residential area

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The ballot measure emerged from the fight against a 247,000-square-foot center proposed in 2024 by the Australian-owned investment firm HMC StratCap for a residential area in Monterey Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Earlier in the day, BBC journalists reported a strike on an apartment building in Aisha Bakkar, a residential area of central Beirut.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The evacuation order was unprecedented in scale, encompassing a 6-square-mile, densely populated residential area with hundreds of thousands of people.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, a few young people crowded in front of the campus residential area to retrieve their belongings.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The huts were generally grouped together in a residential area that was some distance away from the maize fields.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela