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"has getting shabby" makes no grammatical sense at all in English, nor does "it should be make". If the entire text is written like this then you will have to guess a good deal.
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worn and out of date
Explanation: The facilities need to be revitalized and refurbished.
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Sorry, I should have hyphenated out-of-date. I was busy looking up these synonyms: Synonyms: antiquated, archaic, dated, démodé, demoded, fossilized, kaput (also kaputt), medieval (also mediaeval), moribund, mossy, moth-eaten, neolithic, Noachian, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, passé, prehistoric (also prehistorical), rusty, Stone Age, superannuated http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-date
Jenni Lukac Local time: 21:53 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 34