Jack Lessenberry/Detroit Metro Times – By this time, earth-moving equipment should be crawling over all the approaches leading to where the new Gordie Howe International Bridge is to rise. Crews should…
With infrastructure upgrades and improvements likely to remain a legislative priority and a practical necessity for years to come, eminent domain proceedings will continue to emerge as a prominent issue…
Chad Halcom/Crain’s Detroit Business — A long trawl of litigation may be nearly over for Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun and the Detroit International Bridge Co., while the courts’…
John Gallagher/The Detroit Free Press — The much-delayed process of buying land in southwest Detroit for the planned Gordie Howe International Bridge is finally about to begin in earnest. The…
Mayor David Bing has as close to unanimous support of this community as any mayor since Coleman Young at the end of his first administration. People in our city and…
Commercial property owners can minimize the disruptions and financial headaches of costly land seizures. Click here to read entire article.
Although it doesn’t take an eminent domain and condemnation professional to notice the high volume of vacant properties, abandoned businesses, boarded up homes and for sale signs flooding the streets…
This is the second part of a two-part series dealing with the valuation of surface parking lots acquired through a governmental agency’s power of eminent domain. Parking lots acquired through…
In a case that could redefine the power of Michigan governments to take property development projects, the state Supreme Court is revisiting its landmark 1981 decision that allowed the clearing…