San Francisco, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

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39 Mesa Street

39 Mesa Street, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

43,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,553 SF
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425 2nd Street

425 2nd Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

48,910 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

30,322 SF
Year Built

1919
For Lease

$24.00 - $34.00/SF/YR
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One Montgomery Terrace

25 Montgomery Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

77,660 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

25,928 SF
Year Built

1908
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832 Folsom Street

832 Folsom Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

53,623 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,627 SF
Year Built

1986
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171 2nd Street

171 2nd Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

25,120 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,279 SF
Year Built

1912
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1390 Market Street

1390 Market Street, Van Ness - Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

235,562 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

2,650 SF
Year Built

1966
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531 BRYANT

531 Bryant Street, South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

51,409 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

49,774 SF
Year Built

2023
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580 California Street

580 California Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

340,000 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

2,650 SF
Year Built

1984
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49 South Van Ness Avenue

49 South Van Ness Avenue, South of Market, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

481,000 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

14,322 SF
Year Built

2020
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410 Townsend Street

410 Townsend Street, South of Market, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

75,593 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

55,898 SF
Year Built

1998
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201 Spear Street
WeWork
201 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA
Services

Meeting Room

Private Office
Amenities

Cleaning services

Complimentary coffee & tea

Ethernet

High-speed wifi

IT support

Office supplies

Patio

Printer

Privacy booths
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MTC Building

375 Beale Street, South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

529,232 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

118,355 SF
Year Built

1965
For Lease

$42.00/SF/YR
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601 Montgomery Street

601 Montgomery Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

233,628 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,135 SF
Year Built

1978
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TechSpace San Francisco

77 Geary Street, Downtown District 8 - North East, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

25,000 SF
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INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR LEASE

1430 Armstrong Ave, Bayview, San Francisco, CA
Property

Industrial
Availability

1 Space

4,000 SF
For Lease

$1.45/SF/MO
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650 7th Street

650 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

82,862 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

87,405 SF
Year Built

1908
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1019 Market Street

1019 Market Street, South of Market, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

75,518 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

67,201 SF
Year Built

1909
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2300-2340 Stockton Street

2300-2340 Stockton Street, North Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

69,000 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

46,000 SF
Year Built

1970
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OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

733 Front St, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office
Availability

1 Space

4,822 SF
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50 California Street

50 California Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

670,220 SF
Availability

1 Space

7,318 SF
Year Built

1972
For Lease

$30.00/SF/YR
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220 Halleck Street

220 Halleck Street, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

25,941 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,013 SF
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851 Howard Street

851 Howard Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

32,160 SF
Availability

1 Space

32,100 SF
Year Built

1924
For Lease

$29.00/SF/YR
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1272-1276 California St

1272-1276 California Street, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
Property

Multi-Family

6,816 SF
Year Built

1909
For Sale

$2,680,000
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1202 Ralston Avenue

1202 Ralston Avenue, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
Property

Flex Space

17,260 SF
Availability

1 Space

17,260 SF
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550 California Street

550 California Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office
Availability

21 Spaces

358,021 SF
For Lease

$40.00/SF/YR
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215 Fremont Street

215 Fremont Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

427,393 SF
Availability

6 Spaces

9,606 SF
Year Built

1928
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Frequently Asked Questions

Commercial real estate is a broad category that includes a high variety of space types designed to meet the needs of various industries of the local economy and their specialized subsectors, as presented in our real estate 101 guide to types of commercial real estate. However, there are three main categories that you are most likely to come across: office, retail, and industrial space.

Modern office space is typically organized over large floor plates bound by high ceilings and large windows for an abundance of natural light and is located in transit-oriented developments with good access to multiple modes of transportation, so as to facilitate employee commute. The San Francisco commercial real estate market incorporates 94,240,048 square feet of office space across 600 buildings.

Office buildings can also accommodate coworking spaces, which are shared office options that typically cater to the needs of small, startup businesses that require flexible workspaces, a concentration of amenities, and services that can be accessed on an occasional or short-term basis. In San Francisco, the coworking segment of the commercial real estate market incorporates about 10,536 square feet.
Retail space includes shopping malls, department stores, street retail, or specialty stores dedicated to a narrow range of products. Such properties are typically located in high foot-traffic and/or car traffic areas, to facilitate customer access. The San Francisco commercial real estate market includes 159,450,496 square feet of retail space in a variety of settings.
Industrial property most often serves businesses operating in manufacturing or logistics and generally consists of large open spaces located within good access to roads, railways, freight airports or regional water ports. Industrial space listings can include warehouses, manufacturing plants, distribution centers, flexible industrial space, or even data center facilities. Across the San Francisco market, there is a total of 2,784,262 square feet of industrial property.

The listing inventory in San Francisco incorporates commercial real estate for lease and for sale of almost all property types and subtypes. However, you’ll find some categories offer more rental or investment opportunities than others.

The largest share of commercial real estate space for lease in San Francisco is represented by Office space, which accounts for 24,488,848 square feet of available listings. Retail space available in San Francisco adds up to 2,837,151 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in San Francisco are in the Retail category.

The price of renting or buying commercial real estate is influenced by a variety of factors, including: the property type (for example, office space is priced higher than other property types in most locations); the condition and asset class rating (property rated class A or above will typically command a higher price than lower grade classifications); the quality or the development potential of the property location; whether or not there is high demand for the type of commercial asset in question; and what the state of supply is relative to demand.

The average rent for commercial real estate space listed for lease in San Francisco is $41.74 per square foot. However, this value does not offer enough perspective on its own, as you will find significant variation in prices across property types, property classes, and location, as well as other impacting factors. For instance, rent per square foot of office space in San Francisco can vary greatly depending on the rating of the property from Class A to Class C, as well as across the city depending on the location of the asset. What’s more, each commercial property type makes its own rent market: while the average rent for office space rested at $62.2 per square foot, industrial space in San Francisco saw average rents of $23.22 per square foot.

Whether you are looking for commercial real estate for lease or commercial property for sale, the best choice of location depends on the factors that are most relevant to your business strategy. A good thing to look for at the start, however, is the areas of the city that have the highest concentration of your preferred type of property, as these areas are generally well connected to the amenities and points of interest that are most relevant to each property type.

As such, there are several areas that you could consider to be the best location for commercial real estate in San Francisco, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in San Francisco is in the Financial District - Barbary Coast neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Financial District - Barbary Coast area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Financial District - Barbary Coast submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Bayview.

Select your preferred property type from the search filters menu at the top of the search page and then navigate the interactive map for a better view of commercial real estate availability in the locations most suited to your needs.

Regardless of whether buying or leasing commercial space is a new experience for you, there are significant benefits to working with a commercial real estate broker. In addition to saving you time and money, an experienced broker will contribute specialist knowledge of the local market, the property type you need representation for, and will handle negotiations on your behalf in your best interest.

To start, it is important for you to have a good understanding of what kind of broker you need. For instance, there are differences between a tenant broker and a listing broker. Also important at the start is to have a clear idea of what kind of space (or tenant) you are looking for and what (if any) particular needs and requirements you might have. And, while it is good to get a referral, you should interview several brokers to better gauge who you feel would best represent your interests.

CommercialCafe hosts listings from some of the most trusted commercial real estate brokerages in the country. Use the contact form available on each listing page or the contact details for the property representatives to reach out and start your search!

The profitability of a commercial real estate investment depends on a multitude of factors working together. These factors include the quality of the asset itself — which itself includes aspects such as location, property class, amenities, and the quality of the property management — to the local market conditions, the state of the local economy, the demand for that particular type of commercial property, and of course the costs of owning and maintaining it relative to what leasing rate or sale price you get from the property. Asking rents in the city went as high as $73 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in San Francisco was Office space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $82,000,000 that is located at 650 Davis Street.

The average size of a commercial property in San Francisco depends greatly on the property type and the location — geographical possibilities and zoning allowances have significant influence on how big developers can build. While there are outliers that break height or volume records in the city, we can look at some average sizes by property use:

In San Francisco, the average size of an office property is 176,150 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 594,965 square feet.
Industrial space in San Francisco is in buildings that are, on average 43,505 square feet in size.

San Francisco, CA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in San Francisco currently add up to 29,045,121 square feet. The market offers 568 active office listing(s), which amount to 24,488,848 square feet and account for 58% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 2,828,150 square feet across 330 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in San Francisco amount to 1,564,827 square feet across a total of 64 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	568	24,488,848
Retail	330	2,828,150
Industrial	64	1,564,827
Other	9	163,297

Commercial Space for Sale Breakdown

What’s more, if you are interested in making an investment in the local market, you can also find commercial real estate for sale in San Francisco, CA. Currently, there is 3,140,917 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 38 office building(s) for sale , 47 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 9 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	38	1,893,543
Retail	47	250,754
Industrial	9	120,102
Other	67	876,518

San Francisco, CA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

As one of the nation’s premier commercial real estate markets, San Francisco enjoys both investments and demand for all asset classes.

The city’s office market has a long and storied tradition. Some areas — like the North and South Financial Districts, Union Square and SoMa — are some of the most prestigious destinations for office space in the nation. Today, demand for office space in San Francisco comes from a healthy mix of the sectors that made the city what it is today, such as finance, as well as a considerable number of startups that benefit from northern California’s penchant for innovation.

However, office space isn’t the only prosperous industry in San Francisco. Other assets — such as industrial real estate — also benefit from the city’s status as a world city, with the Port of Oakland being one of the most important on the West Coast.

San Francisco, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

39 Mesa Street

425 2nd Street

One Montgomery Terrace

832 Folsom Street

171 2nd Street

1390 Market Street

531 BRYANT

580 California Street

49 South Van Ness Avenue

410 Townsend Street

201 Spear Street

MTC Building

601 Montgomery Street

TechSpace San Francisco

INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR LEASE

650 7th Street

1019 Market Street

2300-2340 Stockton Street

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

50 California Street

220 Halleck Street

851 Howard Street

1272-1276 California St

1202 Ralston Avenue

550 California Street

215 Fremont Street

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