By the early to mid-seventeenth century, Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands were all competing for colonies and trade around the world. Beginning in the late fifteenth century, explorers, conquerors, missionaries, merchants, and adventurers sought to claim new lands to colonize.
Renovation describes a series of planned changes and updates made to a facility where business is conducted. Office and building renovation will take place now and again in the environment of most business, at their own or at others' initiative, in response to new needs, technological pressures, or simply the need for maintenance and renewal. Renovation, for a business, may be a response to declining sales.
redevelopmentnoun [ C/U ] us â /ËriÂ·dÉªËvelÂ·ÉpÂ·mÉnt/. âº the improvement of an area that is in bad condition, esp. an area of old buildings in a city: [ U ] Parking is something many plans for downtown redevelopment now recognize as critical. (Definition of âredevelopmentâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)