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Court of appeals rules in favor of Ashby high-rise developers

A state appellate court has reversed a portion of the 2014 judgment that would have required developers of the so-called Ashby high-rise to pay damages to residents in the neighborhood near Rice University should they build the controversial residential tower.
The judgment was based on a jury's verdict awarding damages of almost $1.7 million to nearby homeowners in a protracted battle to keep Buckhead Development Partners from building the 21-story tower.

The Chronicle reported in 2014:

The 12-person jury awarded damages to 20 of the nearby households - contingent upon the high-rise being built - agreeing that it's the wrong project on the wrong site. Only those living within about one block of the high-rise were awarded damages.