Multiple Land Owners - Vacant Downtown Property
Initial offer : $5,500,000
Final recovery: $9,500,000
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Case Notes
- Taking by the Hillsborough Area Regional Transportation Authority ("HART") of 50,000 square feet of vacant property for the construction of its trolley terminal project.
- Property was located immediately east of the Tampa Convention Center in downtown Tampa, across the street from the Marriott Waterside Hotel.
- Property was owned by multiple land owners.
- HART argued that the taking caused no severance damages to the remaining property.
- Jury verdict of $9,500,000 is one of the largest eminent domain verdicts in the history of Hillsborough County.
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