Shopsteading

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The sale by the government of abandoned shops to entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate there, as part of an urban revitalization policy. uncountable

    "The policy tools range from land banking and infrastructure provision to townscaping and shopsteading (Stokvis, 1984; Blakely, 1989)."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shopstead form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The policy tools range from land banking and infrastructure provision to townscaping and shopsteading (Stokvis, 1984; Blakely, 1989)."

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