Office space in Garment District.
At a glance
Building stock
Large early-20th-century loft and showroom towers — wide floorplates, good light, freight infrastructure — alongside select modern buildings. Floorplates suit both open layouts and showroom use.
Rent posture
A Midtown value play: asking rents sit below the Midtown average, with negotiable terms across a deep base of loft space.
Office inventory
28,666,009 SF of office space across 191 office buildings — 141 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1924 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
50 buildings, 1,467,281 SF total, averaging a 1923 vintage.
50,000 to 150,000 SF
90 buildings, 8,362,995 SF total, averaging a 1921 vintage.
150,000 to 500,000 SF
41 buildings, 11,570,879 SF total, averaging a 1928 vintage.
500,000 SF and larger
10 buildings, 7,264,854 SF total, averaging a 1936 vintage.
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 · Average: median of five published market reports, second quarter 2026. They range from $52 to $64. Class A from the two reports that publish it. Outliers exist in every submarket. In the Garment District, office space can be found in the $30s per square foot, and prime space above $80.
Questions
What does office space cost in the Garment District?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in the Garment District averaged $61 per square foot a year in asking rent, the median of five published market reports. What a tenant signs depends on the building, the floor, the term and the concessions.
What is the office market like in Garment District?
The Garment District is a value-priced Midtown office market in the West 30s — historic loft and showroom towers now leased by fashion, technology, and professional tenants seeking central transit below trophy pricing. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating space and terms at a Midtown discount.
