Santa Monica, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 252 listings of Santa Monica commercial real estate for lease and for sale to find the best space for your business.

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NMS Studios

3025 Olympic Blvd, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

73,395 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

11,154 SF
For Lease

$2.65 - $4.70/SF/MO
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1299 Ocean

1299 Ocean Avenue, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

206,840 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

44,213 SF
Year Built

1980
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1221 2nd Street

1221 2nd Street, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

2,549 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,549 SF
For Lease

$4.50/SF/MO
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2716 Main St

2716 Main St, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

1,950 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,100 SF
For Lease

$5.75/SF/MO
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1801-1831 Wilshire Commons

1801 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

85,872 SF
Availability

14 Spaces

34,537 SF
Year Built

1979
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1244 6th Street

1244 6th St, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

4,601 SF
Year Built

1963
For Sale

$6,500,000
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525 Broadway

525 Broadway, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

133,090 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,165 SF
Year Built

2015
For Lease

$5.50/SF/MO
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1341-1351 4th Street

1341 4th Street, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

32,317 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

19,394 SF
Year Built

1995
For Lease

$6.50 - $6.75/SF/MO
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401 Wilshire

401 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

234,979 SF
Availability

12 Spaces

83,146 SF
Year Built

1981
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Private Office Space in Downtown Santa Monica

1513 6th St, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

5,325 SF
Availability

1 Space

450 SF
Year Built

1962
For Lease

$2,450.00/MO
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1661 Lincoln Blvd

1661-1669 Lincoln Blvd, Pico, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

58,031 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

28,262 SF
Year Built

1981
For Lease

$1.50/SF/MO
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Broadway Place - 2032-2050 Broadway

2050 Broadway, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

58,800 SF
Availability

1 Space

6,000 SF
Year Built

1948
For Lease

$5.50/SF/MO
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Wells Fargo Bank Building

2444 Wilshire Blvd, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

61,620 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

7,826 SF
Year Built

1961
For Lease

$3.00/SF/MO
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2219 Main Street
Beach House Cowork
2219 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA
Services

Virtual Office

Open Workspace

Private Office

Dedicated Desk
Amenities

Complimentary coffee & tea

High-speed wifi

Kitchen

Lounge area

Mail services

Outdoor areas
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Santa Monica Post Office

1248 5th Street, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

40,287 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

38,723 SF
Year Built

1938
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Margo's Pizza Kitchen

1534 Montana Avenue, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

2,029 SF
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518 - 520 Santa Monica Boulevard

518 - 520 Santa Monica Boulevard, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

10,000 SF
For Sale

$7,950,000
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The Mark 302

302 Colorado Avenue, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

107,435 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

47,529 SF
Year Built

2020
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Wilshire & Lincoln

801-805 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

7,500 SF
Availability

1 Space

4,482 SF
Year Built

1981
For Lease

$2.50/SF/MO
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900 Wilshire Blvd

900 Wilshire Blvd, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

33,455 SF
Availability

1 Space

14,700 SF
Year Built

1997
For Lease

$6.50/SF/MO
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520 Broadway
WeWork
520 Broadway #200, Santa Monica, CA
Services

Open Workspace

Meeting Room

Private Office

Dedicated Desk
Amenities

Bike storage

Cleaning services

IT support

Kitchen

Parking

Pet friendly

Printer

Privacy booths
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Margo's Pizza Kitchen

1534 Montana Avenue, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Retail

2,029 SF
For Sale

$295,000
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Santa Monica Gateway

2834 Colorado Avenue, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

205,215 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

40,451 SF
Year Built

2017
For Lease

$7.50/SF/MO
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429 Santa Monica

429 Santa Monica Blvd, Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

86,859 SF
Availability

10 Spaces

32,664 SF
Year Built

1981
For Lease

$69.00/SF/YR
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2001 Wilshire

2001 Wilshire Blvd, Wilshire - Montana, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

111,294 SF
Availability

10 Spaces

39,938 SF
Year Built

1980
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1231 Lincoln Boulevard

1231 Lincoln Boulevard, Mid-City Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Property

Office

7,250 SF
Availability

1 Space

7,250 SF
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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 Santa Monica commercial real estate market incorporates 6,902,326 square feet of office space across 144 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 Santa Monica, the coworking segment of the commercial real estate market incorporates about 3,550 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 Santa Monica commercial real estate market includes 1,646,155 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 Santa Monica market, there is a total of 89,093 square feet of industrial property.

The listing inventory in Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica is represented by Office space, which accounts for 1,508,517 square feet of available listings. Retail space available in Santa Monica adds up to 448,303 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in Santa Monica are in the Office 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 Santa Monica is $49.57 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 Santa Monica 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.

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 Santa Monica, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in Santa Monica is in the Downtown Santa Monica neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Downtown Santa Monica area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Downtown Santa Monica submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Pico.

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 $72.86 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in Santa Monica was Retail space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $86,680,000 that is located at 1540 2nd Street.

The average size of a commercial property in Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica, the average size of an office property is 50,017 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 17,513 square feet.
Industrial space in Santa Monica is in buildings that are, on average 29,698 square feet in size.

Santa Monica, CA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in Santa Monica currently add up to 2,028,098 square feet. The market offers 132 active office listing(s), which amount to 1,508,517 square feet and account for 56% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 448,303 square feet across 94 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in Santa Monica amount to 52,124 square feet across a total of 4 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	132	1,508,517
Retail	94	448,303
Industrial	4	52,124
Other	5	19,154

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 Santa Monica, CA. Currently, there is 622,991 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 13 office building(s) for sale , 11 retail investment opportunity listing(s) .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	13	191,282
Retail	11	74,604
Other	6	357,105

Santa Monica, CA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

The city of Santa Monica is known as “Silicon Beach.” It has a robust and versatile local economy governed by the creative and technology industries. Santa Monica’s ideal oceanside location and its close proximity to Los Angeles — to which it is connected via Interstate 10 — have greatly contributed to the city’s rapid, tech-driven development.

Besides the tech sector, major employers in the city are in the healthcare and government sectors.

The city is also home to hundreds of venture capital-funded startup companies. For example, Activision Blizzard — one of the largest game companies in the Americas and Europe, which is also on the Fortune 500 list — is headquartered in Santa Monica. Other successful companies that started out in Santa Monica include Hulu, Lionsgate Films, Otter Media, Fatburger, The Beachbody Company and the RAND Corporation.

Santa Monica, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

NMS Studios

1299 Ocean

1221 2nd Street

2716 Main St

1801-1831 Wilshire Commons

1244 6th Street

525 Broadway

1341-1351 4th Street

401 Wilshire

Private Office Space in Downtown Santa Monica

1661 Lincoln Blvd

Broadway Place - 2032-2050 Broadway

Wells Fargo Bank Building

2219 Main Street

Santa Monica Post Office

Margo's Pizza Kitchen

518 - 520 Santa Monica Boulevard

The Mark 302

Wilshire & Lincoln

900 Wilshire Blvd

520 Broadway

Margo's Pizza Kitchen

Santa Monica Gateway

429 Santa Monica

2001 Wilshire

1231 Lincoln Boulevard

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Santa Monica, CA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial Space for Sale Breakdown

Santa Monica, CA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

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