City, church agree on just compensation for taking property – $3,700,000 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Eminent Domain, Million-Dollar Settlements
The City of Chesapeake originally sought to condemn an 8,147 square foot parcel of land in fee together with drainage, utility and temporary construction easements for the improvement of Dominion Boulevard. The land sought to be acquired by the city was part of an approximately 1.75 acre parcel of land improved with an 11,700 square-foot [...]
Housing authority’s appraisal was not just compensation, jury rules – $3,756,250 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 24, 2012
Tags: Eminent Domain, Judge Louis Allen Sherman, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Norfolk Circuit Court
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority condemned a 50,000 square foot parcel of land at the corner of Killam and 39th Street in Norfolk, originally offering the property owner $2,080,000 as just compensation for the property. The land acquired by the housing authority is improved with a 35,000 square foot integrated manufacturing facility, where Norva Plastics, [...]
Eminent domain amendment passes 3-1
By Paul Fletcher
Published: November 7, 2012
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Elections, Eminent Domain
Virginia voters yesterday approved a constitutional amendment that will limit the government’s ability to take private property through eminent domain. With 99 percent of all precincts voting, the State Board of Elections reported that the referendum passed with 75 percent of the vote. The amendment seeks to ensure that governmental taking of property is for [...]
Voters to weigh property rights question on Nov. 6
By The Associated Press
Published: November 1, 2012
Tags: Elections, Eminent Domain, General Assembly, U.S. Supreme Court
(AP) Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to limit the government taking of private property are quick to champion the cause of Bob Wilson, a Norfolk military contractor who is intent on keeping his successful business address within a critical couple miles of the world’s largest navy base. Question 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot [...]
Condemnation resulted in total loss of utility for bank branch building – $1,015,555 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 4, 2012
Tags: Eminent Domain, Million-Dollar Settlements, Newport News Circuit Court
In 2003, the transportation commissioner filed certificates of take for nine parcels held by landowners, who later conveyed three of those parcels to the respondents in this case. The take was part of the Warwick Boulevard widening project in Newport News. Taken from the three parcels was 22,131 square feet of land, permanent easements of [...]
McDonald’s restaurant forced to close after taking of land – $614,534 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 28, 2012
Tags: Eminent Domain, Newport News Circuit Court
In 2003, the transportation commissioner filed certificates of take for nine parcels held by the landowners, Hiden Associates and Hussey Associates, as part of the Warwick Boulevard widening project in Newport News. McDonald’s intervened as a tenant as to one parcel, and issues pertaining to that parcel were litigated separately. From this parcel, 9,738 square [...]
Land taken from Wolf Trap to build power station, pond – $603,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 28, 2012
Tags: Eminent Domain, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Charles James Maxfield
The case involved the taking of 64,958 square feet of land in fee, and 28,616 square feet of land in a temporary construction easement, from a 4.97 acre parcel owned by Wolf Trap in Vienna. The project included the installation of a power substation and storm water management pond on the property acquired. The commissioner [...]
U.S. condemns high-rise site for Norfolk courthouse addition – $13,401,741 Condemnation Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: Eminent Domain, Federal Courts, Judge Norman K. Moon, Million-Dollar Verdicts
The United States condemned 1.604 acres of land at the southwest corner of Granby Street and Brambleton Avenue in downtown Norfolk, and deposited $6,175,000 with the court as its estimate of just compensation. The land was partially improved with foundation, utility and other work to support the development of a high-rise mixed-use building on the [...]
Housing Authority’s Takings Reviewed
By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 28, 2011
Tags: Eminent Domain, Judge Louis Allen Sherman, Norfolk Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
In this challenge by property owners to the Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority’s taking of the properties for a Hampton Boulevard Redevelopment Project, a Norfolk Circuit Court says the takings by NRHA of respondents’ properties are proper. In 1998, with the Norfolk City Council’s approval, Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority adopted the Hampton Boulevard Redevelopment [...]
Price of site excluded in condemnation case – $1,011,622 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: Eminent Domain, Judge William D. Hamblen, Prince William County Circuit Court
This condemnation case involved the taking of a 0.51-acre parcel for construction of a grade separation over the railroad tracks across U.S. 29 in Gainesville. The owner had purchased the tract for $250,000 about two years before the taking. The owner argued successfully that the purchase price should be excluded because the likelihood of the [...]
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