Brunswick Landing LLC v. Glynn County

The trial court properly authorized Glynn county to condemn certain property located within the city of Brunswick for the purpose of expanding the county detention center due to overcrowding.

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Brunswick Landing, LLC, the “Landing” appeals the trial court’s order authorizing Glynn County the “County” to condemn certain of the Landing’s property located within the City of Brunswick the “City” for the purpose of expanding the Glynn County Detention Center.1 Finding no error, we affirm. The Glynn County Detention Center is located within the city limits of Brunswick. The County has maintained a detention facility at this location for approximately 75 years, and the current facility became operational in 1989. Since that time, the number of inmates at the Detention Center has greatly increased. The County has taken several approaches to accommodate the increasing number of inmates,2 but despite these efforts, the Detention Center continues to face a serious overcrowding problem. In 2005, Glynn County paid a consulting firm, Carter, Gobel, Lee “CGL”, $150,000 to perform an assessment of the county’s criminal justice system, including the Detention Center. CGL originally recommended building a separate annex a few miles away from the existing Detention Center, but it was later determined that construction on that site was not feasible3 and that plan was never implemented. Glynn County chose instead to expand the existing Detention Center. This expansion required condemning two parcels of private property owned by the Landing, 1914 Newcastle Street and 406 “J” Street, located adjacent to the Detention Center.

On May 29, 2008, Glynn County filed its Petition to condemn the parcels before the special master. After pre-trial motions, on September 10, 2008, the special master entered his award, which denied the Landing’s legal challenges to the condemnation. The Landing subsequently filed “Errors, Objections, and Exceptions to Special Master Award” seeking to reverse the award and to dismiss and deny the condemnation action. On October 30, 2008, the Superior Court of Glynn County entered judgment upholding the special master’s award and condemning the property in question.

Brunswick Landing LLC v. Glynn County

The trial court properly authorized Glynn county to condemn certain property located within the city of Brunswick for the purpose of expanding the county detention center due to overcrowding.

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