Eminent Domain

Miller Property
Rail Station Right of Way

Complete appraisal, appraisal exchange, consulting, due diligence, mediation, trial preparation. Comprehensive two-week trial and testimony, including direct and rebuttal, attorney support strategy. Verdict within 10% of appraised value. Issues included potential rezone and contamination.

Tacoma

Industrial district of South Tacoma

50,761 sf site

Full acquisition in fee

For the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority dba Sound Transit

Seattle

Downtown, west corner of 8th & Pike

27,600 sf vacant land with parking and interim improvements

Zoned DOC2-300

Four parcels, three owners

For owners and their attorneys

Convention Center Expansion
Condemnation of Adjacent Land

Comprehensive appraisal of fee simple property rights for owners, for land that was family owned for about a century. Effective deposition over 2 days, and first trial witness for owners, with publication of effective in rising value market.

Mercer Corridor: West Marine/ Heglund
Corner Lot with Building

Comprehensive appraisal, followed by appraisal review, trial preparation, consulting, strategy, audio visual preparation, due diligence, and successful mediation including all three parties (City, fee owner, tenant). Consideration of building contribution, land value and potential zoning change. Analysis of residential value. Rebuttal testimony preparation.

Seattle

South Lake Union

Site before: 14,745 sf

Site after: 6,224 sf

Appraisal and litigation support for City of Seattle