Scoop: Bobby George, Port Authority reach deal on holdout Irishtown Bend property
Bobby George and the Cuyahoga-Cleveland Port Authority have reached a formal deal on the 0.41-acre property at the corner of West 25th and Detroit that will deliver the Irishtown Bend park group the last plot of land for the planned 23-acre greenspace and end long-standing litigation over the parcel.
George and the park coalition had for years been in negotiations over the property, which he bought in 2018 for $248,000. But as the coalition scooped up every other property in the 23 acres that one day will become a riverside park, no deal was reached with George, who declined an offer of $360,000 for the land.
The eminent domain action, they argued, had nothing to do with the supposedly urgent stabilization needs and everything to do with time-sensitive funding issues related to the park project. Additionally, they contended that the park coalition colluded in a"civil conspiracy" to create media and public relations campaigns to paint the Georges as obstinate extortionists.
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