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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of redevelopment¹

First recorded in 1870–75; re- + development

Example Sentences

In March, the Arlington County Board approved the redevelopment of the nearby Key Bridge Marriott to make way for 300 apartments and more than 150 condominiums.

From Washington Post

Madison officials have been studying other mall redevelopment plans around the country for ideas about what to do.

From Vox

The new Midway community plan the city approved a couple years ago would allow builders to add thousands of new homes and pave the way for a redevelopment of the Sports Arena.

From Voice of San Diego

It’s also where the city recently cut a deal to lease the land around the Sports Arena for redevelopment.

From Voice of San Diego

In contrast, the competing proposal does not address the redevelopment of the Sports Arena.

From Voice of San Diego

So Hsieh hired Damania to create a health-care program for Las Vegas, where Hsieh has a downtown redevelopment project.

From The Daily Beast

The second project—for a redevelopment property in the Shaw neighborhood—raised $250,000 in a week among just 14 investors.

From The Daily Beast

The Redevelopment Authority owns 1,500 lots, most of which are for sale.

From The Daily Beast

Fortunately, saner heads prevailed, and the apathetic pace of Manhattan redevelopment would have prevented it in any case.

From The Daily Beast

He and two classmates from Hamburg had a grant to study and critique a redevelopment project in Old Cairo.

From The Daily Beast

With plants I do not know whether the redevelopment of rudimentary organs occurs more frequently under culture than under nature.

From Project Gutenberg

We must expand our small but our successful area redevelopment program.

From Project Gutenberg