ASU pushes eminent domain to take over historic downtown home

As new developments and ambitious projects continue to line the streets of downtown Phoenix, it can be easy to lose sight of what once was.

Robert Young, owner of the 124-year-old Louis Emerson House on the northeast corner of Pierce and North Fourth streets, aims to ensure his historic property isn’t another victim of the area’s modernization.

On behalf of Arizona State University, the Arizona Board of Regents filed an eminent domain lawsuit earlier this month to seize Young’s property in order to build its new medical school campus.

And more recently, on June 20, a community coalition came together to announce a $3 million fundraising campaign to preserve the house, which has stood longer than Arizona’s statehood.

This story is in partnership with Phoenix Business Journal. Click to read the full story.

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