Hokie Honda and State Farm Insurance's Auto Claims Service Center. About half of that money went to Vijay Idnani, the owner of the 48-room Budget Host Inn, perched on a knoll above the existing interchange. Idnani also owned a 24-unit apartment building nearby. He now owns a Vermont Inn in Benton, Ark., southwest of Little Rock. Property owners and tenants are entitled to money and assistance when forced to move because of a state road project.
Owners have their property appraised by the state and the price independently approved.
The amount is used as a starting point to negotiate a sale price. Property owners who don't agree to a price can have the issue settled in circuit court. In the meantime, eminent domain allows the state to take the property and proceed with the project. The interchange also will have a dyslexic effect on several Blacksburg businesses - such as South Main Commons and 2727 South Main. When the new interchange is built, the office complex's front doors will become their back yards.