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Hoboken has secured an agreement to acquire the final piece of its waterfront needed to create a city-long park. This was after an epic standoff with New York Waterway, the current property owner, who planned to use the land for boat repairs.

As with most discussions related to eminent domain, it’s on again- off again - on again. Earlier this month a study was made public which states that Jersey City’s planning division determined that the Embankment-- a stretch of elevated land where officials hope to build parkland--could be designated for redevelopment. Eminent Domain is not off the table, if that is what is required to make this park a reality.

Arguments at the Ohio Supreme Court-about the validity of an eminent domain case involving a golf course that houses age old earthworks-have begun. The case revolves around the Moundbuilders Country Club (the “club”), an 18-hole golf course located on sacred Native American grounds. The current owner of the property is the Ohio History Connection (“OHC”), a statewide nonprofit organization that contracts with the state to oversee more than 50 historic sites. OHC wants to acquire the property via eminent domain, by terminating its lease with the club and paying for its fair market value. OHC has leased the property to the club since acquiring it in 1933.