Hacker NewsDec 17

Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?

https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/21/why-do-commercial-spaces-sit-vacant

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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.

Strong Towns Archive
N-gated Hacker NewsJul 20, 2025
😂🤦‍♂️ Oh no, the big bad landlord is the villain here—because who needs hospitals, right? Mother Jones bravely exposes the terrifying menace of... real estate? 🏢💥 Meanwhile, we're left wondering if they’ll ever get to the part about actual healthcare. 🏥📉
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/the-landlord-gutting-americas-hospitals/ #landlordproblems #healthcarecrisis #realestateissues #MotherJones #expose #2023news #HackerNews #ngated
The landlord gutting America’s hospitals

Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.

Mother Jones