> For a 30% increase, locked in for at least 10 years (assuming the restaurant survives), landlords are willing to let a property sit vacant for a while. The t

> For a 30% increase, locked in for at least 10 years (assuming the restaurant survives), landlords are willing to let a property sit vacant for a while. The thing that puzzles me is how willing landlords are to let properties stay vacant. I live in NYC and all of the newer high rise apartment buildings in my neighborhood have retail spaces at the ground floor and usually a few floors above the ground floor also for retail/commercial use. As far as I can tell, almost every building has utterly failed to get any tenants in the ~5 years since the buildings have been built.