"Easement to yourself"

[PPereira]

Hello all,
Here's the scenario: Somebody owns 2 adjacent properties and wants to develop them with a common driveway (the centerline of which runs along a common property line).
Question: What is the best way to assure that, once one of the properties changes ownership, there will be an easement in place?
Thank you in advance!

[mbstanton]

One way to deal with this situation is through a restrictive covenant. The one owner essentially "reserves" the area for a specific purpose (i.e. future easement when one parcel is conveyed). An DRAFT examble is attached.
Mike