The most famous example of this kind of use of eminent domain was the Kelo case which went to the Supreme Court. By 5-4 the court rules it was permissible to use eminent domain to get the land to build a campus for Pfizer. (The majority was Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer.)

As Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote “The specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the State from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory.”

After all of this, the land didn't get built into a corporate campus:

>...For nearly 20 years since the ruling, the entire Fort Trumbull neighborhood remained a vacant lot after being bulldozed by the city; a neighborhood once teeming with families who resided there for generations was home only to weeds and feral cats. The economic development the city promised the U.S. Supreme Court would materialize—if only the government could get its hands on the land—never materialized, even after spending more than $80 million in taxpayer money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London https://ij.org/case/kelo/

Corruption is pretty much always the answer.

Indeed. Between FERC and State bodies you don't stand a chance to win.

They were offering the Funeral Home $20K for 'air rights'. No poles. Seems cheap if you feel you will need to shutdown the business.

https://landownerattorneys.com/can-private-companies-use-emi...

Claiming that the owners will "need to shutdown the business" because there are now power lines running above it seems a bit hyperbolic.