IELTS - vocabulary - changes in a town

Things have been updated in my town - all the old buildings have been made new. The town has been _________.

They took out the old apartments and built new ones. The old ones were _________ with the new ones.

They made the park near my house a lot bigger. They ________ the park.

The government made the cost of electricity a lot higher. The cost of electricity has _________ a lot.

They destroyed the old buildings. They ______ ______ the old buildings.

They made a new shopping mall where the old houses were. They _______ a new shopping mall.

This apartment was run-down but we repaired it and made it nicer. We ________ the apartment.

This whole area has become busier, there are more houses and it's more expensive. This whole area has _________ a lot.