New Haven, CT Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 62 listings of New Haven commercial real estate to find the best space for your business.

18 High Street

18 High Street, Downtown New Haven, New Haven, CT
Property

Retail

1,896 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,896 SF
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600 Long Wharf

600 Long Wharf, Long Wharf, New Haven, CT
Property

VacantLand

8.7 Acre
Availability

1 Space

8.7 Acre
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1500 Whalley Ave

1500 Whalley Ave, Amity, New Haven, CT
Property

Retail

4,628 SF
Year Built

1957
For Sale

$425,000
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100 & 102 Wheeler Street

100 & 102 Wheeler Street, Annex, East Haven, CT
Property

Other

22 Acre
Availability

1 Space

22 Acre
Year Built

1903
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824 Chapel Street

824 Chapel Street, Downtown New Haven, New Haven, CT
Property

Retail

2,762 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,762 SF
For Lease

$28.00/SF/YR
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240 Bradley Street

240 Bradley St, East Rock, New Haven, CT
Property

Office

4,455 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

800 SF
Year Built

1905
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99 Orange Street

99 Orange Street, Downtown New Haven, New Haven, CT
Property

Retail

5,848 SF
Availability

1 Space

5,848 SF
For Lease

$10,000.00/MO
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New Haven Towers

129 York Street, Downtown New Haven, New Haven, CT
Property

Office

102,024 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,043 SF
Year Built

1960
For Lease

$2,303.00/MO
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315 Peck St

319 Peck St, Fair Haven, New Haven, CT
Property

Industrial

50,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

50,000 SF
For Lease

$5.00/SF/YR
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1471 Whalley Ave

1471 Whalley Ave, Amity, New Haven, CT
Property

Retail

13,905 SF
Availability

1 Space

13,905 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 New Haven commercial real estate market incorporates 2,623,106 square feet of office space across 26 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 New Haven commercial real estate market includes 244,561 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 New Haven market, there is a total of 700,252 square feet of industrial property.
The listing inventory in New Haven 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 New Haven is represented by Office space, which accounts for 811,061 square feet of available listings. Industrial space available in New Haven adds up to 285,960 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in New Haven 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 New Haven is $20.29 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 New Haven 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 New Haven, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in New Haven is in the Downtown New Haven neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Downtown New Haven area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Downtown New Haven submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Long Wharf.

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 $28 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in New Haven was Office space.
The average size of a commercial property in New Haven 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 New Haven, the average size of an office property is 154,301 square feet.
- Retail properties here incorporate an average of 12,872 square feet.
- Industrial space in New Haven is in buildings that are, on average 77,806 square feet in size.

New Haven, CT Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in New Haven currently add up to 2,961,318 square feet. The market offers 26 active office listing(s), which amount to 810,499 square feet and account for 44% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 130,527 square feet across 21 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in New Haven amount to 290,960 square feet across a total of 8 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	26	810,499
Retail	21	130,527
Industrial	8	290,960
Other	3	1,729,332

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 New Haven, CT. Currently, there is 135,563 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes , 6 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 1 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Retail	6	23,810
Industrial	1	1,164
Other	4	110,589

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New Haven, CT Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

18 High Street

600 Long Wharf

1500 Whalley Ave

100 & 102 Wheeler Street

824 Chapel Street

240 Bradley Street

99 Orange Street

New Haven Towers

315 Peck St

1471 Whalley Ave

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New Haven, CT Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial Space for Sale Breakdown

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