gentrify

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to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes
renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town
{f} improve a neighborhood by renovating old buildings in order to attract wealthier families
When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified. + gentrification gen·tri·fi·ca·tion the gentrification of the area
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