domain case
“Land for the planned extension of Sawmill Parkway could cost Delaware County more than it thought after a jury awarded a Liberty Township couple nearly twice the amount offered by Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman…
Prime West to develop office building adjacent to Belleview light rail
“Denver developer Prime West announced plans Friday to develop a 16-story, 340,000-square-foot office building adjacent to the Belleview light-rail station. One Belleview Station will be part of the 42-acre Belleview Station, a master-planned, walkable, mixed-use…