As private companies and government agencies engage in a continued push to make needed infrastructure upgrades and improvements, eminent domain and condemnation remain hot-button issues. Click here to read the…
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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…
What restaurant owners and operators can do to anticipate and mitigate the costs and consequences of condemnation. Click here to read the entire article.
Of all the words spilled in the debate over a new bridge to Canada, perhaps none have so stirred intrigue as those Lt. Gov. Brian Calley spoke in early August….
The Law Firm of Ackerman Ackerman Complete & Dynkowski PC is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Alan Ackerman will participate in the Eighth Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, sponsored…
The Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act (UCPA), MCL 213.55(3)(a) requires condemning agencies to submit “good faith offers” to purchase before initiating lawsuits to acquire property. Click here to read entire article.
A year ago, if you’d have asked Bloomfield Hills attorney Alan Akerman what a farmer’s dream is–though a tear ago, there was no reason to ask such an obscure question–he’d…
“View From the Top” Ep. 31 from Specs Howard TV on Vimeo. Many hurdles remain if Michigan and Ontario are to build a bridge over the Detroit River connecting Detroit…
Commercial property owners can minimize the disruptions and financial headaches of costly land seizures. Click here to read entire article.
The Midwest, and Michigan in particular, is emerging as a center for clean energy. But at a cost, of course. That price has yet to be determined for several large…
People must know their rights to just compensation when negotiating with ITCTransmission. Click Here to read entire article.
Determining the value of your waterfront property when a government wants it for public use requires a much more detailed analysis than simply measuring square footage. Click here to read…
This article describes the historical standard for challenges to the necessity of eminent domain takings, the effects of the 1963 Michigan Constitution on necessity challenges, and more. Click here to…
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…
One of the great challenges in a recessionary cycle is reconciling the apparent contradiction between property values disproportionately impacted by the short-term realities of a lean marketplace and a more…
