The Mecklenburg Times March 15, 2022

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Charlotte to pay $1.07M for land for trolley line Four lawsuits over the city of Charlotte’s taking of adjacent properties near the city’s center have been consolidated into one $1.07 million settlement, the landowner’s attorney reports. Thomas “Tommy” Odom Jr. of The Odom Firm in Charlotte reports that the city initially planned to take nearly 12,400 square feet for a road realignment project and installation of an electric trolley system, more than 9,700 square feet for temporary construction easements, and nearly 7,400 additional square feet for sidewalk and utility easements from a 1.2-acre tract owned by TA&S Enterprises of NC, Inc.

But Odom, said that an inverse condemnation claim pushed the city to more than double the allotment for the construction easements for the five-yearlong project. “Their contractor used more of the property than they were supposed to,” Odom said. The city had initially deposited just $219,200 for the land, which contains a small commercial building being rented out for interim purposes. Odom said that the highest and best use of the property would have been roughly 87 units of multi-family mixed-use development. “The dispute was over how much just compensation they were entitled to for

the land they actually took as well as the damages to the property remaining because the temporary construction easement covered most of the property for five years so it delayed the development of it,” Odom said. The case over the parcel, located about a mile from the Charlotte City Center, was unified into a single matter and eventually settled through mediation in July 2021. Wayne Huckel served as mediator. Bert Concepcion, senior assistant city attorney, represented the city. A message left with the city attorney’s office requesting comment wasn’t returned. David Baugher

“The dispute was over how much just compensation they were entitled to for the land they actually took as well as the damages to the property remaining because the temporary construction easement covered most of the property for five years so it delayed the development of it” Thomas Odom, Jr., Odom Firm


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