Local Restaurant Closing Due To Eminent Domain
“Parish’s Pizzeria at 1503 North 2nd Street Vicennes Indiana released the following statement on the situation. “Hello to all Parishs Pizzeria friends and customers! Sad to say that We at Parishs will be closing soon,Vincennes…
Eminent Domain in News Again
“It was seven years ago when Republican Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam, then a member of the minority party in the legislature, first introduced a bill that would allow voters to amend the state constitution to…
Easton Buys Downtown Parking Lot
“Easton will pay $120,000 to purchase a private Downtown parking lot in order to give the city more public parking. City Council voted Wednesday night. Kindred said in an interview Wednesday that the offer was…
Eminent domain case remanded back to Fillmore County
“In what is the latest development in the eminent-domain dispute between the city of Preston and the local parties – John and Bernadette Snyder, Vernon and Kay Ristau – who refused to sell their property…
Underwater and Drowning? Some Facts about Mortgages that Could Be Targeted by Eminent Domain
“We use the CoreLogic Loan Performance data set, which contains loan-level information on nearly all privately issued (non-agency) mortgage securitizations. For San Bernardino County, we find about 456,000 first-lien mortgages, comprising roughly 280,000 in the…
Eminent domain bill clears the House
“North Carolina governments wouldn’t be able to condemn property in order to sell it to a private developer under a bill that passed the House 110-8 Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, said the measure…
Rohnert Park authorizes use of eminent domain for casino road widening
“Rohnert Park on Tuesday asserted its power of eminent domain, finding it is in the public’s interest to condemn and purchase parts of several properties on Wilfred Avenue, which is being widened to accommodate the…
Appeals court to determine eminent domain powers of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline
“n a few weeks, an appeals court will hear arguments on whether a Beaumont judge erred by granting a foreign company’s petition to condemn land for the construction of a crude oil pipeline. In June…
High Speed Rail Summit: Transit Oriented Development & Station Architecture
Session: Transit Oriented Development & Station Architecture from Steven Skemp on Vimeo. watch the video on vimeo High Speed Rail Summmit Washington DC 11 February 2013 Rod Garrett of Skidmore Owens and Merrill (15:00) Mike…
Dallas suburbs embracing transit-oriented development: Utilizing DART system
“And, based on the success of its downtown station, the city is confident that it can achieve that goal. Fifteen years ago, the area around 15th Street and K Avenue was a sleepy collection of…