Office space in World Trade Center.
At a glance
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.
Office inventory
24,342,612 SF of office space across 22 office buildings — 18 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1969 vintage.
Under 50,000 SF
4 buildings, 56,844 SF total, averaging a 1895 vintage.
50,000 to 150,000 SF
1 building, 136,531 SF total, averaging a 2017 vintage.
150,000 to 500,000 SF
5 buildings, 1,725,401 SF total, averaging a 1936 vintage.
500,000 SF and larger
12 buildings, 22,423,836 SF total, averaging a 1978 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: median of four published market reports, second quarter 2026. They range from $66 to $87. Class A is the average plus the Class A premium, 9 to 13 percent, in the two reports that publish one. Outliers exist in every submarket. In the World Trade Center, office space can be found in the $40s per square foot, and prime space above $100.
Questions
What does office space cost in World Trade Center?
In the second quarter of 2026, office space in World Trade Center averaged $78 per square foot a year in asking rent, the median of four 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 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.
