Gentrifying neighborhoods tend to have more of this behavior from renters because the big corps are new to the neighborhood and expect to have a long future pre

Gentrifying neighborhoods tend to have more of this behavior from renters because the big corps are new to the neighborhood and expect to have a long future presence there as neighborhood property values and incomes only increase. Whereas an existing competitive market like downtown Toronto with lots of big corporate chains should have renters with less optimism their space will be particularly desirable. Another somewhat related problem that I know happens in NYC is a building is owned by a parent who dies and leaves the property into split ownership amongst the children. Then the children cannot agree on a strategy to rent the building. And the fight results in an empty property.