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Redevelopment
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Land Use Prof Blog
Changes in Harlem …
Meanwhile, about 1300 miles up Route 1 from Key West, Manhattan’s Harlem is coming to grips with a variant of a change in “character.” The famous African American…
inversecondemnation.com
Missouri Supreme Court: Both Large and Small Cities May Use Eminent Domain for Redevelopment
Disappointing news out of the Missouri Supreme Court. In City of Arnold v. Tourkakis, No. SC88647 (Mar. 18, 2008), the court held that both chartered and non-chartered Missouri cities have…
PropertyProf Blog
Lefcoe on Kelo and Blight
By propertyprof
George Lefcoe (USC) has posted Redevelopment Takings after Kelo: What's Blight Got to Do with it? on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Cities large and small across the country are utilizing redevelopment…
PropertyProf Blog
Colorado Redevelopment Case
By propertyprof
The Colorado Supreme Court recently decided Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority v. Cornerstone Group, an eminent domain case involving the ability of the government to change its mind and back…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 7/30-8/3
By Rob La Gatta
Over the past week, we saw a few new blogs (as well as a redevelopment of one of our existing clients' blogs) launched into the LexBlogosophere. Here's what went live…
RedevelopNJ
Redevelopment without Condemnation
By Ted Zangari
Redevelopment in a post Kelo and Gallenthin world is going to require those of us in the public and private sectors to find more creative free-market approaches to land assemblage…
New Jersey Law Blog
Eminent Domain and the Art of Compromise
Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen released a follow up report on May 29, 2007, addressing what he perceives as abuses in the use of eminent domain to acquire property for…
RedevelopNJ
Paulsboro’s Redevelopment Area Designation Invalidated
By Ted Zangari
In Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro (A-51-2006), the New Jersey Supreme Court dramatically narrowed the definition of blight under Article VIII, Section 3 of the New Jersey…
RedevelopNJ
Public Advocate Documents Eminent Domain Abuse
By Ted Zangari
A review of New Jersey court cases shows the state law governing eminent domain use for private redevelopment is written in a way that leads to abuse, according to a…
New Jersey Law Blog
Balancing Redevelopment and Property-Owner Rights
Tim Duggan, Chair and Shareholder in Stark & Stark's Real Estate, and Condemnation groups, authored the article Balancing Redevelopment and Property-Owner Rights in the recent issue of NJ Biz Magazine.