Office space in
Hells Kitchen.
One of Manhattan’s 31 office submarkets — advised by DLS Commercial Real Estate, tenant-side, lease by lease.
Hell’s Kitchen is a Midtown West office market between roughly 34th and 59th Streets west of Eighth Avenue — a mixed, fast-changing district beside Times Square and Hudson Yards. Its blend of older stock and new development draws media, technology, and corporate tenants at a relative value. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises tenants here, tenant-side, lease by lease.
At a glance
Character
The West Side between the theater district and the Hudson — once industrial and residential, now a mixed district riding the growth of Times Square and Hudson Yards on either side.
Typical tenant
Media and entertainment companies, technology firms, and corporate occupiers — tenants drawn by proximity to Times Square and Hudson Yards, transit, and value relative to the trophy cores.
Building stock
A mix of older loft and Class B towers, mid-century office blocks, and new mixed-use development — floorplates from modest to large. The stock is upgrading alongside the neighboring districts.
Rent posture
A relative value to its trophy neighbors: asking rents sit below Times Square and Hudson Yards, with negotiable terms across a mixed base. (Current market data, Q1 2026.)
A DLS datapoint
Illustrative — DLS stamps one original, first-hand figure here (e.g. the discount measured to Times Square space across recent Hell’s Kitchen tours).
Deal footprint
Illustrative — an anonymized DLS engagement in the district goes here (e.g. a media tenant’s value-driven relocation negotiated on improved terms).
Office inventory
3,463,919 SF of office space across 21 office buildings — 11 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1926 vintage.
Small (<50k)
10 buildings, 276,210 SF total, averaging a 1923 vintage.
The floor of the market — single-tenant or partial-floor space.
Mid-Size (50k-150k)
5 buildings, 385,060 SF total, averaging a 1914 vintage.
Room to grow — typically several floors for one tenant.
Large (150k-500k)
4 buildings, 707,998 SF total, averaging a 1929 vintage.
Anchor scale — often most or all of a building.
Trophy (>=500k)
2 buildings, 2,094,651 SF total, averaging a 1952 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, Q1 2026 — consistent across sources.
Questions
What is the office market like in Hells Kitchen?
Hell’s Kitchen is a Midtown West office market beside Times Square and Hudson Yards — mixed older and new stock leased by media, technology, and corporate tenants at a relative value. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating space and terms below the neighboring trophy cores.
Does DLS represent tenants in Hells Kitchen?
Yes. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises office tenants across Hells Kitchen and Manhattan's other office submarkets — the tenant's interests only, with a fee customarily paid by the landlord.