California woman refused to sell her home despite repeated lucrative offers; developers eventually built a 246-unit apartment complex around her house covering five acres
- Carolyn Carter had spent 50 years living in her modest home in Burbank, California, when a major residential development began transforming the neighbourhood around her.
- Properties along Hollywood Way were being acquired by the Chandler Group, and more than two dozen of Carter's neighbours agreed to sell their homes.
- Carter, however, refused several lucrative offers from the developer and chose to remain in the house she had known for half a century.
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- Carolyn Carter had spent 50 years living in her modest home in Burbank, California, when a major residential development began transforming the neighbourhood around her.
- Properties along Hollywood Way were being acquired by the Chandler Group, and more than two dozen of Carter's neighbours agreed to sell their homes.
- Carter, however, refused several lucrative offers from the developer and chose to remain in the house she had known for half a century.
Sources: Times of India