Tag Archives: Free Rent

Big landlord responds to pandemic with rent forgiveness

April 1, 2020
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As the coronavirus pandemic closed downtowns across North America, downtown Detroit’s biggest landlord tried something different.  Bedrock, a major property owner in the struggling city’s commercial core, told tenants it wouldn’t collect their rent. The most generous rent forgiveness terms go to small businesses, while bigger companies can get smaller breaks. “It is going to…To read more — login/subscribe

 

Pop-up retail fills vacancies, enlivens streetscape

January 1, 2020
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Brett Roler still cringes when he recalls walking through a block that he considered one of the liveliest stretches of Memphis’ pedestrian mall. Roler, vice president of planning and development for the Downtown Memphis Commission, eavesdropped on the group of tourists strolling ahead of him — and he learned the visitors viewed the section of…To read more — login/subscribe