Eminent Domain Forces Out Construction Firm

"Using the power of eminent domain, the city seized ownership of Clearkin's building this year, reducing the business to a tenant in its own building. Officials want the family out by the end of September so a local nonprofit group can build 50 subsidized middle-class homes. Residents of the development, which is being built under the mantle of Street's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, won't pay any property taxes until 2017 at the earliest because of a city abatement."