Flexible Office Space Through a Local Broker Who Publishes the Rents
A local broker changes a flexible office search in three ways: private floors from many landlords arrive on one page, the tours are arranged for you, and the rent, the deposit and the renewal terms are negotiated instead of accepted. In most transactions the landlord pays the broker fee. Nomad Property Group is a licensed New York real estate broker at 276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 402, and it publishes the size, the address and the asking rent on its listings. An asking rent is where a negotiation starts, not the final price.
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Have a local broker call meUpdated 2026-10-03 · Nomad Group
What a broker changes for a team that has been browsing alone
Browsing flexible offices on your own usually means operator websites, a form for each one, and a price that arrives after a call. A broker changes three things.
- One page. Private floors from many different landlords are set side by side, with size and asking rent, so you compare buildings and not sales pitches.
- Tours. We book them, group them into an afternoon and come with you.
- Terms. The rent, the deposit and the renewal terms are negotiated. A team that inquires directly is often quoted a standard package, which is the landlord's opening position.
How the money works on a flexible search
In most transactions the landlord pays the broker fee, whether the lease is flexible or long, and the lease itself records who owes what. Ask any broker you speak to, Nomad included, how they are paid on your deal and what they would want signed, and ask before the first tour.
Why Nomad publishes the asking rent
Much of this market still keeps its prices behind a contact form. Nomad puts the size, the address and the asking rent on its listings, and where a landlord has not released a rent the page says so. You can rule floors in or out before you speak to anyone.
An asking rent is where a negotiation starts, not the final price. The deal that gets signed also moves on free rent, the improvement allowance and the term. Why we publish our rents makes the full argument.
Local means the floors around our own office
Nomad Property Group is a licensed New York real estate broker at 276 Fifth Avenue, Suite 402. Our listing data files that address under Flatiron, which is why the live block here is the Flatiron one: these are the floors around our own office. The neighborhood runs between Union Square and Madison Square Park, and its stock is prewar lofts with tall ceilings and light on two sides. A broker reaches out within the hour during business hours.
The other side of Nomad's business, said plainly
On your search, we work for you. Nomad also offers agency leasing and owner representation, which means some buildings are ones we lease for their owners. When a building like that belongs on your shortlist, the situation is called dual agency, and in New York it requires informed consent from both sides. Our brokerage page explains who works for whom.
Flatiron office space available now
Live from our listings · 6 of the 7, cheapest first7 offices are available in Flatiron right now, from 2,940 to 10,562 square feet, asking $43 to $115 per square foot per year on the 6 with a published rent. The Flatiron median is $82.
- Floors
- 7
- Sizes
- 2,940-10,562 sq ft
- Asking rent
- $43-$115 / sq ft
- Median
- $82 / sq ft
- 276 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor 5,500 sq ft $52/sq ft about 31 people
- 54 West 21st Street, Partial 4th Floor 3,960 sq ft $72/sq ft about 23 people
- 900 Broadway, Partial 9th Floor 2,940 sq ft $92/sq ft about 17 people
- 900 Broadway, Suite 202 4,000 sq ft $115/sq ft about 23 people
- 30 West 21st Street, Penthouse floor 5,250 sq ft $115/sq ft about 30 people
- 30 West 21st Street, Entire 9th & 10th Floors 10,562 sq ft rent on request about 60 people
The full guide
This page is the short answer. The long one, with the numbers worked through, is here:
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Can we just contact flexible office landlords ourselves?
You can, and for a single desk it may be simpler. For a private floor, going direct means comparing offers that are built differently, with nobody on your side of the table when the deposit and the renewal terms are set. In most transactions the landlord pays the broker fee, so the help does not usually come out of your budget.
Is the asking rent on a listing the price we will pay?
It is the starting point. Free rent, the improvement allowance, the escalation schedule and the term all change what the lease really costs, and they are where most of the negotiating happens. Knowing the asking rent in advance means you spend the negotiation on those, not on finding out the number.
What if Nomad leases a building we like on behalf of its owner?
That is dual agency, and New York requires both sides, you and the owner, to give informed consent to it. Ask us which buildings on your list it applies to, and put the same question to every brokerage you interview, whatever its size.
How fast does a local broker respond once we send a brief?
A broker reaches out within the hour during business hours. After that conversation, a first shortlist can be ready within 24 hours. Send headcount, timing and budget through the start page.
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Tell us three things: team size, timing, budget. A first shortlist can be ready within 24 hours, with the asking rent on every floor that publishes one.
- Within the houra broker reaches out during business hours, no automated triage
- On your sidewe work for you on your search, and the landlord usually pays our fee
- Open pricingasking rent published for 46 of 49 floors, size and address for all
- 300+ officesdelivered in New York, 2M+ sq ft leased
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