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Don't know how it works in the US, but in the UK the commercial tenant is responsible for shopfitting (and they'd better restore it exactly how it was when they leave!) and maintenance. The commercial landlord of a salon I help with does absolutely nothing, barring taking the rent each month.

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Obviously, it depends. If you’re anywhere near London, you’ll probably have visited the Oxford Street/Regent Street/Carnaby/Seven Dials areas. The former is pretty horrible with half the shops fairly transparent money laundering operations, the latter are nice areas to visit with nice shops and restaurants. The difference is that the latter are single-landlord developments where the former is composed of many landlords each trying to get the highest bid. The difference is the landlord’s value add.

That's more to do with police underfunding plus their general attitude to fraud which is to ignore it.

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