San Francisco, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease - 923 Listings

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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The Finance Building

576 Market Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

31,325 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

4,045 SF
Year Built

1923
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351 California Street

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

Office

140,000 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

15,058 SF
Year Built

1920
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UCSF at Parnassus Heights - Medical Building 2

350 Parnassus Avenue, Parnassus Heights, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

161,748 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

26,257 SF
Year Built

1968
For Lease

$6.00/SF/MO
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Central Tower

703 Market Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

108,225 SF
Availability

9 Spaces

44,759 SF
Year Built

1898
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First Market Tower

525 Market Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Retail

10,000 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

5,482 SF
Year Built

1973
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50 California Street

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

Office

688,181 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

2,650 SF
Year Built

1971
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Sherman Clay Building

211 Sutter Street, Downtown District 8 - North East, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

38,000 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

22,569 SF
Year Built

1907
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450 Mission Street

450 Mission Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

76,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

10,152 SF
Year Built

1920
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Potrero Business Center

1750 Cesar Chavez Street, Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Property

Industrial

135,116 SF
Availability

6 Spaces

29,402 SF
Year Built

1985
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300 Grant Avenue

300 Grant Avenue, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

69,600 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

16,851 SF
Year Built

2021
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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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2857 Mission Street

2857 Mission St, Inner Mission, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

1,423 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,423 SF
Year Built

1908
For Lease

$3,995.00/MO
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201 Third Street

201 3rd Street, Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

336,927 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

135,359 SF
Year Built

1983
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535 Mission Street
WeWork
535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Services

Open Workspace

Meeting Room

Private Office

Dedicated Desk
Amenities

24/7 security

Access to global network

Cleaning services

Game room

Hands-free dispensers

Heating & A/C

High-speed wifi

IT support

Kitchen

Lockable filing cabinets
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1565 Bush Street

1565 Bush Street, Van Ness - Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

15,480 SF
Availability

1 Space

7,740 SF
For Lease

$18.00/SF/YR
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600 Townsend

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

Office

215,875 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

95,379 SF
Year Built

1989
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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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501 Second Street

501 2nd Street, South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

207,809 SF
Availability

7 Spaces

66,999 SF
Year Built

1925
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Pier 70 - Building 12

520 20th Street, Central Waterfront - Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

145,000 SF
Availability

16 Spaces

145,900 SF
Year Built

2021
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180 Montgomery Street

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

Office

304,437 SF
Availability

20 Spaces

121,930 SF
Year Built

1979
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45 Fremont

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

Office

596,059 SF
Availability

13 Spaces

390,494 SF
Year Built

1978
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One California Street

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

Office

484,512 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

27,872 SF
Year Built

1969
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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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The Transamerica Pyramid Center - 2 Transamerica

505 Sansome Street, Financial District - Barbary Coast, San Francisco, CA
Property

Office

191,000 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

56,567 SF
Year Built

1981
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India Basin Commerce Center

201 Mendell Street, Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
Property

Industrial

64,903 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

20,000 SF
Year Built

1979
For Lease

$2.25 - $2.35/SF/MO
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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 10,486 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 28,787,764 square feet. The market offers 575 active office listing(s), which amount to 24,310,579 square feet and account for 59% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 2,793,222 square feet across 319 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in San Francisco amount to 1,546,903 square feet across a total of 65 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	575	24,310,579
Retail	319	2,793,222
Industrial	65	1,546,903
Other	7	137,061

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 3,039,787 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 37 office building(s) for sale , 44 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 8 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	37	1,900,400
Retail	44	237,766
Industrial	8	120,110
Other	60	781,511

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 - 923 Listings

39 Mesa Street

The Finance Building

351 California Street

UCSF at Parnassus Heights - Medical Building 2

Central Tower

First Market Tower

50 California Street

Sherman Clay Building

450 Mission Street

Potrero Business Center

300 Grant Avenue

832 Folsom Street

2857 Mission Street

201 Third Street

535 Mission Street

1565 Bush Street

600 Townsend

410 Townsend Street

501 Second Street

Pier 70 - Building 12

180 Montgomery Street

45 Fremont

One California Street

1019 Market Street

The Transamerica Pyramid Center - 2 Transamerica

India Basin Commerce Center

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