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NYC Office Price Index — August 2026

August 25, 2026 | by Tech Admin

This is the first edition of the SquareFoot NYC Office Price Index: the median asking price for serviced office space, per person per month, by submarket — computed from every currently-listed, priced space we track (n=158 this month). It publishes monthly. Numbers are operator asking prices, not negotiated rates.

August 2026 index

SubmarketMedian $/person/moListings sampled
New York City (all)$666158
Brooklyn$5009
Bryant Park$5995
Manhattan (other)$64327
Grand Central$65013
Midtown West$6595
SoHo$7006
Midtown East$7258
Financial District$80013
Midtown (Plaza District)$1,0005
Chelsea$1,1068

The middle half of the citywide market falls between $519 and $920 per person.

Reading this month’s numbers

The Brooklyn discount is real and stable. At $500, Brooklyn prices 25% under the citywide median — the widest value gap in the market.

Grand Central is Midtown’s value pocket. $650 against Midtown East’s $725 and the Plaza District’s $1,000, with better transit than either.

Chelsea commands the premium. At $1,106, Chelsea asks more than double Brooklyn — a creative-industry cluster effect, not a quality gap.

Methodology

Medians of per-person monthly asking prices across all currently-active, priced serviced-office listings in our dataset on the first publication date of each month. Submarkets under five listings are folded into their parent market. Asking prices typically exceed negotiated prices by 10–20%; exact current pricing for any space is confirmed with the operator on request, free.

Journalists and researchers: cite freely with a link to this page. For custom cuts of the data, contact us.

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Live listings in New York right now

Value pickGreenpoint AvenueBrooklyn · Flexible Workspace$400/desk/mo
TypicalPenn PlazaManhattan · Serviced Office$529/desk/mo
PremiumWest Fourteenth StreetSoHo & Village · Serviced Office$809/desk/mo

Asking prices from operators, updated as inventory changes. See all New York listings →

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