Fort Lauderdale, FL Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 316 listings of Fort Lauderdale commercial real estate to find the best space for your business.

River Market

2350 North Federal Hwy, Bal Harbour, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Property

Retail

162,979 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,200 SF
Year Built

1966
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Sistrunk

612 NW 9th Avenue, Progresso Village, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Property

Retail

5,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

988 SF
Year Built

2021
For Lease

$30.00/SF/YR
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1841 NE 45th Street

1841 NE 45th St, Knoll Ridge, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Property

Office

5,535 SF
Year Built

1981
For Sale

$2,100,000
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3400 North Federal Hwy.

3400 North Federal Hwy., Coral Ridge Country Club Estates, Lighthouse Point, FL
Property

Retail

1,551 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,551 SF
For Lease

$7,000.00/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 Fort Lauderdale commercial real estate market incorporates 8,114,332 square feet of office space across 127 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 Fort Lauderdale, the coworking segment of the commercial real estate market incorporates about 5,966 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 Fort Lauderdale commercial real estate market includes 3,557,343 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 Fort Lauderdale market, there is a total of 3,379,312 square feet of industrial property.
The listing inventory in Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale is represented by Office space, which accounts for 2,186,497 square feet of available listings. Industrial space available in Fort Lauderdale adds up to 656,495 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale is $22.66 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 $34.54 per square foot, industrial space in Fort Lauderdale saw average rents of $19.07 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 Fort Lauderdale, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in Fort Lauderdale is in the Fort Lauderdale Airport neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Downtown Fort Lauderdale area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Harbordale submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Fort Lauderdale Airport.

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 $40 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in Fort Lauderdale was Retail space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $37,000,000 that is located at 899 West Cypress Creek Road.
The average size of a commercial property in Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale, the average size of an office property is 74,444 square feet.
- Retail properties here incorporate an average of 50,820 square feet.
- Industrial space in Fort Lauderdale is in buildings that are, on average 61,443 square feet in size.

Fort Lauderdale, FL Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in Fort Lauderdale currently add up to 3,352,132 square feet. The market offers 111 active office listing(s), which amount to 2,218,970 square feet and account for 47% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 367,044 square feet across 69 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in Fort Lauderdale amount to 658,119 square feet across a total of 48 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	111	2,218,970
Retail	69	367,044
Industrial	48	658,119
Other	7	107,999

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 Fort Lauderdale, FL. Currently, there is 919,094 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 16 office building(s) for sale , 18 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 10 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	16	380,128
Retail	18	147,707
Industrial	10	183,369
Other	28	207,890

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Fort Lauderdale, FL Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

River Market

Sistrunk

1841 NE 45th Street

3400 North Federal Hwy.

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