Eminent Domain
The firm specializes in eminent domain assignments involving both partial acquisitions (fee, right-of-way dedications, easements) and entire takes for public projects. Our firm completes appraisal assignments following engagement by both private and public parties. The firm has experience in a wide range of public project types such as road widenings, road extensions, electric transmission lines, electric substations, green energy products (wind and solar), utility extensions, water and sewer pipelines, water reservoir (dams), water and sewer treatment plants, stormwater facilities, parks, habitat mitigation, stream corridor restoration, and more. The firm has the capacity to complete a variety of project sizes. Mr. Balfour has provided expert witness testimony in these matters on multiple occasions.
Litigation
The firm has been engaged to complete numerous appraisal assignments in various forms of litigation including damages cases (water, fire, trespass, etc.), tax appeals, bankruptcy cases, diminishment in value cases, partnership disputes, marriage dissolution, class action lawsuits, estate disputes, system development charge credit disputes, and more. Mr. Balfour has provided expert witness testimony in these matters on multiple occasions. The matters which Mr. Balfour has been engaged include both circuit and federal court cases.
Estate Planning
The firm regularly completes estate planning work for tax filings (IRS and Department of Revenue) as well as charitable donation work. The firm also has experience in valuing partial interest in property holdings. Areas of expertise include commercial properties, residential properties, rural residential properties, agricultural properties, timberlands, recreational properties, development tracts, common area tracts (Homeowners Association tracts), quarries, aggregate sites, landfills, wetland mitigation banks, and more.
Proposed/Partially Constructed Development Projects
The firm completes valuations and analysis of proposed and partially constructed (mid-construction) projects related to residential subdivisions, multifamily housing, commercial developments, mobile home parks, urban growth boundary properties, urban expansion area properties, quarries, landfills, and more.
Commercial and Private Lending Assignments
The firm completes appraisal assignments for proposed loans serving both public and private lenders. The assignments include improved properties (office, industrial, commercial, multifamily, residential, agricultural), as well as proposed projects on development land tracts.
Uniform Standards of Federal Land Acquisition Assignments
The firm completes UASFLA (Yellow Book) compliant partial and entire acquisitions on a variety of property types. Furthermore, the firm completes conservation easement valuations.
Appraisal Review
The firm has been engaged to complete a variety of appraisal review assignments of appraisal reports completed in the context of eminent domain, litigation, Uniform Standards for Federal Land Acquisition, lending assignments, and more.