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 North Braddock, Rankin, Tarentum, Wilkinsburg, Bellevue and the City of Clairton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Being Property of:
Case No: GD-25-003979
Glenn C. Mills and Paula K. Mills 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 Bellevue, Allegheny County, PA, located at 226 Grant Avenue, Being designated as Block and Lot No. 113-G-178 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003978
Estate of Frank Dohmen a/k/a Frank Dohman, Deceased, his 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 Tarentum, Allegheny County, PA, located at East Street, Being designated as Block and Lot No. 1223-K-249 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003981
Sarah M. Seagriff, 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 Tarentum, Allegheny County, PA, located at 616 E. 9th Ave., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 1223-H-238 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003982
Estate of Martha M. Locke, Deceased (178-S-334) Estate of Alexander Dempster, Deceased (178-S-337), 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 Rankin, Allegheny County, PA, located at Ohio Street, Being designated as Block and Lot No. 178-S-334 and 178-S-337 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003980
Nancy Patterson, 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 situated in the Borough of North Braddock, Allegheny County, PA, located at 824 North Ave., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 302-B-193 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003976
Christine M. Shaw, 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 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA, located at 1101 Sperling Drive, Being designated as Block and Lot No. 233-P-169 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Case No: GD-25-003977
Angel Contis and Lisa Contis, 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 situated in the City of Clairton, Allegheny County, PA, located at 110 Jefferson Dr., Being designated as Block and Lot No. 879-P-44 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 11th day of April, 2025, for Docket Nos. GD-25-003979, GD-25-003978, GD-25-003981, GD-25-003980, GD-25-003976 and GD-25-003977, 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 July, 2024, condemned the property referred to above at GD-25-003979, GD-25-003978, GD-25-003981, in the Borough of Bellevue and the Borough of Tarentum,; and by Resolution duly adopted on the 26th day of September, 2024, condemned the property referred to above at, GD-25-003982 and GD-25-003977; in the Borough of Rankin and the City of Clairton, and by Resolution duly adopted on the 15th day of October, 2024, condemned the property referred to above at, GD-25-003980 and GD-25-003976; in the Boroughs of North Braddock and Wilkinsburg, 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 Bellevue, Tarentum, Rankin, North Braddock, Wilkinsburg and the City of Clairton.
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
