Sentence examples for conspicuous developers from inspiring English sources
It is not surprising that in a city known for its outsized personalities, many of these projects involve New York's most conspicuous developers.
To those who would linger on the sidewalk for a palaver with Mr. Leroy, the tent was like a raffish banner — flying in tribute to the not-so-distant days of the Bowery, before it became a destination for conspicuous consumers and the developers who built gleaming high rises.
The agreement will force developers to post conspicuous privacy policies detailing what personal information they plan to obtain and how they will use it.
And, there are foreign villains to consider too: the French National Front leader, Marine Le Pen, and the Republican property developer, Donald Trump, being only the most conspicuous.
"It's a huge price cut, and the degree of change is meant to make it conspicuous," said John Musser, editor of ProgrammableWeb, an online service for developers.
Developers getting into bed with local authorities might usually happen behind closed doors, but at Mipim the conspicuous chumminess was proudly on show along the Croisette for all to see.
And now the branding and artist name-dropping are becoming popular marketing tactics among developers as the real estate boom picks up steam in South Florida, giving rise to a phenomenon best described as conspicuous construction.
Conspicuous consumption is out.
