Real Estate

The Office of Real Estate Services acquires all real estate needed by City agencies for expansion of their programs (e.g., street rights-of-way and park land); expedites the implementation of redevelopment activities; administers the City's Tax Increment Financing and Capital Revolving Fund loan programs and analysis; provides relocation assistance to protect any persons displaced by City acquisitions; leases and manages City buildings and land held for future projects to citizens through leases and permits; inventories City lands and sells surplus properties in concert with neighborhood sale criteria committees; and investigates, evaluates and protects the title to City lands through numerous permitting, appraisal and authorization procedures.