Real Estate & Property Law

Northside redevelopment

By Alan Ackerman

The St. Louis Globe Democrat noted that there was really no sense of urgency or certainty with the proposed McKee project.  The comment of the city councilman of 'let's try it' allowed the judge to simply say this is not the type of standard to be used to acquire four square miles of property.  

St. Louis Globe Democrat

"When anybody comes in and they make great promises about how things are gonna change, until it actually occurs you never know. And [Paul McKee] had a plan of how he was gonna revitalize all of North St. Louis. It may have happened. Again, it ain't. But no one else had a plan. * * * The pipe dream means that maybe, maybe not. Let's take a chance on it. Nobody's gonna get hurt. Let's try it," Bosley said.

Full post as published by National Eminent Domain Blog on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).