redevelopment
[ree-di-vel-uh p-muh nt]
- the act or process of redeveloping.
- an often publicly financed rebuilding of an urban residential or commercial section in decline.
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Origin of redevelopment
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Examples from the Web for redevelopment
Contemporary Examples
The second project—for a redevelopment property in the Shaw neighborhood—raised $250,000 in a week among just 14 investors.
The Redevelopment Authority owns 1,500 lots, most of which are for sale.
Fortunately, saner heads prevailed, and the apathetic pace of Manhattan redevelopment would have prevented it in any case.
He and two classmates from Hamburg had a grant to study and critique a redevelopment project in Old Cairo.
Historical Examples
With plants I do not know whether the redevelopment of rudimentary organs occurs more frequently under culture than under nature.
Word Origin and History for redevelopment
n.
also re-development, 1830, from re- + development.
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