Move-In Ready Office Space in SoHo for a Startup's First Floor
A startup-ready office in SoHo is a loft floor that has already been built, furnished and wired, so the team brings laptops and starts work. With no construction to wait for, a move-in ready floor is usually in use two to four weeks after signing, and about six to eight weeks after the first tour. A team of 20 needs roughly 3,500 square feet at 175 square feet a person. Before signing, check exactly what comes with the floor and what the lease says about it. Nomad finds the floors, tours them with you and negotiates the terms, and the live block shows floors that fit about 20 people.
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Send me ready SoHo floorsUpdated 2026-10-03 · Nomad Group
What startup-ready means: prebuilt, furnished, wired
- Prebuilt: the owner has finished the construction. Expect a pantry, a couple of meeting rooms and an open area for desks.
- Furnished: desks, chairs, meeting tables and often soft seating are in place.
- Wired: data cabling runs to the desks, and sometimes an internet line is already live in the building.
Listings use other labels for the same idea, including plug and play, turnkey and fully fitted. The label matters less than the inventory, so ask for a written list of what stays. What a prebuilt office is sorts out the terms.
Two to four weeks after signing: where the time goes
The floor is ready. The weeks go to everything around it: delivering insurance certificates to the landlord, ordering an internet circuit if none is installed, and setting up door access. Measured from the first tour, a first-time tenant that moves quickly is usually in within six to eight weeks, and most of that is spent on proposals and the lease.
The possession date written in the lease is the real answer for any one floor. Do not give notice on your present space until that date is fixed.
What to check in a move-in ready floor before signing
- Condition. A floor photographed when new can look tired after a tenant or two. Walk it and write down what needs repair.
- The furniture. Who owns it, who repairs it, and whether you must remove it when you leave.
- Rooms against your day. Count the meeting rooms and call booths against how many video calls run at once.
- Air conditioning. Confirm the hours it runs and what it costs after hours.
- Restoration. If you move a wall, the lease may require you to put it back.
- The end of the term. Ask for a renewal option now, while you still have a choice of floors.
Your attorney should confirm the condition and restoration language in the lease itself.
Sizing a first SoHo floor for 20 people
Twenty people at 175 square feet a person is about 3,500 square feet, a figure that already counts meeting rooms, the pantry and the aisles. If you plan to reach 25 within the lease, look closer to 4,400. SoHo's smaller loft floors sit close to this size, which is one reason the neighborhood works for a first office of your own.
The block below is drawn from every floor we have that fits about 20 people, across Manhattan. It shows a selection, with SoHo's counted in when they match. Floors for 20 people in SoHo keeps the list to the neighborhood.
Floors that fit a team of 20
Live from our listings · 6 of the 20, smallest firstA team of 20 plans on about 3,500 square feet at 175 a person. 20 floors on our book sit in the range that fits, 3,500 to 6,300 square feet, asking $50 to $135 per square foot per year.
- Floors
- 20
- Sizes
- 3,500-6,100 sq ft
- Asking rent
- $50-$135 / sq ft
- 110 Greene Street, Partial 5th Floor 3,750 sq ft $95/sq ft SoHo about 21 people
- 6 Greene Street, Entire 2nd Floor 4,900 sq ft $78/sq ft SoHo about 28 people
- 60 Charlton Street, Partial 8th Floor 5,003 sq ft $120/sq ft SoHo about 29 people
- 104-110 Greene Street, Partial 11th Floor 5,375 sq ft $110/sq ft SoHo about 31 people
- 520 Broadway, Entire 10th Floor 5,539 sq ft $125/sq ft SoHo about 32 people
- 503-511 Broadway, Penthouse 5,552 sq ft $125/sq ft SoHo about 32 people
The full guide
This page is the short answer. The long one, with the numbers worked through, is here:
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Is a move-in ready SoHo floor a good first office after coworking?
Usually, yes. It gives you a private floor and your own front door without the cost and delay of construction, on a term that can be shorter than a custom deal. Once a team is past 20 or so, its own floor tends to be cheaper per head than rented desks. When to leave coworking covers the timing.
Can we put our brand on a furnished SoHo floor?
Inside, yes: paint, graphics and your own furniture where you want it, with the landlord's consent for anything fixed. Exterior signs are harder, because most of SoHo is a historic district and signage there goes through landmark review. Have your attorney confirm what the lease and the rules allow.
Do move-in ready floors in SoHo come with internet?
Some do, and many have cabling without a live service. Ask which carriers already serve the building and how long a new circuit takes, since IT setup is one of the items that can hold up a fast move.
What will a SoHo landlord ask a first-time tenant to provide?
Financial statements, a security deposit or letter of credit, and often a good guy guarantee from a founder. Landlords ask more of a company with a short history. Good guy guarantee explains the commitment, and your attorney should review it.
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