Here is a helpful video by a goofy Canadian realtor explaining why commercial spaces can sit vacant for so long.
City leaders might differ on how much to prioritize business interests, but no one should carry water for institutional commercial real estate investors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR_k...
But they'd still prefer to actually collect rent, right? There's a bunch of reasons they might want to avoid a lower-rent-paying tenant, all mostly legitimate, but end of the day they make more money when they have a paying tenant.
How would you envision the city of MPLS step in?