infill
noun[U]
PROPERTYukusdevelopmentof newhouses,businessbuildings, etc. onlandbetween otherbuildingsin alreadydevelopedareas:
Themayorincluded$2 million in hiscurrentcitybudgettobuylandforinfill andredevelopmentthroughoutthecity.
Infillhousingisexpensiveand not everybody whowantsahousewantstolivedowntown.
Experts alsosuggestthat thetrendtowardinfilldevelopmentcanreducetherelianceondriving.