Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Shelzi

Fishman, Kenneth J., J.

The three cases before the court are petitions for damages, which arose after the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (“SRA”) took certain property by eminent domain on May 29, 2013, in an effort to revitalize Somerville in connection to the expansion of the MBTA’s Green Line at Union Square. At the time of the takings, plaintiff Francis Fahey maintained a residence and business at 26-30 Prospect Street, Somerville, Massachusetts, and plaintiff Prospect Iron & Steel Corp. and affiliated corporations (“Prospect Iron”) maintained businesses at 40 Bennett Street also in…