Office Space Price Index — October 2026
Median private-office pricing for New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston in October 2026, computed from live SquareFoot inventory, with month-over-month movement.
The San Diego office market in 2026 is best understood through what’s driving demand and where tenants are actually going. Here’s the picture for anyone looking for space.
What’s driving the San Diego market
San Diego pairs world-class biotech and defense-tech with a growing software and AI scene, and a talent-retention edge few markets match. Demand clusters around the UTC and Sorrento Valley research corridors.
Live listings in San Diego right now
Value pickW. Broadway$339/desk/moView this space →Typical2292 Faraday Avenue$496/desk/moView this space →Premium4025 Camino Del Rio South$700/desk/moView this space →
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The shift to flexible space
The clearest structural trend — in San Diego as nationally — is the move to flexible and serviced offices. Companies want terms that match uncertain headcount plans, move-in-ready space, and a single per-desk price instead of a multi-year lease and a build-out. In San Diego the bulk of currently available, growth-friendly inventory is flexible space, priced around a $475/person/month median.
Submarkets to watch
- UTC / La Jolla — the biotech-and-tech research corridor.
- Downtown / Little Italy — the walkable urban core.
- Sorrento Valley — the established tech-park cluster.
- Gaslamp — central character space.
What it means for tenants
For a growing company, the takeaway is to stay flexible while the market and your own plan are moving — flexible space lets you land in the right San Diego neighborhood now and scale in place, without betting on a five-year lease. When you’re larger and stable, a direct lease starts to pay off.
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