Yup....

And the downside is loads of reasonably successful decent small shops in the UK now have to close after 12-24 months when the rents get jacked-up from sensible to astronomical levels. None of them become permeant tenants unless they are a front for money laundering (hence the explosion of nail bars and barbers on the UK high street) or illegal goods (dodgy vape shops).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj1rkqqrgro

Your local press (if yours still exists) will also be full of such stories.