The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GENTRIFY
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What does GENTRIFY mean?
GENTRIFY verb- To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents)