Building redevelopment of former industrial land The exodus of industry from urban areas and suburbanization create bands of empty syntax in the urban fabric of the city. Furthermore, minimum wage and part-time jobs will increase in the future due to the loss of full-time jobs (Ghirardo, 1996, p.208). To accompany this growing demand for labor in the city centre, these former industrial lands need to be redeveloped for reuse. While most companies have moved to suburban or semi-rural areas, often called business parks, cities have begun to entice companies to return to the city center through the use of tax and financial incentives. (Ghirardo, 1996, p.208) With the incentives also comes the redevelopment of old central commercial and industrial areas, and this leads to gentrification. As Ghirardo pointed out, "Through language as well as design, diverse, often chaotic cities that included the working poor are rejected, and instead what amount to highly segregated spaces are celebrated as truly urban contexts" (Ghirardo , 1996, p.211). . This short-sighted planning can seriously hinder the future development of the city and lead to incompatible social problems due to segregation. For both planners and officials, it is beneficial to create a diverse community that embraces different social and economic statuses where people can gain equal opportunities and have greater access to improve their lives. The renovation of industrial sites has to some extent demonstrated its ability to improve the quality of life in deteriorated neighborhoods or abandoned industrial areas (Tagliaferri, 2006, p. 248). Paul Byard stated (1998), “anything built inevitably says something about what is being done,” about those involved in it, and their view of the world” (p. 11). This means that every building tells something about its location, history and its occupants, regardless of whether the aesthetic appearance of the building is recognized or not. Because once we enter a space, we will pass through a sequence of spaces in time (Ching, 1996, p. 228) and generate our feelings through this interaction. Historic buildings are worth protecting for their expression of the human conditions of their time, for their richness and satisfying environments to live in, and for their expressions of local identities that help society and individuals adapt to their own lives (Byard, 1998, p. 11). It is not only enough to understand the importance of historic buildings, but we must also recognize how to reuse them in the present to keep them alive. The conflict between old buildings and their new functional needs creates ingenious opportunities for designers.