Word: landlordism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What it says is that Harvard is willing to make waves to attract passersby into the Holyoke Center arcade in the hope that they will patronize the shops, the shops will prosper and Harvard, as landlord, will make money...
Genevieve McMillan, the landlord of the building at 56 JFK St. which houses the Boathouse, said the sign has gone up because of a dispute with the manager of the bar over the renewal of the bar's lease...
Residents refused to divulge the name of the landlord under direct questioning from Councillor William H. Walsh, who said that the council had no right to "strong arm" a property owner with "comprehensive inspections...
...construction, which involved clearing the backyard of trees and grass and replacing it with gravel and pavement, was one of many projects in the past three months the landlord authorized. Many of the tenants believe that the construction is an attempt to force old tenants to leave in order to find new tenants willing to pay higher rent...
Tenants said that the construction started without warning in May, and that they had made repeated requests to meet with the landlord and were refused. Two meetings with the landlord's lawyer were also canceled, the tenants said...