Rav Yosef Kushner
Answer: The answer is that they present a much bigger halachic challenge.
As we said, if a non-Jew owns chametz, there is no prohibition for him to bring it to your property on Pesach; however, the Mishnah Berurah cites the Vilna Gaon as saying that it is forbidden mid'oraisa to have the chametz of a Jew on your property on Pesach. Accordingly, even if a secular Jew would bring his own chametz onto your property, you would be transgressing a serious prohibition.
Furthermore, although we said that it is forbidden to have ownerless chametz on your property on Pesach, there are some Poskim who say that this prohibition only applies if the property owner is in the vicinity of the chametz. Accordingly, if a landlord would own a property overseas, he may not have to worry about discarded chametz left by non-Jewish tenants in common areas. However, when it comes to chametz owned by a secular Jew, it is forbidden to have this chametz on your property even if you are not near the vicinity of the building.
This presents a serious problem for anyone who owns a building or mall where a secular Jew may bring chametz on Pesach into a common area. Once it's in your reshus you have an obligation to burn it, even before it is discarded. It would seem in many situations that the only solution would be to sell the entire premises.
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