Hazleton had been renting the monkey house from a commercial landlord.

The survey found that commercial landlords had greater leverage to raise rents.

But we have the largest commercial landlord in the county, and we've been their tenant for 16 years.

As the city's biggest commercial landlord and one of its largest taxpayers, the company owes more than $140 million in property tax payments.

The co-ops' loss may well be the commercial landlords' gain.

Douglas Durst, a major commercial landlord in the area, said he appreciated the effort.

They behave more like commercial landlords, say brokers, because their tax structure is not affected.

But when they do, commercial landlords, too, are happy to have them.

The company is New York's biggest commercial landlord, with more than 12 million square feet of office and retail space.

Most tenants hear about spaces through friends who already live there, and get them by haggling with commercial landlords.