redevelopment
noun
re·de·vel·op·ment
ˌrē-di-ˈve-ləp-mənt 
: the act or process of redeveloping
especially
: renovation of a blighted area
urban redevelopment
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Getty Images The grant, originally awarded in 2023, was intended to help realign a stretch of Interstate 90, add a new MBTA commuter rail station in Boston's West Station area, support new pedestrian and bicycle routes, and expand space for local redevelopment.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Under the agreement, which provides a conceptual framework for the redevelopment, Goddard would retain Burger King’s original buildings, designed in a florid post-Modern style typical of the 1980s by prominent national architectural firm Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, today know as HOK.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
In the past, when city and county leaders in California wanted to use property tax dollars to spur major projects in their communities, it was done through local redevelopment agencies.
—Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
Fowler said the back lot is now an on-site preserve protected by a chain-link fence, leaving the front parcel available for redevelopment.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Under the agreement, which provides a conceptual framework for the redevelopment, Goddard would retain Burger King’s original buildings, designed in a florid post-Modern style typical of the 1980s by prominent national architectural firm Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, today know as HOK.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
In the past, when city and county leaders in California wanted to use property tax dollars to spur major projects in their communities, it was done through local redevelopment agencies.
—Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
Fowler said the back lot is now an on-site preserve protected by a chain-link fence, leaving the front parcel available for redevelopment.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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“Redevelopment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redevelopment. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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