Circuit Court 5 ruled against Chris Hiatt, owner of Hiatt Printing, in an eminent domain case with Ball State, according to a Facebook post by Hiatt.
Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for Marketing and Communications, said the ruling was made at the end of the day, and Ball State communications couldn’t comment until the case is reveiwed Thursday.
Hiatt said in a Facebook post that he would appeal the ruling.
“For the sake of our 4 decades of business presence and investment in this community as well as the many livelihoods that are at stake, we’ll undoubtedly be appealing the decision,” he said.
The space on McKinley Avenue where Hiatt Printing resides would be used for McKinley Commons, a combined hotel, convention center and residence hall. Randy Howard, vice president for Business Affairs and treasurer, said in a Daily News report in September 2012 that he didn’t think Ball State could offer more money than the $400,000 originally proposed in April 2012.
“The ruling has not come as a big surprise but we are obviously disappointed nonetheless,” Hiatt said.
