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How To Survive And Prosper In An Eminent Domain Action


by Barry J. MacNaughton View Biography
Ervin, Cohen & Jessup LLP View Firm Credentials
Beverly Hills Office

August 24, 2004

Previously published on August 2003

As if construction issues, financing, tenancy and maintenance aren't enough, property owners in California are increasingly facing yet another challenge: state and local governments exercising their power of eminent domain to condemn and purchase property. Many cash-strapped governmental agencies facing mandates to build public works or redevelop "blighted" neighborhoods lack the money to buy the property at its true market value. These agencies often turn to eminent domain as a way to acquire property at less than full market value.


 

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