The purpose behind the condemnation proceedings was to convert the leasehold interests to fee simple interests on behalf of forty-seven owner-occupants (the lessees).
A fee simple absolute is the highest estate permitted by law and it gives the holder with full possessory rights and obligations now and in the future.
Three types of defeasible estates are the fee simple determinable, fee simple subject to an executory limitation or interest, and the fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.