0 present participle of gentrify
1 to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there:
In gentrifying communities without strong rent-control laws poor residents are informally evicted when they can not afford the increased rents.
The neighborhood experienced a period of decline until the 1990s, when it began gentrifying.
At the time, the neighborhood was rapidly gentrifying, but wasn't anywhere near as safe as it is now.
New mixed-use properties were built throughout the 2000s in accordance with the plan, which had a gentrifying effect on the neighborhood.
Today, the area is gentrifying.
Some of this still exists today, however the area is experiencing a cultural renaissance with new investors and new residents from many countries gentrifying the area.
The increased taxes force many original property owners to either pay and stay (via higher rents for their tenants) or to sell and leave the gentrifying community.
