He said his team was in the process of "identifying the ownership of the all empty properties".

BBC: Cornwall Council tackles empty homes crisis

We believe the empty seats are in accredited seating areas, and we are in the process of finding out who should have been in the seats and why they weren't there.

WSJ: Menu

As a result, empty shops will stay with administrators until the brand is finally liquidated, a process that can take two years.

WSJ: U.K. Retail Rents Drop as Stores Close

But neither Susan nor Lynn seemed right for a Quaker girl converting to Catholicism, as I had been in the process of doing with Father James, wishing to fill the long empty hours with something commensurate with my desire and because I loved him and believed he would like me better with a name like Mary.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Warm Springs'

The process is expensive and lengthy, and includes bringing all non-disposables, like batteries and empty oxygen cylinders, back to Kathmandu and on to their home countries.

BBC: Everest's growing problem