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State to pay $6.6M after shops’ parking squeezed
The owners of a shopping center in Wilmington have reached a $6.6 million settlement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation after a dispute over how easements and other issues would impact parking, the landowners’ attorneys report. George Autry Jr., Stephanie Autry, and Jeremy Hopkins of Cranfill Sumner in Raleigh report that the NCDOT took […]
Charlotte to pay $1.07M for land for trolley line
Four lawsuits over the city of Charlotte’s taking of adjacent properties near the city’s center have been consolidated into one $1.07 million settlement, the landowner’s attorney reports. Thomas “Tommy” Odom Jr. of The Odom Firm in Charlotte reports that the city initially planned to take nearly 12,400 square feet for a road realignment project and […]
DOT to pay $3.2M for loss of parking at drug store
An eminent domain lawsuit over a Wilmington property that houses a CVS drugstore has reached a $3.2 million settlement, the landowner’s attorneys report. George Autry Jr., Stephanie Autry, and Jeremy Hopkins of Cranfill Sumner in Raleigh report that the dispute concerned parking issues that the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s road-widening plans might create. […]
By gorge: DOT to pay $2.9M for taking scenic land
The North Carolina Department of Transportation will pay $2.9 million to a landowner after its road-widening operation required it to take part of a three-acre tract of land in Caldwell County that had previously had an unobstructed view into the Grandfather Mountain Gorge, the landowner’s attorneys report. George Autry Jr., Stephanie Autry, and Jeremy Hopkins […]
NCDOT pays mobile home park owner $2.8M for Map Act taking
The owner of a Wake County mobile home park has settled a land condemnation case against the North Carolina Department of Transportation for $2.8 million, its attorney reports. Stan Abrams of the North Carolina Eminent Domain Law Firm in Wilson represented plaintiff Blue Skies Mobile Home Living in the suit, which alleged that because of the Southern Wake Expressway […]
Developer settles eminent domain claim for $3.1M
A development company has settled a claim against the North Carolina Department of Transportation for $3.1 million after the DOT cut off highway access to the company’s land in order to build an overpass along a major highway in eastern North Carolina, the company’s attorney reports. Eric Remington of Ward and Smith in New […]
Plant nursery gets $1.95M from DOT
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is paying the owners of a plant nursery $1.95 million for property to make room for the Southern Wake Expressway, their attorneys report. George Autry, Stephanie Autry and Jeremy Hopkins of Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog in Raleigh report that Ennis and Atkins Nursery owned 12.3 acres in Wake […]
Charlotte to pay owner $8.3M for land for airport expansion
The City of Charlotte has opted to avoid the potential turbulence of a condemnation action and agreed to pay $8.35 million for eight acres of land earmarked for the expansion of Charlotte Douglas International Airport after having initially threatened to condemn the land, the landowners’ attorneys report. Tommy Odom and David Murray of The Odom […]
Wake Co. eminent domain settlement nets $3.4M
The owners of a Wake County property that the North Carolina Department of Transportation took for the construction of the Southern Wake Expressway have received $3.4 million for the 6.1 acres that were taken, more than four times the amount the state agency offered, the owners’ attorneys report. George Autry, Stephanie Autry, and Jeremy […]
Two Map Act claims settled for $3.85M
A Wake County man has received $3.85 million in a settlement with the North Carolina Department Transportation for taking a bit less than 8 acres of property–including a tract that included the house where the man had lived for 30 years–for the development of the Southern Wake Expressway, his attorneys report. George Autry, Stephanie […]
Forsyth Co. family nets $3M in Map Act case
The Map Act may be gone, but it is certainly not forgotten. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has agreed to another big-dollar settlement with a family whose land rights were frozen under the act, this time agreeing to pay $3 million to a family in Forsyth County, the family’s attorneys report. George Autry, Stephanie […]
Union Co. family gets $850K, 20x DOT deposit, for loss of access
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has settled with a Union County family for $850,000, more than 20 times the DOT’s initial deposit, after it permanently eliminated direct access to one property and temporarily eliminated direct access to another, dramatically reducing their value, the family’s attorneys report. Jeremy Hopkins and Brady Wells of Cranfill […]
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