Sentence examples for modernization when it was from inspiring English sources

Built in 1973, the once dark, windowless, four-story shopping center badly needed modernization when it was acquired in 1995 by the Macerich Company, a real estate investment trust in Santa Monica, Calif.

It was known from then on as Albany County Airport until a massive upgrade and modernization project between 1996 and 1998, when it was rechristened Albany International Airport.

"But the vacancies exist because of modernization work, and when it's all done, people will move back".

The popularity of the almost mythical tale was only enhanced by rapid modernization during the Meiji era of Japanese history, when it is suggested many people in Japan longed for a return to their cultural roots.

Most European allies failed to invest adequately in military modernization when budgets were flush.

In times such as these, when China is undergoing rapid modernization, it is necessary to introduce new ideas to stimulate progress and innovation.

"Mayor Hahn calls it a modernization -- it's a synonym for expansion".

But keeping the public and politicians focused on modernization today is not as easy as it was a year ago.

When the Senate's Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act failed to pass the House this year, it was the third such failure of comprehensive reform in a decade.

"It was a sign of liberalization, modernization and Westernization".

Hangzhou did not fully recover from this disaster, but it was eventually rebuilt and underwent gradual modernization.