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redevelopment

[ ree-di-vel-uhp-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act or process of redeveloping.
  2. an often publicly financed rebuilding of an urban residential or commercial section in decline.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of redevelopment1

First recorded in 1870–75; re- + development
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Example Sentences

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The group had won a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to help ensure that redevelopment along the Los Angeles River in northeast L.A. protects housing, jobs and services for working-class families.

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The Tokyo Toilet Project in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is an urban redevelopment initiative aimed at creating modern public restrooms that encourage use.

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Chris Millard, head coach of North Somerset Athletics Club who used the school's track, said: "We are delighted to be offered brand new facilities as part of the school redevelopment programme."

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Lyons has defended his handling of the planned Casement redevelopment and insisted the hold-up is not his fault.

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A stand-off between private landlords and the local council has thwarted redevelopment, leaving the site frozen in time with just a handful of tenants remaining.

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