An Indiana power utility is asking a bankruptcy court to allow it to continue to try to forcefully take over a piece of a sports complex’s property after it rejected eminent domain payments, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. The unfinished 170-acre Catalyst Lifestyles Sport Resort LLC was on the verge of being sold at a foreclosure auction when it filed for bankruptcy in October. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. has been seeking access to some of the Catalyst land to start upgrading 29.5 miles of underground natural gas lines, a project that the utility said would provide safer and more reliable power. The gas company said it hired an accounting firm to do an appraisal and then offered $39,500 to Catalyst last July to get access. But Catalyst wasn’t interested in the offer, prompting Northern Indiana Public Service to try to condemn part of the Portage, Ind., property through a complaint filed in Indiana state court last September. A hearing on that case is scheduled for February.
