Timelines vary with location, condition, and asking rent, but well-positioned spaces in submarkets like Mission Valley, Hillcrest, and North Park typically move faster than older second-generation space. The bigger factor is matching the space to the right tenant type from the start — a space marketed to the wrong user category can sit vacant far longer than it should.

Often, yes — and it's worth evaluating before dropping rent to attract another standard retail tenant. Medical and wellness users are absorbing second-generation retail space faster than traditional retail right now, but they carry specific zoning, parking, and build-out requirements that need to be confirmed up front.

More than the empty space itself. The lease structure has to fit the operator's actual business model — brand standards, build-out needs, tenant improvement allowances, and exit provisions. The harder part of commercial real estate isn't finding space; it's matching the business to a space and lease both sides can live with long term.