Clear Channel Outdoor v. Seattle Popular Monorail Authority

*783¶1 Clear Channel Outdoor, owner of a billboard in Ballard, challenges the summary judgment dismissal of its claim of inverse condemnation against Seattle Popular Monorail Authority (Monorail). Because Clear Channel had no contractual right to any automatic extension or renewal of its lease agreement and occupied the property as a holdover tenant, the mere fact that Monorail took possession by a purchase and sale in lieu of condemnation does not give Clear Channel any additional rights in the leasehold. We affirm.

Grosse, J.

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¶2 As part of its acquisition of real estate along the projected…