"A guy can get what seems to be a bargain rent, but then after two years, he's paying a Park Avenue rent."

Now, the 25 years have ended, and along with them the bargain rent for 27,115 square feet in a landmark space resembling a 15th-century Italian palazzo.

And now, much to the surprise of those without trust funds, it is also the land of bargain rents, at least by Manhattan's Himalayan standards.

And the area's landlords are offering bargain rents.

That's because a decade ago, in the depths of New York's financial crisis, landlords unloaded retail space at bargain rents.

But today, with the success of the armory shows growing, the bargain rents persist and seem even more glaring.

She liked the irony but was more be guiled by the bargain rent.

Why have businesses not jumped to grab bargain rents?

For a time, it looked as though basements would be a good compromise for supermarkets hungry for new stores at bargain rents.

The bargain rent helped.