Accused for the second time this year of misusing its turbo-charged condemnation technique to seize private property, Baltimore City defended the practice in Maryland?s highest court Thursday as a last-ditch remedy essential to urban renewal.
Attorney Alan Engel told judges it wasn?t a coincidence that Baltimore City used its “quick take” condemnation to seize the former Chesapeake Restaurant just two weeks before owner Robert Sapero settled on its $2 million sale.
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