Finally, the City of London also owns and operates land and buildings far outside its border, making it quite wealthy.

最后 伦敦城在境外拥有并管理很多土地和建筑，这让它十分富有。

It gives them a few extra powers, like they can take control of private land and buildings for temporary medical facilities.

这赋予了他们一些额外的权力，比如，他们可以控制私有土地和用作临时医疗设施的建筑。

The developer JBG Smith had recently acquired much of the land and buildings there and was trying to spruce up the staid streets.

开发商“JBG史密斯”最近收购了那里的大部分土地和建筑，并试图修整那些古板的街道。

Kings College researchers, along with city planners, land and building designers and others wanted to learn more about city living and mental illness.

国王学院的研究人员与城市规划师、土地规划建筑设计师以及其他人想了解更多关于城市生活与精神疾病（的信息）。

The United States says China is threatening regional stability by reclaiming land and building artificial islands in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

美国称中国在有争议的南中国海上填海并建造人工岛屿，威胁了地区安全。

Then the French company reduced its price for the land and building rights in Panama. It decided some money was better than no money at all.

随后，这家法国公司降低了在巴拿马的土地和建筑权价格。该公司认为能拿到些钱总比没钱好。

But, the United States would have to buy the land and building rights from a French company. The price was high: more than one hundred million dollars.

但是，美国将不得不从一家法国公司购买土地和建筑权，其价格高昂：超过一亿美元。

If that is typical of the OECD, its governments are sitting on saleable land and buildings worth up to $9 trillion—equivalent to almost a fifth of their combined gross debt.

若以上情况属实，那么，富国政府真正是在坐拥金山银山。因为，仅可供出售的土地和房屋加起来就大约值9万亿美元，这几乎相当于他们GDP总和的五分之一。