How to Use land bank in a Sentence

land bank

noun
  • The city is working with state and county land banks in the effort.
    — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2018
  • This was already done with one unit last year after it was rehabbed through the land bank.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Now blighted, Roche said the buildings have been placed in the city’s land bank.
    — cleveland, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But plans to convert the center of the golf course into a land bank still exist.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Most of it is bought by wealthy developers, who by now are sitting on land banks of their own.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • More than 200 cities across the country have established land banks.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Rose was hired in 2015, two years after Gainer set up the land bank.
    — Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2021
  • Inspirion acquired several parcels from the city’s land bank for the project.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 June 2021
  • The city will land bank the Crosby site until future use is determined.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • All of the people who have come out to see land bank properties have been people of color, Shea added.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 10 July 2021
  • The town will also need the support of the city’s land bank, which holds most developable land in Girdwood.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • West said Middletown could look to the county land bank or apply for state funding to cover those costs.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2025
  • DuPage County created its land bank last year.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • One hole in his plan is the high pace of tax foreclosures—the main pipeline for properties that end up in the land bank’s possession.
    — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Nearly half of the Cleveland sheriff's deed transfers were carried out by the county land bank, the records show.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The land bank did a gut renovation with money provided by a grant from Quicken.
    — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
  • In April, the land bank publicly sought bids for development proposals.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Last August, Team 1 agreed to turn the property over to the land bank rather than face foreclosure.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Also, since land banks exist to steward properties that have been abandoned, those homes usually need to be fixed up - sometimes a lot.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Rather than demanding more blacktop when it is not needed, the city allows a petitioner to land bank the parking spaces.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Sutton is among a group of both private and nonprofit developers who have constructed and sold homes on land bank lots across the county.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But under Japan’s accounting rules, developers don’t record the rise and fall of the value of their land banks or buildings.
    — Shuli Ren | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The City of Detroit bought the remaining 142 acres from the land bank for $7 million two years ago.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The Hardest Hit funds can only be used for the demolition of property owned by the county land bank.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Frangos helped write the legislation that created the land bank in 2009.
    — Jordyn Grzelewski, cleveland.com, 23 June 2019
  • The land bank released an economic impact study on Wednesday to celebrate its 10 years.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 26 June 2019
  • Hartford’s land bank has been in development since 2016, and is the first of its kind in Connecticut.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The proposal, one of three ballot questions in New York, would create a 250-acre land bank for the purpose.
    — Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Megan Painter of BuildWyCo said she’s seen the costs of building on even land bank property increase in recent years.
    — Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Baltimore City council member Odette Ramos is filing legislation next week to start a land bank in the city.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 27 Feb. 2023

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