As completed, each house has been occupied immediately — has had to be occupied immediately, given the ubiquity of thieves prepared to strip plumbing and fixtures from vacant structures — by a family whose name has been drawn from a waiting list exceeding four thousand. (religion-online.org)
The project, on Walnut Avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets, involved new construction for 32 units in seven buildings where vacant structures once stood, and the re-purposing of an historic, long - abandoned educational building, for nine additional units. (nyshcr.org)
In recent years, developers Carl Paladino, Ben Obletz and Rocco Termini have brought older and oftentimes vacant structures back to life as residential lofts and apartments, offices and retail outlets. (ecidany.com)