I know the Supreme Court case that opened the gates to these shenanigans (Kelo v. City of New London) back in 2005 ended similarly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

I know the Supreme Court case that opened the gates to these shenanigans (Kelo v. City of New London) back in 2005 ended similarly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London Pfizer wanted the land and said they would create jobs and give the state more tax revenue, the state said "well that sounds like 'public use' to us," seized the land, bulldozed the houses, wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and then Pfizer picked up and moved out of town. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/nyregion/13pfizer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/nyregion/13pfizer.html Nothing was built and the property where the homes were demolished still sits vacant: https://www.theday.com/section/specialreports&Profile=1268 https://www.theday.com/section/specialreports&Profile=1268