How to Use land bank in a Sentence

land bank

noun

• Now blighted, Roche said the buildings have been placed in the city’s land bank.
  — cleveland, 30 Sep. 2021
• The city is working with state and county land banks in the effort.
  — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2018
• Rose was hired in 2015, two years after Gainer set up the land bank.
  — Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2021
• The City of Detroit bought the remaining 142 acres from the land bank for $7 million two years ago.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2020
• But plans to convert the center of the golf course into a land bank still exist.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 June 2018
• This was already done with one unit last year after it was rehabbed through the land bank.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2021
• The town will also need the support of the city’s land bank, which holds most developable land in Girdwood.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• More than 200 cities across the country have established land banks.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
• Last August, Team 1 agreed to turn the property over to the land bank rather than face foreclosure.
  — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Most of it is bought by wealthy developers, who by now are sitting on land banks of their own.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
• All of the people who have come out to see land bank properties have been people of color, Shea added.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 10 July 2021
• Nearly half of the Cleveland sheriff's deed transfers were carried out by the county land bank, the records show.
  — Rich Exner, cleveland.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The proposal, one of three ballot questions in New York, would create a 250-acre land bank for the purpose.
  — Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
• The city will land bank the Crosby site until future use is determined.
  — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Inspirion acquired several parcels from the city’s land bank for the project.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 June 2021
• Hartford’s land bank has been in development since 2016, and is the first of its kind in Connecticut.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• One hole in his plan is the high pace of tax foreclosures—the main pipeline for properties that end up in the land bank’s possession.
  — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
• More:Detroit is the only Michigan city that can establish a land bank.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2023
• In theory, a land bank could help resolve this dilemma.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Hardest Hit funds can only be used for the demolition of property owned by the county land bank.
  — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• Frangos helped write the legislation that created the land bank in 2009.
  — Jordyn Grzelewski, cleveland.com, 23 June 2019
• The bulk of the properties are in East and West Englewood, according to land bank documents.
  — Corilyn Shropshire, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
• But under Japan’s accounting rules, developers don’t record the rise and fall of the value of their land banks or buildings.
  — Shuli Ren | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• The land bank did a gut renovation with money provided by a grant from Quicken.
  — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
• Baltimore City council member Odette Ramos is filing legislation next week to start a land bank in the city.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2023
• The board can then give foreclosed properties to the local land bank, which can clear any debts on the property and give them to local businesses to revamp and resell.
  — cleveland, 25 June 2020
• In April, the land bank publicly sought bids for development proposals.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2022
• The land bank released an economic impact study on Wednesday to celebrate its 10 years.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 26 June 2019
• The tracts would then be sold individually for buyers to build on, and profits split between CY Investments and the land bank.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Governments often rely on land banks to fund the purchases.
  — Esther Fung, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024