[scifi]

True. What I don’t get, is how is vacancy a good move for the landlord? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a tenant during that time?

[bobthepanda]

Commercial loans are not like residential mortgages and often the loan is based on a minimum rent. If you go below that then you are in default.

[triceratops]

How do they make mortgage payments without rent?

[duskwuff]

I don't like just saying "read the article", but this is precisely what the article explains. In short: the rental rates are a condition of the property owner's loan.