Property Owners, Real Estate Development, Land Parcels

Pre-1972 Conveyance of Multiple Lots Did Not Create Separate Legal Parcels Under Map Act

Perkins Coie on 5/27/2025

Under the Subdivision Map Act, the creation of legal parcels prior to 1972 requires more than a deed referencing multiple lots—only a conveyance that separates a portion of land from contiguous property creates a new legal...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Determines That Zoning Officer Had Authority to Issue Zoning Use Permit, but the Practical Application...

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 9/9/2024

In a July 17, 2024 Opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided in AUUE, Inc. v. Borough of Jefferson Hills Zoning Hearing Board, No. 28 WAP 2022, ___ A.3d ___ (Pa. 2024), that the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code...more

What Constitutes a “Larger Parcel?”

Nossaman LLP on 2/1/2024

In California, a fundamental principle of eminent domain law is that an owner of property acquired by eminent domain is entitled to just compensation for the property interests taken (Code Civ. Proc. §1263.010)....more

IGAC expide resolución para gestión catastral multipropósito en Colombia

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/24/2023

Mediante la Resolución 1040 de 2023, el Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC) estableció una serie de medidas que determinarán en el futuro la forma en que se maneja la información catastral en Colombia y los mecanismos...more

Property Owner’s Request for Court-Determined Just Compensation Backfires

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 8/16/2021

The facts at issue in Elpa Builders, Inc. v. State of New York are relatively straightforward. The property owner (the “Owner”) owned a 53,645-square-foot parcel of property (the “Property”) along New York State Route 347...more

Unique Procedural Rule Requires Transfer of Article 78 Proceeding to Appellate Division

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/25/2019

A recent Second Department decision, Matter of Reddock v New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, highlights a unique procedural quirk involving Article 78 proceedings where the challenge is based upon “substantial...more

Trustee Of Realty Trust Saved From Application Of Merger Doctrine (At Least For Now)

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/25/2018

The merger doctrine is alive and well in Massachusetts zoning law. In its recent decision in Kneer v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Norfolk, the Appeals Court examined whether the doctrine applies to property owned by a realty...more

Real Property: More Than Meets the Eye

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 5/31/2018

Each parcel of real property is a unique asset. It is typically well understood that location is paramount, and that size, elevation, and other physical characteristics are other important factors. Nonetheless, there are...more

SCOTUS Will Not Hear FL Eminent Domain Case

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/2/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a developer’s case against the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over a permit denial for a beachfront parcel. The case relates to a DEP denial of a final permit...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide "Critical Question" in Eminent Domain

Stinson LLP on 4/12/2016

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a critical question that will determine whether some landowners will receive compensation from regulations that restrict the uses of their land. The case, Murr v. Wisconsin, may...more

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide "Critical Question" in Eminent Domain

Stinson LLP on 2/25/2016

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a critical question that will determine whether some landowners will receive compensation for regulations that restrict the uses of their land. The case, Murr v. Wisconsin, may...more

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