overbuilt
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- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈbɪlt/
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sobrecargado
- The issue I wish were being discussed in the current political campaign is how we, as a nation, are going to deal with the decline of suburban areas and the increasing blight of abandoned buildings, shopping centers, overbuilt neighborhoods, as well as the increasing crime and drug-use rates in rural and suburban areas.
- overbuilt property market
- overbuilt hotel industry
Commercial real estate was overbuilt before and now in most cities it's going to go down big as we see it.
- Commercial real estate was overbuilt before and now in most cities it's going to go down big as we see it.
Examples
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The city has an overbuilt housing market, leading to many empty apartments.
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Also, Angel, I considered NJ but don't want to live in an overbuilt, polluted state.
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Commercial real estate was overbuilt before and now in most cities it's going to go down big as we see it.
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Overbuilt office space and no jobs to fill them.
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Maine is way overbuilt with retail.
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While I agree our shore is overbuilt and under-naturalized, it is what it is.
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Prices for condos can go lower, especially for the glut of overbuilt, uninspired condos built in the last 8 years, which primarily gain the interest of investors to pick up cheap and rent out.
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And with the current overbuilt housing inventory, few are going to go out and build new homes of any size at this timeframe, so the best approach is knowing how to retrofit current homes to make them more energy efficient and generators of renewable energy (whether it's electricity, hot water, solar heating, etc.).
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As to Vancouver, I always drive when I go there (even though it is a mighty pain in the ass to get into town from I-5/99), and prefer the older midrise districts like Commercial Drive to the overpriced and overbuilt parts of downtown that are the stuff of "New Urbanist" wet dreams.
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In the overbuilt downtown area, numerous skyscrapers stand vacant due to low demand.
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Etymology
Overbuilt comes from over ('too much') and built ('made' or 'with buildings'), like in overcrowded. So an overbuilt area has more buildings than it needs, which is why it can feel crowded or have empty towers.