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First steps a little shaky for Lower North Philly redevelopment

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Nov 7, 2014.

Over the past few years, city planners have more and more frequently turned to the charrette as a way to develop consensus and buy-in for community redevelopment. That is why city planners included charrettes in the Philadelphia 2035 plan.

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A Marcellus Shale case that has nothing to do with fracking p2

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Oct 18, 2014.

When law students and real estate agents learn about property rights, they hear the expression “bundle of sticks” over and over. A landowner does not have one property right; he has a bunch of them. Some of them can be transferred, but that transfer does not affect the other rights. We have been talking about easements, a kind of transfer that leaves all the other sticks in the bundle. Bob’s right-of-way through Judy’s farm does not reduce her interest in the rest of her land.

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About a Marcellus Shale case that has nothing to do with fracking

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Oct 15, 2014.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a decision recently that addresses important and interesting property law issues. We have taken the long way around to get to this discussion — a friend would say the posts about Brandt v. U.S. were the Proust Route — but it does have to do with fundamental property rights. And, just to sweeten the pot, the case is about land resting on the Marcellus Shale.

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Are finders keepers and losers weepers in property law? p4

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Oct 13, 2014.

We are back to discussing easements and one particular U.S. Supreme Court case (Brandt v. U.S.) that challenged the government’s right to giveth and then taketh away the right to a parcel of land. The plaintiffs were landowners who believed they were due compensation (under eminent domain) for abandoned railway corridors that the federal government turned into recreational trails.

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It’s not easy being green space: Developer prevails against city p2

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Aug 5, 2014.

We are discussing Greg Ventresca’s plan to build 48 homes on land he owns in Philadelphia’s Roxborough neighborhood. The property is adjacent to a park, though, and the neighborhood association wanted to maintain it as green space; some nearby residents believed the land was, in fact, a park. All the developer asked was that the city improve the road running through the property so it could to support the new development.

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Dune look now: Public and private interests clash on Jersey shore p4

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Jun 19, 2014.

Philadelphia may not have ocean views, but it does have the Delaware River. That means that the city may be just as vulnerable to storm surges during tropical storms as coastal properties are. Superstorm Sandy generated the third-highest storm surge on record here. We are vulnerable.

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Dune look now: Public and private interests clash on Jersey shore p3

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Jun 17, 2014.

We are talking about a legal dispute involving property owners along the New Jersey shore and the state government. The state — and Gov. Chris Christie — has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to build barrier dunes along the coastline. The idea is to protect the businesses and residents in beachfront communities from storm damage. The property owners have resisted the idea for a number of reasons.

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Dune look now: Public and private interests clash on Jersey shore

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Jun 13, 2014.

Philadelphia took a hit from Superstorm Sandy, but the beaches of New Jersey took a body blow. The storm washed away residential and commercial sites along the coast, leaving everyone scrambling to clean up and scrambling to make sure every home, every business, every town would fare better during the next natural disaster.

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Thinking about unintended consequences of real estate data

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on May 4, 2014.

Not so long ago, if an individual wished to purchase either a home or a piece of commercial real estate, he or she was compelled to do research in local newspapers, through word-of-mouth and/or by simply roaming through interesting neighborhoods and peeking around to see which properties might be available. Now that so much real estate data is available online, many individuals now choose to conduct the vast majority of their research through resources available on the Internet.

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Bucks Cty. community is learning the tao and the Dow of levees p3

On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in Land Use & Zoning on Apr 21, 2014.

We saw an article recently about a women’s prison in Manhattan, just a block or two away from the Hudson River. During Superstorm Sandy, the river swelled and flooded the buildings. There was enough damage to keep the prison from reopening. It is now up for sale.

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