Joseph Grenga continues his fight to keep his property

Joseph Grenga

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Joseph Grenga and his building at 128 W. Rayen, Youngstown.

YOUNGSTOWN — Joseph Grenga isn’t giving up his fight to prevent the city from seizing his property and demolishing it under eminent domain law.

Grenga has objected to a magistrate’s decision that gave the city permission to take and raze his property for a street extension in conjunction with Youngstown State University’s new $34.3 million business school.

Grenga filed his objection Monday to Magistrate Dennis J. Sarisky’s Dec. 16 decision to grant the city a writ of possession, entitling the city to seize Grenga’s machine storage facility at 128 W. Rayen Ave.

Although Sarisky issued the decision, the actual writ of possession was given to the city the same day by Judge James C. Evans of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to take effect in 60 days.

The city and its Cleveland lawyers are seeking to take Grenga’s building to enable a northward extension of Hazel Street in conjunction with the business school, for which the university broke ground in October.

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