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Eminent Domain

Mar 1, 2022

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 […]

Feb 21, 2022

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 […]

Feb 15, 2022

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.  […]

Feb 9, 2022

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 […]

May 17, 2021

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 […]

Feb 22, 2021

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 […]

Feb 13, 2020

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 […]

Feb 5, 2020

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 […]

Jan 29, 2020

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 […]

Jan 23, 2020

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 […]

Jan 14, 2020

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 […]

Feb 25, 2019

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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