THE VIDEO SHELF · commercial real estate
Expert breakdown of NYC's overpriced commercial vacancies.
Louis Rossmann explains why NYC commercial landlords keep storefronts vacant rather than lowering rents. He points to commercial mortgage-backed security loan terms and inflated property valuations.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it as the go-to explanation of why landlords refuse to renegotiate leases and leave units empty.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Louis Rossmann
- Topic
- commercial real estate
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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