Chávez imposed currency controls a decade ago trying to stem capital flight as his government expropriated large land parcels and dozens of businesses.
The first —primarily composed of land speculators who had bought large land parcels on credit and were unable to repay their debts due to the financial crisis —was dubbed the Relief Party (or "faction") and favored more legislation favorable to debtors.
"This is the largest vacant residential land parcel left for development in Seattle because it has environmental problems from contaminated soil that was dumped long ago," said Ray Stevenson, the developer.
The root of Japan's agricultural problem, Mr. Ishikura said, is the postwar land reform imposed by the United States, which broke up large land holdings and distributed the parcels to tenant farmers, creating today's system of tiny, inefficient plots of land.
The Sovietization of Poland, accompanied by terror, included the nationalization of industry and the expropriation of privately owned land parcels larger than 125 acres (50 hectares).
Set up in the 1830s as a residential area for those who did not want to associate with the Europeans living in the French Quarter, the land parcels were large, the money used to fund the buildings was new, and each white-columned mansion was built to outdo the one before it.
Sleeping Giant offers properties at all price ranges, from single-family homes in suburban areas to large estates, luxury condominiums and vacant land parcels.
Companies that manage large parcels of land could share innovative water and irrigation technologies with local farmers, which would then strengthen communities and boost the yields of small farms.
Two big plumes appear adjacent to refineries, while another plume shows up next to a large, empty parcel of land that Mr. Rella speculates may be a landfill, which would be a prime source of methane emissions from decomposing garbage.
The area includes a large empty parcel of land the city has asked Hicks to help attract affordable housing developers, a federal housing development built in the 1930s, and a new, privately developed 300-loft building with 70 affordable units.
Restoring some or all of the street grid through the remainder of the 16-acre site -- another favorite design element at both public meetings as well as among design professionals -- would also accomplish another public priority, by opening up more space throughout the area rather than creating one large open parcel of land.
