Prebuilt Office Space in NYC for Lease, and What You Pay Beyond the Rent
Prebuilt office space in NYC is a suite or floor that the landlord finished before it had a tenant, leased directly and ready to occupy soon after signing. It suits a company with a fixed date and a plan that a standard layout covers, such as a team leaving coworking or a tenant whose lease is running out. The asking rent is only part of the bill. Power, yearly rent increases and a security deposit sit above it, as on any lease. When proposals arrive we set those figures beside the rent, so offices for rent are compared on what they cost.
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Send me prebuilt officesUpdated 2026-10-03 · Nomad Group
Who prebuilt offices for rent suit, and who should pass
A prebuilt gives you speed and takes away the chance to design the space. That is a good trade when the move-in date is fixed, the headcount is predictable for the length of the lease, and the team works in open desks with a few meeting rooms and a pantry. A company opening a small New York outpost is a typical case. It is a poor trade for a company that needs labs, heavy power or an unusual plan, or one likely to outgrow the suite before the lease ends.
The prebuilt entry sets out how the lease on one is written.
First tour to desks: how long a prebuilt office for rent takes
From the first tour to working desks, six to eight weeks for a team that decides quickly. Most of that is the lease: three to five weeks from offer to signature while the attorneys trade drafts, and less when the business terms are fixed in a letter of intent first. Move-in then usually follows two to four weeks after signing.
What stretches the schedule is seldom the landlord. It is a search with no fixed brief, or terms reopened once the lease draft is circulating.
What you pay beyond base rent on a prebuilt
- Electricity. Usually submetered or billed by the square foot, at about $2 to $4 a foot each year.
- Escalations. A fixed annual increase in the region of 2.5 to 3 percent, and on many leases tax and operating increases over a base year as well.
- Security. Several months of rent, held as cash or as a letter of credit. A young company is asked for more, and both the amount and how it steps down over time can be negotiated.
- Running the office. Cleaning, internet and the insurance the lease requires.
What a prebuilt takes off the list is the one-time cost: construction above an allowance, and often the furniture. What office space really costs prices each line.
Why SoHo floors are shown here
The block on this page shows SoHo: cast-iron lofts with high ceilings, with the N/Q/R/W and 6 trains plus the A/C/E and B/D/F/M all stopping in or beside the district. Landmark review is routine in SoHo and adds two to four weeks to a buildout, so space that is already finished saves more time here than in most districts. Many of its furnished floors come from a tenant that moved on. Each listing says whether the floor is prebuilt, furnished or neither.
For prebuilt floors in every neighborhood we cover, the furnished and prebuilt floors page lists them all, hub by hub.
SoHo office space available now
Live from our listings · 6 of the 9, cheapest first9 offices are available in SoHo right now, from 3,750 to 27,344 square feet, asking $68 to $125 per square foot per year. The SoHo median is $98.
- Floors
- 9
- Sizes
- 3,750-27,344 sq ft
- Asking rent
- $68-$125 / sq ft
- Median
- $98 / sq ft
- 6 Greene Street, Entire 2nd Floor 4,900 sq ft $78/sq ft about 28 people
- 540 Broadway, Entire 2nd Floor 6,350 sq ft $85/sq ft about 36 people
- 50 Greene Street, 3rd Floor 7,300 sq ft $98/sq ft about 70 people
- 104-110 Greene Street, Partial 11th Floor 5,375 sq ft $110/sq ft about 31 people
- 520 Broadway, Entire 10th Floor 5,539 sq ft $125/sq ft about 32 people
- 503-511 Broadway, Penthouse 5,552 sq ft $125/sq ft 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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- Move-In Ready Office Space for Startups: Why It Usually Fits, and When It Does Not
Do prebuilt offices come with flexible lease terms?
Often with shorter ones than a custom deal. With no fresh construction to recover, a landlord can accept a shorter minimum, and a few will sign a short lease to keep a floor occupied until a bigger tenant comes along. A one-year lease on a private floor can be had, though landlords more often sign for two or three. Expect to pay more per square foot as the term gets shorter.
Is the rent on a prebuilt negotiable?
The face rent moves less than tenants hope, and the terms around it move more: free rent at the start, the length of the commitment, whether furniture is included, and a refresh of paint and carpet when a suite has been occupied before.
Are offices for rent in SoHo more expensive than elsewhere in Manhattan?
Usually, yes: SoHo tends to sit toward the top of the districts we cover. The block on this page shows its current range and median, and the rent page ranks every submarket. Part of what SoHo charges is for the address, which earns its keep for design-led and consumer companies and does less for a team whose customers never visit.
Who pays the broker when we lease a prebuilt office?
In most transactions the landlord pays the broker fee, and the lease and commission terms settle it on each deal. On your search, we work for you. We also offer agency leasing and owner representation, so ask about any building on your shortlist that we lease for its owner.
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