Office space in Seaport.
At a glance
Building stock
Restored low-rise historic buildings and converted warehouses, plus the large Water Street office towers along its southern edge. Floorplates run from characterful and modest to full tower floors.
Rent posture
A distinctive downtown market: asking rents reflect restored, character-rich space, around the broader downtown range.
Office inventory
4,257,084 SF of office space across 9 office buildings — 8 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1967 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
1 building, 43,818 SF total, averaging a 1950 vintage.
150,000 to 500,000 SF
4 buildings, 1,213,880 SF total, averaging a 1964 vintage.
500,000 SF and larger
4 buildings, 2,999,386 SF total, averaging a 1969 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 · No published report breaks out the Seaport. The figures are for Financial District: the average is the median across five published market reports, second quarter 2026, which range from $52 to $61. Class A from the two reports that publish it. Request a shortlist for current asking rents in the Seaport itself.
Questions
What does office space cost in the Seaport?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in the Financial District area, where the Seaport sits, averaged $58 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 Seaport?
The Seaport is a historic, creative-leaning office district on the Lower Manhattan waterfront around Fulton Street — restored low-rise buildings leased by media, creative, and professional tenants. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating distinctive waterfront space and terms near the Financial District.
