In commercial real estate, this would entail negotiating a reduced rate for a certain period of time. For instance, you could negotiate an elimination of $5 per square foot for a year and then add that $5 back in the lease the following year.
More often than not, a landlord will not want downtime on their space. The money the landlord would lose (during this reduced year) would likely be much less than the money he or she would spend searching for a new tenant should the existing tenant vacate or go out of business.
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