{"id":26389,"date":"2020-02-18T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=26389"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:34:32","slug":"top-100-expensive-office-submarkets-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/top-100-expensive-office-submarkets-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Office Submarkets in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Main Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mountain View \u2013 Shoreline was the nation\u2019s most expensive submarket in 2019, with an average sale price of $1,554 per square foot of office space.<\/li>\n<li>The average sale price for a square foot of office space in the U.S. was $233.<\/li>\n<li>The 10 most expensive submarkets were in California, New York, Massachusetts and Washington state.<\/li>\n<li>California had the most submarkets in the top 100 with 36 entries, followed by North Carolina with 11 and Washington state with 10.<\/li>\n<li>A total of 20 states were represented in the top 100 most expensive submarkets in the U.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it comes to high-demand areas for office space in the U.S., Manhattan is probably the first place that comes to mind. In the years before the rise of Silicon Valley and the consolidation of tech centers as prime office markets, that was almost certainly true.<\/p>\n<p>But, nowadays, understanding the demand for office space isn\u2019t so straightforward. Tech companies have joined financial giants and investment funds in dropping large sums of money into commercial real estate\u2014driving demand in areas other than traditional financial centers.<\/p>\n<p>To find out which areas are the most popular, we compiled a list of the 100 most expensive U.S. office submarkets in 2019 by sale price per square foot of office space. For the purposes of this study, we used Yardi Matrix\u2019s delimitations of <strong>submarkets<\/strong> as component areas of a larger office <strong>market<\/strong>. For example, New York\u2019s Plaza District is a submarket of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/ny\/manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattan office market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We found that, on average, a square foot of office space in the U.S. went for $233 in 2019. A total of 2,619 deals for buildings larger than 25,000 square feet were struck in the past year. Read on to see which submarkets made the top 10 and check the full list of submarkets below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26479 lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019-Average.jpg\" alt=\"Most expensive office submarkets top 10 mobile\" width=\"760\" height=\"1466\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019-Average.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Bay Area, NYC Headline Top 10 Most Expensive Office Submarkets<\/h2>\n<p>The most expensive U.S. office submarket in 2019 was Mountain View \u2013 Shoreline in Silicon Valley with an average price per square foot of $1,554\u2014almost $300 per square foot more than the nearest contender. The submarket was propelled to first place by Google\u2019s acquisition of three buildings totaling more than $300 million; the properties at 1842 North Shoreline Boulevard, 900 Alta Avenue and 1053 Joaquin Road will add 204,000 square feet of office space to the tech giant\u2019s Mountain View campus.<\/p>\n<p>The $600-million purchase and leaseback of the Zynga headquarters by Beacon Capital Partners also turned heads. The property at 650 Townsend Street is part of the San Francisco \u2013 SOMA submarket, which occupies the seventh spot on our list, between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a>\u2019s South Financial District at number six, and the city\u2019s North Financial District at 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Silicon Valley submarkets Palo Alto and Sunnyvale \u2013 West barely missed the top 10, landing in the 11th and 13th spots, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, office submarkets in California fared very well, making up half of the top 10. The state also logged 36 entries out of the total 100.<\/p>\n<p>However, although California led in the number of submarkets in the top 10 and top 100 lists, it was surpassed by the state of New York in average sale price. In 2019, a square foot of office space in New York state went for an average of $515.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/ny\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City<\/a>\u2019s Plaza District was a particularly popular submarket, seeing a $1,260 per square foot average price from 12 sales. This includes the largest single-property sale of 2019\u2014the <a title=\"Whittle School Signs Lease for Tishman\u2019s Recently Completed 620K SF Brooklyn Office Space\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/whittle-school-lease-wheeler-tishman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coca-Cola Company Building\u2019s double sale<\/a>\u2014which was purchased by Wafra for a whopping $909 million, only to be sold just a few weeks later to SHVO for an additional $28 million on top of that. These sales amounted to more than $2,900 per square foot, pushing the Plaza District to number two on our list.<\/p>\n<p>Only three New York State submarkets made the top 100, and all are in Manhattan; all three, however, were also in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Office space around the private Gramercy Park is especially sought after, and the five deals in this submarket secured the number five spot. A square foot of office space in Gramercy Park averaged $975 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Not far behind, the Chelsea submarket made it to #9 on our list with an average price per square foot of $857. Here, Google\u2019s purchase of The Milk Building at 450 West 15th Street in May made headlines with its $591 million price tag and an average price per square foot of $1,820.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 list of most expensive submarkets also included Cambridge, MA, at #4, and Lake Union, WA, finished at #8, seeing a total of $1.6 billion trade hands in eight office building deals. Cambridge was situated higher on our list than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/ma\/boston\/\">Boston<\/a>\u2019s central business district (CBD), which landed at #16.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Most expensive office submarkets state distribution\" width=\"1280\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019.jpg?resize=150,105 150w, https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019.jpg?resize=427,300 427w, https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/Most-expensive-submarkets-in-2019.jpg?resize=768,540 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<h2>North Carolina, Washington State &amp; Southern States Trail California in Number of Expensive Office Submarkets<\/h2>\n<p>North Carolina had a total of 132 commercial real estate deals in 2019, and 11 submarkets in the state made our list. Of these, the highest-ranking was Crownpoint, which earned the 42nd spot with an average price of $373 per square foot.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s most active major markets were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/nc\/charlotte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlotte<\/a> and the Carolina Triangle, with 61 and 48 of the state\u2019s deals, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina distinguished itself from other markets with its relatively affordable cost of office space; statewide, the average price per square foot was $242. The sale of the 868,000-square-foot Bank of America Tower in the Charlotte CBD for $436 million was the state\u2019s largest sale in 2019 by total price.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, the state\u2019s 102 deals averaged $381 per square foot of office space \u2013 an asking price surpassed only by Washington D.C.\u2019s $508 per square foot and New York\u2019s $515. Besides Lake Union, nine other Washington submarkets made our list. These include Seattle metro\u2019s Bellevue at #14, the Seattle CBD at #23, the I-90 Corridor at #27, and Northern Seattle at #29. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/wa\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle office market<\/a> overall had an average price of $414 per square foot.<\/p>\n<p>Moving south, seven Texas submarkets also made the list, with West <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/tx\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston<\/a>\u2019s CBD landing in the 47th spot. Florida fared similarly well, with six submarkets in the nation\u2019s 100 most expensive. The highest-rated Sunshine State submarkets were Coral Gables Downtown (#44) and Palm Beach Gardens (#48). Two submarkets in Georgia\u2014East <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/ga\/atlanta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta<\/a>\/Decatur and Buckhead\u2014made it to #55 and #71, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>And, although many Southern submarkets made the top 100 most expensive list, these states generally benefited from more affordable average prices below $200 per square foot. The only exception is Tennessee at $208 per square foot; the state saw two submarkets make the list: Music Row \u2013 Vanderbilt at #60 and Franklin at #97.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, the Sun Belt gained in popularity, in part due to the population influx resulting from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/metro-to-metro-migration-metro-areas-winning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metro-to-metro migration<\/a>. Another Sun Belt submarket with office space in high demand was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/nv\/las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas<\/a> metro\u2019s Summerlin with an average price per square foot of office space of $250. However, the largest deal by sale price to close in Nevada last year actually took place in Reno when the Corporate Pointe office building sold for $23 million.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, three submarkets in Arizona also made the top 100: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/az\/phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoenix<\/a>-Papago at #73, Gilbert at #79, and Tempe at #96. The highest average price in Arizona was $438 per square foot, paid by NGP Group for its purchase of the GSA Phoenix Professional Office Building in July.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Commercial Real Estate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/most-expensive-office-submarkets.png\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/most-expensive-office-submarkets.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h2>Seven States in Northeast &amp; Mid-Atlantic Crack Top 100<\/h2>\n<p>Washington D.C. added three submarkets to the list: the Washington D.C. CBD at #17, East End at #18, and NoMa at #40. All three are part of the Washington D.C. \u2013 Suburban Maryland market, which was the most active office market last year with 155 sales. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/dc\/washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington D.C. office<\/a> sale averaged more than $1,000 per square foot<strong>\u2014<\/strong>Exan Group\u2019s acquisition of 1701 Rhode Island Avenue at $1,035 per square foot for a total sale price of $105 million.<\/p>\n<p>A total of five other submarkets on the list are also part of the Washington D.C. \u2013 Suburban Maryland market; Bethesda, MD, reached #54 with an average price of $340 per square foot. Also joining it were four Virginia submarkets also in the D.C. metro: Rosslyn at #46, Alexandria at #53, Tysons Corner at #72, and Reston at #92.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the tri-state area (besides New York\u2019s three entries), submarkets in New Jersey and Connecticut were also featured in our top 100. Specifically, Bergen County Central in New Jersey averaged $317 per square foot for the 62nd spot, while Stamford, CT, reached #75. Both submarkets are situated in the New York metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia<\/a>\u2019s Center City District submarket reached #61 with an average price per square foot of $318. It was also the location of last year\u2019s largest office deal in Pennsylvania: the sale of 1735 Market Street for $451 million.<\/p>\n<h2>Office Submarkets in Oregon, Colorado &amp; Illinois Make List<\/h2>\n<p>Among the states with fewer entries in the top 100, Oregon and Colorado had two each.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon\u2019s Goose Hollow and Downtown Portland submarkets ended up at #39 and #45, respectively; both are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/or\/portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland office market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The submarkets from Colorado that were among the most expensive in 2019 were Denver \u2013 Cherry Creek at #31 and Boulder at #88. Notably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/co\/denver\/\">Denver office market<\/a> was the second-most active in the U.S. last year with a total of 117 deals; it was surpassed only by the Washington D.C. \u2013 Suburban Maryland market.<\/p>\n<p>West Loop, IL, was the 20<sup>th<\/sup>-most expensive submarket last year with an average price of $533 per square foot. This submarket is a part of the larger Urban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/il\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago<\/a> market, and its high average cost was boosted by the sale of the office buildings at 939 West Fulton Market and 801 West Fulton Market, which went for $930 and $718 per square foot, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, office space isn&#8217;t the only commercial real estate asset class driving investment. In recent years, industrial real estate has seen an explosion in demand as companies scramble to increase their logistical capabilities, while coworking has continued its meteoric rise. CommercialCafe has more than 300,000 properties belonging to these asset types and more across top markets in the U.S.:<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-50\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-50\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ny\/manhattan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manhatttan commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ca\/los-angeles\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/tx\/houston\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/il\/chicago\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/tx\/dallas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/tx\/austin\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/wa\/seattle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/co\/denver\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ga\/atlanta\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ma\/boston\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/fl\/miami\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/az\/phoenix\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/dc\/washington\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.  commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/or\/portland\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portland commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ca\/san-diego\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/tx\/bexar-county\/san-antonio\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/fl\/hillsborough-county\/tampa\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/ca\/sacramento\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/tn\/nashville\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/mn\/minneapolis\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minneapolis commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/md\/baltimore-city\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore commercial real estate<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/in\/indianapolis\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis commercial real estate<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"173fcef1-5fb0-4fa7-b905-d0a7e4ced44d\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Most Expensive Submarkets\"><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(e,i,n,s){var t=\"InfogramEmbeds\",d=e.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement(\"script\");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,\"infogram-async\");<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Methodology<\/h2>\n<p>To determine the most expensive submarkets in the U.S., we looked at office transactions closed between <strong>January 1, 2019 <\/strong>and <strong>December 31, 2019<\/strong>, according to data provided by Yardi Matrix.<\/p>\n<p>The terms <strong>submarket<\/strong> and <strong>market<\/strong> are used exclusively by the Yardi Matrix Real Estate Intelligence Source, and area delimitations are traced by its real estate professionals.<\/p>\n<p>We only included sales of offices larger than 25,000 square feet and <strong>submarkets<\/strong> that registered at least <strong>three transactions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of portfolio deals, only those with individual buildings located in the same market were included. Average price per square foot in the case of portfolio deals was calculated by dividing total sale price by total square footage of the portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>All data was extracted as of <strong>January 20, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of the information provided in this publication, the information is provided \u201cas is\u201d and Yardi Matrix does not guarantee, warrant, represent or undertake that the information provided is correct, accurate, current or complete. Yardi Matrix is not liable for any loss, claim, or demand arising directly or indirectly from any use or reliance upon the information contained herein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Takeaways Mountain View \u2013 Shoreline was the nation\u2019s most expensive submarket in 2019, with an average sale price of $1,554 per square foot of office space. The average sale price for a square foot of office space in the U.S. was $233. 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