glossary

mixed-use development
A type of integrated development project that combines building uses, such as office, commercial, institutional, and residential, in a single building or on a single site. See: Southside Neighborhood, Reviviendo Family Housing, Atlantic Station, Veltex Building, SouthSide Works, Clipper Mill, Curley School
mothballing
A process where a building is vacated and its temperatures stabilized for purposes such as adaptive reuse, deed transfer, or market return.
multi-family housing
A building with two or more residential units. See: Reviviendo Family Housing, Veltex Building, Heritage Place, Clipper Mill, SouthSide Works, Atlantic Station, Southside Neighborhood, Harold Washington Unity Co-op, Acushnet Commons, Ashby Commons, Tierra del Sol Apartments, Hickory Heights
municipal lien
A lien by a municipal corporation against a property owner for the owner's proportional share of a public improvement that specifically and individually benefits the owner.
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