However government has used Eminent Domain to secure land for private development of office buildings, and hotels. In Cincinnati we saw Eminent Domain enacted on a number of residents near the RookWood Commons plaza. In 2005 the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving Pfizer and a local government enacting Eminent Domain to condemn and seize property for a research park. After 10 years of tax abatement and special treatment from the local government Pfizer has moved out leaving a blighted neighborhood where a strong community once stood.

The story represents the caution and care that government must exercise when using Eminent Domain for non-public works projects. When private developers create proejcts there is often the danger that they may abandon the project at any point in the development.