Eminent Domain: What Happens when the State Takes Part of Your Land?(Influence of Governement Interference in Commercial Real Estate on the Business and Cash Flow) (Report‪)‬

ABSTRACT In North Carolina, as in most states, the Department of Transportation takes land from hundreds of businesses each year for the purpose of widening roads, building new roads, or improving road systems. Using the power of eminent domain to expropriate the land, the state typically employs two independent real estate appraisers to establish a fair market value for the land and averages those to arrice at a compensation price which is paid to the land owner. When the land is owned by a business and is a critical part of the operations of that business, such a technique for arriving at a value is unfair. Nevertheless, the state does not recognize business valuation techniques, so what is an entrepreneur to do?