A court battle between a holdout homeowner in the path of the Gordie Howe International Bridge construction project has concluded, and Nathaniel Brent is happy his family put up a fight.

Brent, 48, who lives in Delray, a neighborhood along the Detroit River where Canadian and Michigan officials plan to build a new Detroit-Windsor bridge, says he agreed to sell his house and two empty lots to the Michigan Department of Transportation for $200,000. Court records show the state initially offered the family $44,673 for their home in April 2017.

"Basically, it's go-away money," Brent said while house hunting with his family Thursday. The family plans to move to a suburb west of Detroit so he can be closer to his job in Canton Township.

In response to what Brent felt were low-ball offers, he and his wife, Sherrie Brent, filed multiple lawsuits against state officials and agencies in state and federal court claiming violations of their Fifth Amendment protection from the seizure of private property for public use without just compensation.

After an agreement was reached, the federal lawsuit was dismissed on June 7.

The $2.1-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge project has led to the relocation of about 230 residents who were living in the area where the Detroit end of the bridge is slated to be built.

Brent's family purchased the home on South Livernois Avenue in 1989 and two adjoining vacant properties in 2004. The family fenced in all three parcels and has long been using it as a single property.

"I own my house and the vacant lots next to it and they wanted to separate it into individual pieces of property instead of considering it as a whole," Brent previously told MLive. "It's a lot cheaper if you pay $500 for a lot than paying for a quarter of an acre of land."

Court filings in the federal case show the Michigan Department of Transportation in April 2017 offered the family $44,673 for their home, and $1,100 for two adjoining parcels.

Brent says the state later upped the total relocation package to around $60,000 -- still not fair market value, he claimed.

MDOT, as of early June, was still working to obtain title to 25 commercial properties in Detroit's Delray area, according to MDOT spokesperson Jeff Cranson.

Of those, 20 belong to Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, who has long fought plans for construction of a publicly-owned bridge that will compete with his own.

"MDOT is in the final acquisition stages of all but the Moroun parcels, which remain in litigation," Cranson said.

View MDOT's rights and benefits information package for transportation project displacements here.

Canada plans to cover the cost of building the Gordie Howe International Bridge, along with a $250 million customs plaza on the U.S. side. Michigan's share of the cost is to be repaid in the form of toll feeds collected over about 50 years.

Construction is expected to begin later this year.