redevelop

Then, when they redevelop society to a point where industrial music is popular again, people can have raves there.

And just like how many startups would be forced to charge higher prices if they had to redevelop nginx, etc...

Google build it for internal, people redevelop for open source, and therefore Linux grows in usage.

Better modeling should improve the situation going forward though, and could help effectively redevelop some of these megamall wastelands too.

It's already hard to convince people to port applications but it's even harder to convince them to redevelop something new entirely.

You're right though, it would absolutely destroy the business, requiring them to redevelop their apps.

Ah yes, my inalienable right to zone property as I see fit because I want to redevelop it.

Gives a tenant some certainty, but also enables a property owner to move back in, sell, redevelop, etc.

In this case they are easier to redevelop compared to, say, an old industrial complex where land contamination may be an issue.

You are a real estate developer who wants to redevelop a block.

And don't be too overly descriptive of how all the magic inside works, lets they are smart enough to steal your idea and redevelop elsewhere.

In this case, the point of the permit battle is to make this land worth less to him since he won't be able to redevelop it.

Nobody wants to take a loss on real estate in China, so they'll just wait until the market is better or they get compensated by the government when they eventually "redevelop" the land (those apartments only have an effective 10-20 year lifespan given quality of current construction methods).

Sounds like British Telecom:-) I know some one going for a promotion to a first level manager (PCG U) they used 10+ FTE's for a year and a million pounds to redevelop a system used by BT worldwide into the "approved" Oracle OWS platform.