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February 2, 2007
Blight Study May Pave Way For Columbia Expansion
The NY Sun
By Leora Falk
While Harlem is the midst of a real estate boom, a plan for Columbia University's expansion assumes that part of the area will be designated as blighted, paving the way for the university to use eminent domain to acquire property in the proposed expansion zone.
Hmm... sound familiar? Try this remix:
While Brooklyn is the midst of a real estate boom, a plan for expansion of Bruce Ratner's local real estate empire assumes that part of the area will be designated as blighted, paving the way for the real estate mogul to use eminent domain to acquire property in the proposed expansion zone.
The Sun article continues:
The university has hired an outside organization to determine if the area is blighted. Such a determination would likely cause friction in part because the definition of blight is unclear and because the university is funding the study.
NoLandGrab: It is well known that NY State's definition of blight is developer-friendly and allows for buildings that are underutilized and outdated to be targeted.
Posted by lumi at February 2, 2007 6:40 AM