"I'm no fan of eminent domain. In IL we are dealing with O'Hare expansion and a Peotone Airport. What private companies are you referring to?"
Specific I think he is refering to the companies that want to build the toll roads. In general many businesses in "Redevelopment Zones" are handed for free or very cheap land that was taken via eminent domain by the local governments. That isn't as big as a problem in Texas as I hear it is in other Northern States.