Appraisal Review
Review services to Public Agencies
Emily Braman has been providing appraisal review services to governmental agencies for 30 years. The appraisal review process is required in the State of Ohio for all local public agencies with the power of eminent domain. The review process involves an independent fee appraiser from the beginning of the process working alongside the appraiser and the agency to assure that all appropriate standards and regulations are followed. The review appraiser does not substitute her judgment for that of the appraiser on questions of value, but does provide an independent means of verifying that the report is free from errors and has conformed to conventional appraisal practice and meets the standards of the agency.
We have provided appraisal review services on major public projects including:
The Opportunity Corridor - we provided appraisal review and relocation review services on the 300+ parcel high profile Opportunity Corridor project, using URS as a subcontractor for relocation review
Euclid Corridor - we provided appraisal review services for 300+ parcels on the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. These properties are located all along the Euclid Corridor and involve mostly strip takings and some total takings for the improvements to Euclid Avenue for the BRT project. The project was overseen by both the GCRTA and the Federal Transit Authority. There were four appraisers involved in this multi-year project. The property types included parking lots, loft style warehouse buildings, gas stations, abandoned buildings, properties owned by the Cleveland Clinic and other University Circle institutions, the Pierre’s Ice Cream manufacturing plant and many others.
Innerbelt Bridge - We provided appraisal review services for parcels on the Innerbelt Bridge for ODOT. These high profile properties include the Cleveland Cold Storage Building, Gillota Fuel Building, State Chemical Plant and others.
Appraisal Reviews of 100 parcels by 3 appraisal firms on MAH/TRU 711 - These parcels were primarily inner city residential properties and included a Trailer Park and some older commercial and industrial buildings.
Appraisal Reviews 135 appraisals reviews of residences in the Cleveland Hopkins Airport Noise Abatement Project Area – 1991-1994. These were appraisals of occupied homes which were purchased by the City of Cleveland due to proximity to the airport. These appraisals conformed to FAA requirements.