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New London Gives $6.5 Million in Tax Breaks to Developer Planning to Build Housing on Land Condemned in the Kelo Case
Last year, I wrote about how there might finally be some development on the site of the property condemned as a result of the Supreme Court's 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, the controversial 5-4 decision in which the justices ruled that the condemnation of homes for private "economic development" is permissible under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which only allows takings for a "public use." In January 2023, Renaissance City Development Association (the private nonprofit development firm formerly known as the New London Development Corporation, which took ownership of the property after it was seized by eminent domain) sold the condemned land to a developer, which was planning to build new housing on it. Up to that point, the only regular users of the condemned land since the last homeowners were forced out were a colony of feral cats. The supposedly carefully planned development project that justified the condemnations fell through, as also did a number of later proposed uses for the land.
Developer seeks financing approval for apartments at former Groton Inn & Suites
Sep. 26—GROTON — The developer and owner of a project to renovate the former Groton Inn and Suites at 99 Gold Star Highway into apartments are requesting approval for a financing mechanism for the 112-unit development. The owner, Arizona-based Community Finance Corporation, is seeking tax-exempt revenue bonds through the Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin to finance the project. The Public ...
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