Sentence examples for vacant structures from inspiring English sources

"Typically, arson cases involve abandoned or vacant structures.

"Broken windows, piled-up trash, and scorched or stripped interiors of vacant structures have challenged Detroiters every day for decades.

It does nothing for the 10,000 vacant structures in Cleveland, almost all of them abandoned since the late 1990s.

You see, most of these vacant structures will never be restored; all you can do is pull them down.

The city has 80,000 vacant structures, of which only 3,000 are torn down each year.

Now, about a fifth of vacant structures in Youngstown are owned by out-of-state residents, Mr. Bralich said.

In the 1970s, the city bought the vacant structure for $1 million.

"It casts a shadow over the town," Ms. Himes, a lifelong Little Neck resident, said of the vacant structure.

Plans to demolish the vacant structure and replace it with condominiums were forestalled, allowing the Romneyites to move back in last year.

A partnership consisting of Larry Silverstein, Melvin Simon and William Zeckendorf Jr. has bought the vacant structure and now is examining various possibilities, none of which include returning one of the last of New York's "big stores" to its original use.

While the sale ends a protracted debate over the fate of the vacant structure, set on 473 acres in a wealthy rural community, filling 1.9 million square feet of space may prove difficult.