Office space in West Village.
At a glance
Building stock
Townhouses, small loft and commercial buildings, and converted residences — intimate, character-rich floorplates. Landmark protections keep scale low and larger blocks rare.
Rent posture
A boutique market: asking rents reflect charm and scarcity over efficiency, around the Midtown South range.
Office inventory
2,030,309 SF of office space across 15 office buildings — 10 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1921 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
5 buildings, 165,769 SF total, averaging a 1941 vintage.
50,000 to 150,000 SF
5 buildings, 440,692 SF total, averaging a 1920 vintage.
150,000 to 500,000 SF
4 buildings, 843,918 SF total, averaging a 1921 vintage.
500,000 SF and larger
1 building, 579,930 SF total, averaging a 1921 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. Class A from the one report that publishes it. Outliers exist in every submarket. In the West Village, office space can be found in the $40s per square foot, and prime space above $100.
Questions
What does office space cost in West Village?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in West Village averaged $90 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 West Village?
The West Village is a boutique office market in a charming low-rise neighborhood west of Sixth Avenue — townhouses and small lofts leased by boutique creative, design, and professional tenants. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating distinctive, intimate space and terms.
