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The act of renovating
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redevelopment
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Word definitions for redevelopment in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redevelopment \Re`de*vel"op*ment\, n. the rebuilding of an urban area, usually a commercial district but sometimes residential or industrial, and typically involving some portion of government involvement and expenditure; to organize a municipal redevelopment ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also re-development , 1830, from re- + development .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The process of developing something anew. 2 The demolition of old, redundant or unfashionable buildings or infrastructure and the construction of new ones on the same site.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of improving by renewing and restoring [syn: renovation ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE urban ▪ To many this brashness spoke volumes about the form which urban redevelopment was taking. ▪ One applauds Kacy Keys, former dancer and current urban redevelopment attorney, for her efforts to create a dance ...
Usage examples of redevelopment.
Day Care Center several years ago have been, at least temporarily, diverted to build an inline skating rink used primarily by upper middle class kids from outside of the redevelopment area.
Laid out in the mid-1950s as part of Speer's redevelopment of the city, it was a square of expensive-looking apartment buildings, erected around a small memorial garden.