I want to say that, although I realize it is not this way in practice, the Tarrant Appraisal District's mission is to "...provide accurate appraisal of all property in Tarrant County at one hundred percent market value, equally and uniformly."
And they point off to the State Comptroller's site for the methods:
https://comptroller....ng-property.php
I don't like to feel like we are harassing the property owner, but at some point they are letting the city / county down by not either moving forward or selling to someone who will.
It seems like the appraisal process could be pushed upon one way or the other: above is discussion of condemnation with a low appraised value, but could the opposite approach be taken where it is appraised at a very high number, making it more expensive to just sit there, with the implied follow-on that if it actually gets developed, a special tax arrangement will be made to reduce those higher taxes?