Baldwin Park is currently in an exclusive negotiating agreement with Bisno Development Co. for what could be a multi-million dollar face-lift of 125 acres of the city’s main commercial corridor, along Maine Avenue and Ramona Boulevard. http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_7326320

Des Plaines seems poised to move on its newest redevelopment area just north of the downtown, planning to borrow $8 million to acquire land in the Five Corners area. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=67711&src=1

A national public interest law firm is threatening Sugar Creek with legal action if the city does not abandon “eminent domain” in its efforts to acquire properties for private development.http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/northland/story/329395.html

Early Monday morning, Scott Bullock, senior attorney for the Institute of Justice, a nonprofit, sent Martinovich a letter asking the city to remove eminent domain authority from Ordinance 3149, the tax increment financing agreement between the city and JLP Sugarland, the developer of the project.http://examiner.net/stories/102307/new_211275989.shtml