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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Plans to build baseball stadium in Southeast receive a boost

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The Supreme Court's ruling that local governments can take private property for commercial use is expected to bring a number of contested local projects -- including the District's plans to build a baseball stadium -- closer to fruition.

The ruling angered property owners who could be displaced, including those who have fought plans to build the Washington Nationals' new baseball stadium in Southeast near the Anacostia River waterfront. The court said a commercial venture that brings tax revenue or jobs to the city is a public good and, thus, is eligible to benefit from the power of eminent domain.

David A. Fuss, a partner at Wilkes Artis, which specializes in condemnation law, said the decision likely will result in condemnations at the stadium site and at the Skyland Shopping Center development area in Anacostia, another site where properties were condemned for a commercial development.

But Dale Cooter, an attorney representing one of the businesses on the baseball site, said he hopes the ruling actually may help his client's case.

"The Supreme Court's decision today is [on its face] disappointing, but in reality is good news," he said. "It won't support the use of the power of eminent domain to condemn property on the purposed stadium site."

The court ruling said economic development plans must specifically designate the site to be condemned. Opponents contend the District's development plan does not do that.

Attorney Elaine Mittleman, who represents several of the merchants and property owners on the Skyland Shopping Center property, said the case in which the court ruled is different from the Skyland situation and does not hurt her clients' chances in a pending lawsuit seeking to hold on to their businesses.

But D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams praised the rulings and called eminent domain one of the most powerful tools city officials have to help restore neighborhoods.

"The redevelopment of the Skyland Shopping Center in Southeast Washington is an area where eminent domain could be used for the good of the entire community, since it would bring in 300 jobs and $3.3 million in new tax revenue annually," Mr. Williams said.a

The National Capital Revitalization Corp. (NCRC), the group developing Skyland Shopping Center, said the ruling brought back to the table yesterday many of the property owners who had left negotiations to buy back their land.

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