In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Civil Division
In the Matter of Condemnation by the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County of Certain Parcels of Land in the Boroughs of Avalon, West Mifflin, Versailles and the Township of South Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Being Property of:
Case No: GD-25-011784
Joseph M. Hartman, Executor of the Estate of Nola Mae West a/k/a Nola M. West a/k/a Nola West a/k/a Mae West, Deceased and Edward A. Gerthoffer, and D. Richard Jones her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns or any other persons found to have an interest in the following property: All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the Borough of Avalon, Allegheny County, PA, located at Unnamed Alley, Being designated as Block and Lot No. 160-E-210 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-011779
Martha A. Duffy, her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns or any other persons found to have an interest in the following property: All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the Borough of West Mifflin, Allegheny County, PA, located at Kennywood Blvd., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 237-R-30 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-011780
Marie Christine Shiffler and Frederick R. Shiffler, Wife and Husband, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns or any other persons found to have an interest in the following property: All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the Borough of North Versailles, Allegheny County, PA, located at 722 Bayne St., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 554-N-271 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-011783
Anna Agnes Reagan, her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns or any other persons found to have an interest in the following property: All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the Township of South Versailles, Allegheny County, PA, located at Tourman St., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 759-L-66 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Notice To Condemnees Of Condemnation
In accordance with Section 405 of the Eminent Domain Law of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County hereby gives notice that:
1. The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County filed a Declaration of Taking on the 6th day of November, 2025, for Docket Nos. GD-25-011783, GD-25-011780, GD-25-011784, GD-25-011779, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the requirements of the Act of June 22, 1964, P.L. No. 84, as amended 26 Pa. C.S.A. § 101 et seq., known as the "Eminent Domain Code". The address of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County is 436 7th Ave., Suite 500, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
2. This condemnation is specifically authorized by Sections 12, and 12.1 of the Urban Redevelopment Law, Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991 as amended, 35 P.S. § 1701 et seq.
3. The Board of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (hereinafter “Board”) by Resolution duly adopted on 25th day of May, 2025, condemned the property referred to above at GD-25-011783 and 25-011784, in the Township of South Versailles and the, Borough of Avalon; and by Resolution duly adopted on the 24th day of April, 2025, condemned the property referred to above at, GD-25-011780; in the Borough of Versailles, and by Resolution duly adopted on the 27th day of February, 2025, condemned the property referred to above at, GD-25-011779; in the Borough of West Mifflin and authorized the Director, the Manager of Housing and Human Services and the Authorities Manager of said Authority to execute and file the aforementioned Declarations of Taking.
4. The purpose of this condemnation is to effectuate the public purpose of the redevelopment of blighted properties in the Boroughs of Versailles, West Mifflin, Avalon and the Township of South Versailles
5. The nature of the title acquired hereby is the absolute fee simple title whether fee simple or lesser estates, together with all easements, rights of way and real property interests of whatever nature.
6. These properties have been condemned in their entirety as of the dates set forth in Paragraph 1 above.
7. A plan showing the condemned properties may be inspected at the offices of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, Koppers Building, Suite 500, 436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
8. Just compensation has been secured by the bond of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, filed with each Declaration of Taking.
9. If you wish to challenge the power or right of the Condemnor, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedure followed by the Condemnor, or the Declaration of Taking, you are required to file Preliminary Objections with the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, within thirty (30) days after publication of this Notice.
Furthermore, Notice Is Hereby Given that the Authority, pursuant to Section 522 of the Eminent Domain Code of 1964 (26 Pa. C.S.A. Section 522) will, no less than twenty (20) days subsequent to the expiration of the statutory period for the filing of Preliminary Objections to the Declarations of Taking, present a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to deposit into court the just compensation estimated by the Authority to be due all parties in interest for damages sustained as a result of the condemnation of the properties herein involved.
William G. Merchant, Esquire
Attorney for the Redevelopment Authority
