Office space in Greenwich Village/NYU.
At a glance
Building stock
Prewar loft and office buildings, institutional space, and converted townhouses — modest, character-rich floorplates. Landmark protections keep the scale low and large blocks scarce.
Rent posture
A boutique Midtown South–adjacent market: asking rents reflect character and scarcity over efficiency, below the prime loft cores.
Office inventory
1,035,828 SF of office space across 22 office buildings — 7 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1926 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
15 buildings, 355,322 SF total, averaging a 1905 vintage.
50,000 to 150,000 SF
6 buildings, 499,283 SF total, averaging a 1929 vintage.
150,000 to 500,000 SF
1 building, 181,223 SF total, averaging a 1906 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 three published market reports, second quarter 2026. They range from $92 to $100. Class A from the two reports that publish it. Outliers exist in every submarket. In Greenwich Village, office space can be found in the $40s per square foot, and prime space above $100.
Questions
What does office space cost in Greenwich Village/NYU?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in Greenwich Village/NYU averaged $95 per square foot a year in asking rent, the median of three 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 Greenwich Village/NYU?
Greenwich Village is a boutique office and institutional district around Washington Square Park and NYU — prewar and townhouse space leased by education, creative, and small professional tenants. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating distinctive space and terms in a low-rise, character-rich market.
