02-06-2015, 12:06 PM
Yeah, if it were simply the corner lot left behind, they might have a point. It would be undevelopable. Though, there's the larger question of how much right landowners have to not be orphaned by refusing to sell to a larger development.
My parents are development consultants, and when designing the Somerset West Community Health Centre, they had a problem of a corner lot refusing to agree to a sale at a market price, believing they had leverage by obstructing the block. They ultimately had the architects start to design a building that could be built without the corner lot. When it became apparent that that they were moving ahead regardless, the lot owner sold at a more reasonable price, because they would have been orphaned.
You can see how the corner is different, partly due to the evolution of the drawings:
![[Image: 3361222274_f30b26921d_z.jpg]](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3659/3361222274_f30b26921d_z.jpg)
If landowners have a right not to be orphaned, as these people on Moore believe, then that gives incredible leverage in sales negotiations.
My parents are development consultants, and when designing the Somerset West Community Health Centre, they had a problem of a corner lot refusing to agree to a sale at a market price, believing they had leverage by obstructing the block. They ultimately had the architects start to design a building that could be built without the corner lot. When it became apparent that that they were moving ahead regardless, the lot owner sold at a more reasonable price, because they would have been orphaned.
You can see how the corner is different, partly due to the evolution of the drawings:
If landowners have a right not to be orphaned, as these people on Moore believe, then that gives incredible leverage in sales negotiations.