S: (v) refurbish, renovate, freshen up (make brighter and prettier) "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
S: (v) regenerate, renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
S: (v) re-create (create anew) "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"
S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
W: (n) gentrification [Related to: gentrify] (the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents))
S: (v) regenerate, renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"