San Diego, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

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One Del Mar

12544 High Bluff Drive, Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$4.60 - $4.65/SF/MO
Property

Office

114,253 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

39,998 SF
Year Built

2001
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Township 14 - 12680 High Bluff Drive

12680 High Bluff Drive, Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$5.15/SF/MO
Property

Office

56,940 SF
Availability

1 Space

9,871 SF
Year Built

2013
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Mission Courtyard

5030 Camino De La Siesta, Mission Valley East, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

84,524 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,172 SF
Year Built

1980
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10355 Science Center Drive

10355 Science Center Drive, University City, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

48,920 SF
Availability

1 Space

5,193 SF
Year Built

2000
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Kettner & Ash

1420 Kettner Blvd., Harborview, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

123,079 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

35,948 SF
Year Built

2020
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929 W Grape St

929 W Grape St, Harborview, San Diego, CA
For Sale

TBD
Property

VacantLand
Year Built

1957
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Rancho Bernardo Distribution Center

11035 Technology Place, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Industrial

215,112 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

78,445 SF
Year Built

1990
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Pacific Highway Plaza

4250 Pacific Hwy, Midway, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$2.75/SF/MO
Property

Office

75,401 SF
Availability

15 Spaces

63,094 SF
Year Built

1974
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High Bluff Ridge at Del Mar - Bldg. B

12481 High Bluff Dr., Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

68,038 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

34,774 SF
Year Built

2005
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Bernardo Heights Corporate Center

10805 Rancho Bernardo Road, Bernardo Springs, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$33.00/SF/YR
Property

Office

116,099 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

35,044 SF
Year Built

1998
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SR Ranch Shopping Center

9830 Hibert Street, Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Retail

70,576 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

2,772 SF
Year Built

1982
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36,705 SF LOT INCLUDES ± 3,000 SF STRUCTURE ON SITE - For Sale or Lease

8080 Miramar Rd, Miramar, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Other
Availability

1 Space

3,000 SF
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Kearny Mesa Business Center

5715-5745 Kearny Villa Rd., Kearny Mesa, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$23.40/SF/YR
Property

Industrial

109,082 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

9,793 SF
Year Built

1987
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Liberty Station - Buildings 28 & 29

2535 Truxtun Road, Midway, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$3.80 - $4.00/SF/MO
Property

Retail

68,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,019 SF
Year Built

1932
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The Pinnacle Executive Center

10920 Via Frontera, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

110,110 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

8,549 SF
Year Built

2007
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Seaview Corporate Center III

10188 Telesis Ct., Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

123,944 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

72,776 SF
Year Built

2001
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AERO

9797 Aero Dr., Serra Mesa, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

92,463 SF
Availability

1 Space

23,780 SF
Year Built

1995
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3100 5th Ave

3100 5th Ave, Bankers Hill - Park West, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Mixed Use

5,468 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,270 SF
Year Built

1961
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CentreWest Plaza

9710 Scranton Road, Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$2.25/SF/MO
Property

Office

116,116 SF
Availability

1 Space

5,625 SF
Year Built

1990
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La Jolla Commons - Tower III

4727 Executive Drive, University City, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

212,851 SF
Availability

1 Space

212,851 SF
Year Built

2023
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Centerpointe Commerce Park - Bldg. 6

9010 Kenamar Dr., Miramar, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$20.40/SF/YR
Property

Industrial

12,281 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,978 SF
Year Built

1987
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Park Plaza

4350 Executive Drive, University City, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$3.10 - $3.30/SF/MO
Property

Office

73,000 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

8,884 SF
Year Built

1984
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StoneCrest - 9635 Granite Ridge Drive

9635 Granite Ridge Drive, Serra Mesa, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

55,656 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

23,999 SF
Year Built

2003
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San Carlos Village

8766-8898 Navajo Rd., Lake Murray, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Retail

135,569 SF
Availability

1 Space

33,958 SF
Year Built

1970
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Sorrento Terrace

11839 Sorrento Valley Road, Torrey Pines Preserve, San Diego, CA
For Lease

$1.95/SF/MO
Property

Office

39,371 SF
Availability

6 Spaces

19,373 SF
Year Built

1979
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Mission Valley Crossroads

404 Camino Del Rio South, Mission Valley East, San Diego, CA
For Lease

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Property

Office

139,727 SF
Availability

11 Spaces

59,549 SF
Year Built

1981
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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 Diego commercial real estate market incorporates 44,573,058 square feet of office space across 501 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.
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 Diego commercial real estate market includes 10,320,288 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 Diego market, there is a total of 19,511,333 square feet of industrial property.

The listing inventory in San Diego 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 Diego is represented by Office space, which accounts for 14,329,560 square feet of available listings. Industrial space available in San Diego adds up to 9,990,689 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in San Diego 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 San Diego is $31.07 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 Diego 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 $47.51 per square foot, industrial space in San Diego saw average rents of $20.95 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 Diego, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in San Diego is in the Core - Columbia neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Core - Columbia area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Midway submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Otay Mesa.

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 $46.29 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in San Diego was Office space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $148,250,000 that is located at 9233 Balboa Avenue.

The average size of a commercial property in San Diego 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 Diego, the average size of an office property is 101,073 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 57,980 square feet.
Industrial space in San Diego is in buildings that are, on average 88,688 square feet in size.

San Diego, CA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in San Diego currently add up to 27,426,266 square feet. The market offers 461 active office listing(s), which amount to 14,329,560 square feet and account for 53% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 1,512,615 square feet across 179 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in San Diego amount to 9,944,988 square feet across a total of 196 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	461	14,329,560
Retail	179	1,512,615
Industrial	196	9,944,988
Other	21	1,639,103

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 Diego, CA. Currently, there is 2,873,709 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 40 office building(s) for sale , 20 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 34 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	40	797,348
Retail	20	140,875
Industrial	34	1,673,873
Other	39	261,613

San Diego, CA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

Located just 120 miles south of Los Angeles on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, San Diego, Calif., is well-known for its sunny beaches and long-standing U.S. Navy presence. The city’s proximity to the Mexican border also makes it an international business hub, as well as a culturally diverse community.

San Diego’s economy revolves around a variety of industries — including military and defense, international trade, tourism, research and manufacturing, and biotechnology — which sustain a thriving commercial real estate market. What’s more, companies that decide to make San Diego their home have easy access to talent from the University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, and many other universities and colleges in the area.

San Diego, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

One Del Mar

Township 14 - 12680 High Bluff Drive

Mission Courtyard

10355 Science Center Drive

Kettner & Ash

929 W Grape St

Rancho Bernardo Distribution Center

Pacific Highway Plaza

High Bluff Ridge at Del Mar - Bldg. B

Bernardo Heights Corporate Center

SR Ranch Shopping Center

36,705 SF LOT INCLUDES ± 3,000 SF STRUCTURE ON SITE - For Sale or Lease

Kearny Mesa Business Center

Liberty Station - Buildings 28 & 29

The Pinnacle Executive Center

Seaview Corporate Center III

AERO

3100 5th Ave

CentreWest Plaza

La Jolla Commons - Tower III

Centerpointe Commerce Park - Bldg. 6

Park Plaza

StoneCrest - 9635 Granite Ridge Drive

San Carlos Village

Sorrento Terrace

Mission Valley Crossroads

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