Forest Preserve District of Du Page County v. Brookwood Land Venture

The plaintiff, Forest Preserve District of Du Page County (the District), appeals from the trial court’s order setting just compensation for the taking of property owned by the defendants, Brookwood Land Venture et al. The District asserts numerous errors in the court’s conduct of the trial. We affirm. We issue our amended opinion upon denial of the District’s petition for rehearing.

This eminent domain action concerns 27 acres of vacant property (the property). The property was originally annexed into the City of Wood Dale in 1969. In 1972 the original annexation agreement was amended to…