Office space in
Hudson Square.
One of Manhattan’s 31 office submarkets — advised by DLS Commercial Real Estate, tenant-side, lease by lease.
Hudson Square is a creative-office district west of SoHo and below the West Village, between Canal Street and the river. A former printing district of robust loft buildings, it has become a media and technology hub — anchored by major campuses for Google and Disney. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises tenants here, tenant-side, lease by lease.
At a glance
Character
The old Printing District west of Sixth Avenue, between SoHo and the Hudson River — sturdy early-20th-century loft buildings now reinvented as a media-and-tech enclave around large corporate campuses.
Typical tenant
Technology, media, advertising, and creative firms — from global campuses to growth-stage teams — drawn to large loft floorplates, high ceilings, and a quieter, design-forward setting near the river.
Building stock
Heavy, large-floorplate loft and warehouse buildings — thick-walled former printing houses with generous bays — alongside major ground-up and gut-renovated developments. Floorplates are unusually large for downtown.
Rent posture
A premium creative-office market: prime loft and new campus space command strong Midtown South rents, with character-rich conversions ranging more widely. (Current market data, Q1 2026.)
A DLS datapoint
Illustrative — DLS stamps one original, first-hand figure here (e.g. the premium measured for renovated loft space across recent Hudson Square tours).
Deal footprint
Illustrative — an anonymized DLS engagement in the district goes here (e.g. a creative tenant relocated into loft space on improved terms).
Office inventory
10,139,048 SF of office space across 30 office buildings — 26 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1939 vintage.
Small (<50k)
4 buildings, 153,189 SF total, averaging a 1914 vintage.
The floor of the market — single-tenant or partial-floor space.
Mid-Size (50k-150k)
8 buildings, 746,280 SF total, averaging a 1930 vintage.
Room to grow — typically several floors for one tenant.
Large (150k-500k)
11 buildings, 3,167,475 SF total, averaging a 1938 vintage.
Anchor scale — often most or all of a building.
Trophy (>=500k)
7 buildings, 6,072,104 SF total, averaging a 1951 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 Hudson Square?
Hudson Square is a creative-office district west of SoHo — robust former printing lofts now home to media and technology firms, anchored by large Google and Disney campuses. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating loft space, character, and terms against a competitive market.
Does DLS represent tenants in Hudson Square?
Yes. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises office tenants across Hudson Square and Manhattan's other office submarkets — the tenant's interests only, with a fee customarily paid by the landlord.