Office space in
World Trade Center.
One of Manhattan’s 31 office submarkets — advised by DLS Commercial Real Estate, tenant-side, lease by lease.
The World Trade Center is Lower Manhattan’s new trophy office district — the ground-up towers around the memorial and the Oculus transit hub, rebuilt as a modern Class A core. Its large, efficient floorplates draw finance, media, law, and technology tenants. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises tenants here, tenant-side, lease by lease.
At a glance
Character
The rebuilt heart of Lower Manhattan around the 9/11 Memorial and the Oculus — gleaming new towers above one of the city’s great transit hubs, anchoring downtown’s revival.
Typical tenant
Financial, media, law, and technology firms — large occupiers drawn to new construction, big efficient floorplates, and unmatched transit at a value to Midtown.
Building stock
Ground-up trophy and Class A towers — very large, column-free floorplates, advanced systems, and harbor views — among the most modern stock in Manhattan. Inventory is new and premium.
Rent posture
Downtown’s top tier: new trophy space leads the Lower Manhattan range while pricing below comparable Midtown towers, with meaningful concessions available. (Current market data, Q1 2026.)
A DLS datapoint
Illustrative — DLS stamps one original, first-hand figure here (e.g. the discount measured to comparable Midtown trophy space across recent World Trade Center tours).
Deal footprint
Illustrative — an anonymized DLS engagement in the district goes here (e.g. a relocation into new downtown construction negotiated with a substantial allowance).
Office inventory
34,208,457 SF of office space across 47 office buildings — 39 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1947 vintage.
Small (<50k)
8 buildings, 164,149 SF total, averaging a 1898 vintage.
The floor of the market — single-tenant or partial-floor space.
Mid-Size (50k-150k)
4 buildings, 375,531 SF total, averaging a 1938 vintage.
Room to grow — typically several floors for one tenant.
Large (150k-500k)
18 buildings, 6,488,330 SF total, averaging a 1933 vintage.
Anchor scale — often most or all of a building.
Trophy (>=500k)
17 buildings, 27,180,447 SF total, averaging a 1963 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 World Trade Center?
The World Trade Center is Lower Manhattan’s new trophy office district — ground-up towers around the memorial and the Oculus, leased by finance, media, law, and technology tenants. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating new-construction space, allowances, and terms at a value to Midtown.
Does DLS represent tenants in World Trade Center?
Yes. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises office tenants across World Trade Center and Manhattan's other office submarkets — the tenant's interests only, with a fee customarily paid by the landlord.