Benevolent & Protective Order v. Lawrence Redevelopment Authority

This appeal concerns the taking of land of the plaintiff (BPOE) by eminent domain pursuant to the Riverfront Urban Renewal plan by the Lawrence Redevelopment Authority (LRA), 1 and the effect, if any, for purposes of de termining damages, of a land use restriction imposed upon the remainder of the BPOE’s property pursuant to that plan. After hearing evidence of the so-called “depreciated reproduction cost” of improvements on the BPOE’s property, a jury determined the damages to be $2,500,000. Essentially, the appeal from an ensuing judgment in that amount (plus interest and costs) by the…