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Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, January 28, 2011
 
Natural gas pipeline groundbreaking Tuesday
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jan 28, 2011
…With an ambitious deadline of completing the 33-mile stretch by the end of summer, Laser Marcellus is moving forward despite failing to obtain utility status - and in turn the ability to condemn land by eminent domain…





Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, January 25, 2011
 
Allentown mayor breaks promise, authority says
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA – Jan 23, 2011
… Among other things, it has been credited with implementing a rigid process that helped keep properties off the blighted list. The authority repeatedly made good on its threat to take control of troubled properties through eminent domain, creating a strong incentive for property owners to comply with the city's building code…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, January 24, 2011
 
Brownsville seeks hope and rebirth in colorful mural
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Jan 23, 2011
…The work depicts the progress of an ongoing eminent domain case by the Fayette County Redevelopment Authority. The project's first phase will target vacant commercial properties acquired by the redevelopment authority…


Judge: Scranton can’t take Buona Pizza
WNEP-TV, Scranton, PA – Jan 21, 2011
A nearly five year battle is over for a pizza shop in Scranton. A judge has thrown out the city's attempt to take over Buona Pizza's property through eminent domain...

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Friday, January 21, 2011
 
Scranton authority loses eminent domain case to Lackawanna Avenue property owners
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA – Jan 21, 2011
Two downtown Scranton property owners have won a nearly five-year court battle to prevent the city's redevelopment authority from seizing their buildings by eminent domain…


Dozen properties certified as blighted
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Jan 21,2011
…That starts a process that will take the property before the city planning commission, City Council and then the Reading Redevelopment Authority to determine whether to take the property - by eminent domain, if necessary…


Opinion -Laurels & Lances
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Jan 21, 2011
…Four years after Pittsburgh was allowed to seize, through eminent domain, the Garden Theatre, an adult theater on the North Side, government types continue to struggle to find a supposedly community-enhancing, tax-producing "better use"?...

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
 
Deadline approaches for rehabilitation of North Side area
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA – Jan 18, 2011
…The URA, which owns the buildings, bought the Garden Theatre for $1.1 million in 2007 after a decade-long court battle with its owner over whether the city could take it by eminent domain…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, January 17, 2011
 
Historic park idea hits snag
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA – Jan 17, 2011
…The company had backed out of plans to lease the land to the county, which means the county would have to take the land through eminent domain, said county Planning and Zoning Director Adrian Merolli…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
 
MinSec attorney threatens legal action over chamber president’s comments
The Standard Speaker, Hazleton, PA – Jan 11, 2011
…Manheim Borough Council scheduled a meeting last month to discuss taking the building by eminent domain, according to published reports, and its owner offered to sell the building to the borough in the wake of the outcry…


City Council ponders proposed lawsuit settlements
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA – Jan 11, 2011
…The suit claims that the city allowed a contractor to demolish a building the couple owned in Sheraden before acquiring the property through eminent domain proceedings.

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Monday, January 10, 2011
 
Talk isn't cheap: Federal law, holes in system force emergency radio overhaul
The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA – Jan 9, 2011
…"The locations (the county is targeting) may be on private land and landowners may not want to sell or lease the land and then you're looking at eminent domain. That could take years."…

Pennsylvania eminent domain news

Wednesday, January 05, 2011
 
FAA approves Philadelphia airport expansion plan
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA – Jan 5, 2011
...Discussions are also ongoing with UPS, he said. "We do not have eminent-domain power in Delaware County. We will try to voluntarily have a transaction with a willing seller," he said…

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