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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

12/17/2025, 9:35:07 PM

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Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?

Link: https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/21/why-do-commercial-spaces-sit-vacant
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305123

Why Do Commercial Spaces Sit Vacant?

Instead of letting their commercial buildings sit empty, surely it would be better for landlords to lower the rent and got some use out of the building, right? Wrong. Here’s why.

archive.strongtowns.org · Strong Towns Archive

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