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

Some neighbors greeted news of the project’s demise with relief, saying the location — a residential area with large swaths of undeveloped land — was inappropriate for a commercial venture.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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

Vahid Online posted one video taken from the top floor of a residential area of loud anti-government chants echoing around the buildings.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

We were in a residential area, driving past bungalows in wide compounds with rose bushes and faded lawns and fmit trees.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie