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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Navy vessels and barges no longer depart from Jeffboat following the yard’s shutdown in 2018, but redevelopment may bring the are back to life.
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Oct. 2025
Michael Sutton, a redevelopment coordinator of no relation to Fran Sutton, attributes the vastness of the land bank, particularly in northeast Wyandotte, to 20th century redlining and southward and westward flight of the county’s white, wealthy and middle class families.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Another measure is meant to empower communities to redevelop vacant properties into housing, creating an opt-in tax incentive to incentivize redevelopment of vacant or abandoned one-to-four family homes for use as affordable homeownership or rental housing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The consolidation, coupled with the campus' falling enrollment pattern, pushed county officials to explore redevelopment options.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Oct. 2025
Michael Sutton, a redevelopment coordinator of no relation to Fran Sutton, attributes the vastness of the land bank, particularly in northeast Wyandotte, to 20th century redlining and southward and westward flight of the county’s white, wealthy and middle class families.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Another measure is meant to empower communities to redevelop vacant properties into housing, creating an opt-in tax incentive to incentivize redevelopment of vacant or abandoned one-to-four family homes for use as affordable homeownership or rental housing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The consolidation, coupled with the campus' falling enrollment pattern, pushed county officials to explore redevelopment options.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Redevelopment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redevelopment. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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