Landowner sues city over eminent domain seizure threat.

From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) | Date: May 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Patrick

May 27--A downtown St. Louis landowner is suing the city and the owner of the building that sits on its property, Gentry's Landing, claiming they're abusing the eminent domain process to get the land for millions of dollars below market value.

The building owner, Integrity Real Estate Corp., has been working with the city since 2004 to get the property, the suit says. Landowner STL 400 N. 4th LLC, which is controlled by Florida developers Joe and John Seravalli, was told April 28 that they would have to sell by May 12 or face the use of eminent ...

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