Yesterday, Pfizer announced it was closing its research and development facility in New London, Connecticut. This is the same complex that was at the center of the redevelopment plan at issue in Kelo v. New London. From the Castle Coalition:
This was the same bogus development plan that five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court refused to question when the property owners of New London pleaded to have their homes spared from the wrecking ball. Justices mentioned that there was a plan…
Popular outrage over eminent domain abuse may have waned a bit since the Supreme Court’s poorly-reasoned Kelo ruling in 2005, but economic development takings remain incredibly unpopular throughout the country. Public opinion polls indicate that more than 80 percent of Americans oppose eminent domain for economic development, which is surprising when one considers the relative inaction on the part of state legislatures to meaningfully protect their citizens’ property rights.
However, there are reasons to be optimistic. Brooklynites fighting the proposed Atlantic Yards development…
Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Scullin dismissed the majority of a lawsuit filed by J.C. Penney against the owner of the mall where it leases retail space. The Carousel Center, located in Syracuse, New York, is currently undergoing a [doomed] expansion project–the largest commercial development to break ground in Syracuse in 20 years. The project is in part bolstered by public support in the form of generous tax breaks and ridiculous green giveaways (the planned hotel will be “powered by rainwater,…
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