FLORIDA RAIL ENTERPRISE-HNTB/WILBER SMITH-Program Management Team, FLORIDA HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY/HNTB: Phase 1, Part 1

FLAA has served as the Florida High Speed Rail right of way acquisition consultant responsible for all right of way administration, acquisition, appraisal support and related services for more than seven years. FLAA provided comprehensive right of way cost estimates of Phase I, Part I from downtown Tampa to the Orlando International Airport. FLAA is poised to continue supporting the program under the FLORIDA RAIL ENTERPRISE.

TBARTA/FDOT DISTRICT 7/Jacobs: Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority – Pinellas County Alternatives Analysis

FLAA will be providing  right of way support of the TBARTA/Jacobs Engineering team for the Pinellas County Alternatives Analysis. Additionally FLAA is providing right of way appraisal and acquisition support for Wilson Miller, Inc. on TBARTA's Veteran's Expressway Suncoast Transit Corridor Evalution. The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) was created by the Florida State Legislature in 2007 to develop and implement a Regional Transportation Master Plan for the seven-county West Central Florida region consisting of Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota Counties. The Alternatives Analysis will study potential transit corridors from downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Clearwater in Pinellas County and will explore various transit options, assess their feasibility, and examine their potential impacts. FLAA will provide support to the analysis of right of way costs and impacts.

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE/LEON COUNTY BLUEPRINT 2000 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY/Kimley-Horn & Associates: Capital Circle SW PD&E

FLAA, as teamed with Kimley-Horn & Associates, conducted an extensive conceptual stage right of way cost estimate and subsequent relocation plan which analyzed more than 15 combined alignment alternatives and/or variations to consider the least expensive and least obtrusive alignment and/or by pass for Capital Circle Southwest. More than 300 parcels were potentially affected, as well as more than 75 businesses and residents. It is estimated that tens of millions of dollars were saved in cost avoidance and countless residences and businesses were saved from impact through this analysis.

POLK COUNTY: Berkley Road Phase II (Old Dixie Highway to Pace Road)

Tasked under the County’s Right of Way Acquisition Services contract, FLAA provided acquisition, negotiation, title and lien-release coordination, closing and condemnation suit document preparation services for 30 fee simple parcels and 22 temporary construction easements. Despite a large percentage of parcels with attorney representation, FLAA achieved a negotiated settlement rate of over 90%.

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT: Collier-Orange # 3 230kv Project - Land Acquisition Services for Transmission Right of Way Acquisitions

FLAA provided full service acquisition for a 54 mile transmission line in Lee and Collier Counties. The project includes 200+ parcels that require title, acquisition, market value estimates and construction coordination.

BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP (EVERGLADES PIPE LINE COMPANY): Fort Lauderdale Jet Fuel Pipeline Project – Professional Right of Way Services

FLAA is providing professional right of way services and overall turn-key project management for the Fort Lauderdale Jet Fuel Pipeline project for Buckeye Partners, LP, including acquisition, negotiations, title, appraisal, and right of way cost estimating for an alternative analysis and route study involving 48 parcels in a heavily impacted industrial corridor in the Fort Lauderdale International Airport/Port Everglades area.

FDOT, District 7: I-4 Ybor City

FLAA completed the acquisition of 225 parcels and relocation of more than 144 displacees on this high profile I-4 corridor on an accelerated schedule to secure federal funding. This significantly impacted corridor had tremendous challenges ranging from numerous Last Resort Housing Relocations to cultural and historic preservation concerns and coordination. This high profile project required the coordination of not only state and federal agencies, but also city and county as well due to the Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) for funding. In addition, the full service scope included complete eminent domain, legal pleading and suit preparation for the entire project as well as property management.