Office space in Meatpacking District.
At a glance
Building stock
Low-rise converted market and warehouse buildings — brick-and-timber character, modest-to-mid floorplates — alongside select new boutique developments. Trophy creative space is tightly held.
Rent posture
A premium creative market: prime space commands rents above the Midtown South average, reflecting scarcity and cachet.
Office inventory
814,745 SF of office space across 21 office buildings — 4 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1967 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
17 buildings, 435,411 SF total, averaging a 1923 vintage.
50,000 to 150,000 SF
4 buildings, 379,334 SF total, averaging a 1967 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 from one published market report, second quarter 2026. No other report breaks out this neighborhood. No report publishes a Class A figure for the Meatpacking District; the Class A shown is for Chelsea, the area it sits in, from the two reports that publish it. Outliers exist in every submarket. In the Meatpacking District, office space can be found in the $40s per square foot, and prime space above $150.
Questions
What does office space cost in the Meatpacking District?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in the Meatpacking District averaged $92 per square foot a year in asking rent, the median of 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 Meatpacking District?
The Meatpacking District is a premium creative-office enclave around Gansevoort Street, where the High Line begins beside the Whitney — converted market buildings leased by fashion, technology, and media firms. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating distinctive space and terms against scarce, premium supply.
