Condemnation & Eminent Domain

Settlement for $5.0 million, an increase of 437% over the initial offer of $931,000, for a property owner in a whole taking by the Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (“MCTRA”) wherein MCTRA was acquiring a 2.25 acre tract containing three commercial pad sites

Settlement for $10.29 million, an increase of 400% above the initial offer of $2.46 million, for a San Antonio owner of a major hotel from which TxDOT acquired 6,105 square feet for its Loop 410 Project

Settlement for $6.925 million, an increase of 515% above initial offer of $1.286 million, for Houston property owner on undeveloped land taken for the Nasa Road Bypass in League City, Texas

Settlement for 2.06 million, an increase of 736% above the pipeline company’s initial offer to a charitable organization operating a youth camp for teens in Montgomery County, Texas

Settlement for $12.75 million, an increase of 122% over the Port of Houston’s initial offer of $5,748,000, in connection with the acquisition of 34.6 acres of vacant land just south of the Bayport Terminal at the Port of Houston

Settlement and net recovery to Travis County property owner of $4.79 million on original offer of $2,239,740.00 from State of Texas for taking a fee interest in 3.48 acres to expand FM 973 near new TESLA manufacturing facility

Settlement for $6.25 million, approximately $1.9 million higher than the State’s initial offer of $4.36 million, for the acquisition of a service station along the east side of Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas

Settlement for $13.5 million, an increase of 32,140% above the Municipal Utility District’s initial offer of $41,874, in connection with the acquisition of a 2.942 acre easement from a property improved with a sand mining operation

Settlement for $7.0 million, an increase of 907% above the Municipal Utility District’s initial offer of $694,985, in connection with the acquisition of a 24.513 acre easement from a property improved with a sand mining operation

Settlement for $5.825 million, an increase of approximately $1.5 million above the State’s initial offer of $4.33 million for the acquisition of an urgent care facility for the State’s North Houston Highway Improvement (NHHIP), also known as the “TxDOT I-45 Project”

Settlement for $34.2 million, an increase of 109% over the initial offer of $16.4 million, for a property owner in a partial taking by Harris County Flood Control District (“HCFCD”) wherein HCFCD was acquiring approximately 187 acres from a 276-acre tract of land in northwest Houston for a regional detention facility

Settlement for $5.33 million, an increase of 1,224% above the County’s initial offer of $403,000, for approximately 10 acres of commercial reserves that Harris County was acquiring in Katy, Texas

Settlement for $5.1 million, an increase of 439% over the initial offer of $946,000, for a car dealership owner in Lewisville, Texas involving a partial taking wherein the State was taking a substantial portion of a dealership’s display parking for the widening of Interstate 35E north of Dallas

Settlement of $13 million for a large industrial developer, an increase of 94% over the State’s initial offer of $6,969,400, for the partial acquisition of the owner’s property for construction of segment I-1 of the Grand Parkway in Dayton, Texas; this settlement was achieved quickly, without the matter having to go into litigation

Settlement and net recovery to property owners of $2.1 million on original offer of $680,025.00 from Harris County Flood Control District for fee taking to support storm water channel improvements

Jury verdict for $28.9 million, 2,223% above State’s offer of $1.3 million in a partial takings case for the Grand Parkway; the State took 40 acres out of a 613 acre tract being developed as a residential subdivision in Harris County, Texas, resulting in development changes yielding a lower value; this is believed to be the largest jury verdict for a property owner in a condemnation case ever in the State of Texas (The Texas Lawbook, February 7, 2018); the State appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment for the property owner; subsequently, the Texas Supreme Court denied the State’s petition for review

Jury verdict of $1.95 million, 1,005% above County’s First Offer, in a case involving a partial taking of property developed and operated by a trucking company in Houston, Texas, which was condemned for Harris County’s Hardy Toll Road Extension Project; the trial resulted in a final judgment of $2.2 million on an original offer of $177,000; Harris County voluntarily dismissed its appeal

Jury verdict for $11.5 million, 426% above State’s offer of $2.7 million –in a partial takings case for the Grand Parkway for the owner of retail pad sites in front of a big-box shopping center in Montgomery County, Texas; the State appealed and then dismissed its appeal

Jury verdict of $6.1 million, a 283% increase in Compensation to Client –jury trial resulting in a judgment for a large grocery company related to the State’s condemnation of a part of the client’s retail development for construction of the Grand Parkway in Montgomery County, Texas; the trial resulted in a final judgment of $6.3 million on an original offer of $1.2 million

Combined Jury verdicts of $19.4 million, 292% above State’s Combined Initial Offer – Combined jury trial verdicts for 100% of the compensation sought in single consolidated trial involving two commercial reserve parcels owned by the same entity taken for the Grand Parkway in Harris County, Texas; the Judgment was affirmed by the Houston 1st Court of Appeals in State v. Gleannloch Commercial Development, LP, 585 S.W.3d 509 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.], pet. denied)

Jury verdict of $13.2 million, 367% above State’s Compensation Offer – Jury trial verdict 40% above the property owner’s own appraisal value; the client was the owner/developer of the commercial reserves fronting a large master-planned residential development, portions of which were taken  for the Grand Parkway in Harris County, Texas; the Judgment was affirmed by the Houston 14th Court of Appeals in State v. Gleannloch Commercial Development, LP, 2017 WL 6559745 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 8, 2018, pet. denied)

Jury verdict of $11.6 million, an increase of 351% above the County’s trial appraisal – Jury trial verdict equivalent to compensation sought by property owners at trial for the taking of a 42-acre tract for a detention pond in Harris County.  The verdict was affirmed by the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals and the County’s petition for review to the Texas Supreme Court was denied

Settlement for a property owner in a partial taking by the state to widen West Loop 610 North, resulting in a final judgment of $2.9 million on an initial offer of zero

Settlement for a property owner in a whole taking by the state to widen West Loop 610 North, resulting in a net recovery of $12.4 million on an original offer of $7.3 million (settlement counsel, monetary damages)

Settlement for a property owner in a whole taking by the state to widen West Loop 610 North, resulting in a net final judgment of $8.7 million on an initial offer of $5.4 million