Office space in City Hall.
At a glance
Building stock
A mix of monumental civic buildings, ornate prewar office towers, and modern blocks — floorplates from boutique tower cores to large government-scale floors. Some buildings carry landmark status.
Rent posture
A value market: asking rents track the broader downtown range, below Midtown, with concessions available on a deep base of space. (Current market data, Q2 2026.)
Office inventory
8,658,473 SF of office space across 23 office buildings — 19 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1932 vintage.
Small (<50k)
4 buildings, 104,568 SF total, averaging a 1952 vintage.
The floor of the market — single-tenant or partial-floor space.
Mid-Size (50k-150k)
7 buildings, 759,309 SF total, averaging a 1919 vintage.
Room to grow — typically several floors for one tenant.
Large (150k-500k)
6 buildings, 1,811,503 SF total, averaging a 1913 vintage.
Anchor scale — often most or all of a building.
Trophy (>=500k)
6 buildings, 5,983,093 SF total, averaging a 1966 vintage.
Headquarters scale — the market's largest occupiers.
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, MapPLUTO (fetched July 2026) — counting only true office buildings: 10,000 SF of office or more, office above grade (not a ground-floor office under apartments), purpose-built or converted loft/office-condo stock. Spatially joined to DLS’s 31 mapped submarkets.
Where rents sit
Asking rent, $/SF · Current market data, Q2 2026 — the average is shown as a range across sources.
Questions
What is the office market like in City Hall?
City Hall is Lower Manhattan’s civic core around City Hall Park and the courts — government, law, and professional-services tenants drawn by proximity to municipal offices and value relative to Midtown. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating space and terms at a discount to uptown markets.
Does DLS represent tenants in City Hall?
Yes. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises office tenants across City Hall and Manhattan's other office submarkets — the tenant's interests only, with a fee customarily paid by the landlord.
