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Brownfield

1. Unused land previously utilized for industrial or other commercial purposes, especially land that is polluted or otherwise contaminated. Municipalities and private businesses sometimes attempt to clean up brownfields and/or find new uses for them.

2. More generally, land no longer in use. The term in this sense is most common the United Kingdom and Australia.

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Unless the city of Los Angeles finds a way to reuse some of the larger brown fields there is just going to be a dearth of industrial real estate space,'' Kosmont said.