A ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Judge will allow a city agency to use eminent domain to acquire some of the real estate long held by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration, a crucial step in the city's longtime goal of spurring development north of downtown.
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Judge condemns NorthSide land in win for city looking to spur development
A NorthSide Regeneration-owned building crumbles onto North Leffingwell Avenue just west of the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. The City says it will attempt to use eminent domain to acquire nearly 90 parcels of property near the NGA West, most of them owned by Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration.
Judge Thomas McCarthy will decide whether the city can finally wrest some land away from longtime owner NorthSide Regeneration.
However, the Northside Regeneration creditor can get documents about the city's plans, financing for the land it wants to condemn.Â
The Bank of Washington could put up even more of a fight to hold onto the Pruitt-Igoe site — it values the 34-acre property at $33 million, la…
In scathing letter to Bank of Washington, ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ said the $116 million NorthSide wanted for its acres was "so extreme that no amount of neg…
Paul McKee's NorthSide Regeneration fell out of favor with City Hall a decade ago. The city is finally trying to dislodge his properties in an…
Local governments would have to pay off debt owed on blighted properties subject to eminent domain under proposal by Sen. Nick Schroer, which …
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Board of Aldermen committee advances redevelopment plan that protects residents while allowing eminent domain against Paul McKee.Â
Most of the ‘paper-only’ transactions that caught the government’s attention occurred in 2012 or earlier, outside the statute of limitations.
The state sought damages worth $7.1 million over questionable transactions, settled for $323,000.Â
But the controversial developer, who still controls hundreds of properties near the new NGA campus, says he deserves credit for ‘remarkable results.’
