Property Owners, Real Estate Development, Public Projects

What is “Immediate Possession” Under Arizona’s Eminent Domain Statutes?

Nossaman LLP on 8/18/2025

When a municipality acquires private property in an eminent domain case, it must first pay just compensation to the property owner. The municipality must file a complaint—a lawsuit—asking the appropriate court to enter a...more

Ohio Court Affirms Eminent Domain Taking for Downtown Zanesville Redevelopment Project

Roetzel & Andress on 8/7/2025

The Ohio and U.S. Constitutions require that the power of eminent domain can only be exercised when necessary for a public use. In the 2005 case of Kelo v. City of New London, the U.S. Supreme Court took an expansive view...more

Condemning Land Already Put to a Public Use – More Necessary Public Use Doctrine

Nossaman LLP on 7/23/2025

Periodically, a new public project needs to acquire land that is already put to an existing public use. In order to condemn such land, the condemning entity must demonstrate that the proposed use is either a compatible use or...more

Federal Real Property Presents Opportunity for Private Sector Developers

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/17/2025

The Office of Management and Budget approved recommendations in May 2025 for the consolidation and disposition of 11 federal properties encompassing nearly 7.1 million gross square feet of office space in eight U.S. cities....more

Elephant and Castle Town Centre Redevelopment: Compulsory Purchase Order Confirmed

Jones Day on 2/26/2025

On 7 January 2025, an Inspector confirmed the London Borough of Southwark (Elephant and Castle Town Centre) Compulsory Purchase Order (No.2) 2023 (the "CPO")....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