Asheville, NC Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 111 listings of Asheville commercial real estate to find the best space for your business.

25 Rankin Avenue

25 Rankin Avenue, Downtown Asheville, Asheville, NC
Property

Office

3,539 SF
Year Built

1930
For Sale

$2,495,000
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235 Sardis Road

235 Sardis Road, Biltmore, Asheville, NC
Property

VacantLand
For Sale

$3,799,000
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71 Thompson Street

71 Thompson Street, Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC
Property

VacantLand
For Sale

$1,775,000
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1201 Bleachery Boulevard, Suite 201

1201 Bleachery Boulevard | Asheville, Oakley, Asheville, NC
Property

Office

5,814 SF
Year Built

2009
For Sale

$580,000
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307 Smokey Park Hwy

307 Smokey Park Hwy, Brooks Estates, Asheville, NC
Property

Office

3,941 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,941 SF
Year Built

2007
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11 Kitchin Place

11 Kitchin Place, Biltmore Village, Asheville, NC
Property

Retail

4,312 SF
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11 Richland Street
Focus Coworking
11 Richland Street, Asheville, NC
Services

Meeting Room

Dedicated Desk
Amenities

Break room

Complimentary coffee & tea

High-speed wifi

Kitchen

Parking

Printer

Standing desks

TV/Monitor

White boards
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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 Asheville commercial real estate market incorporates 868,638 square feet of office space across 35 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 Asheville commercial real estate market includes 2,651,036 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 Asheville market, there is a total of 650,259 square feet of industrial property.
The listing inventory in Asheville 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 Asheville is represented by Retail space, which accounts for 248,998 square feet of available listings. Office space available in Asheville adds up to 123,769 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in Asheville 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 Asheville is $21.9 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 Asheville 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 Asheville, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in Asheville is in the Downtown Asheville neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Downtown Asheville area.

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

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 $31.71 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in Asheville was Retail space.
The average size of a commercial property in Asheville 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 Asheville, the average size of an office property is 27,145 square feet.
- Retail properties here incorporate an average of 98,187 square feet.
- Industrial space in Asheville is in buildings that are, on average 65,026 square feet in size.

Asheville, NC Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in Asheville currently add up to 596,383 square feet. The market offers 27 active office listing(s), which amount to 119,890 square feet and account for 42% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 248,624 square feet across 23 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in Asheville amount to 117,983 square feet across a total of 10 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	27	119,890
Retail	23	248,624
Industrial	10	117,983
Other	4	109,886

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 Asheville, NC. Currently, there is 191,902 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 7 office building(s) for sale , 6 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 2 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	7	24,468
Retail	6	68,063
Industrial	2	25,477
Other	21	73,894

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Asheville, NC Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

25 Rankin Avenue

235 Sardis Road

71 Thompson Street

1201 Bleachery Boulevard, Suite 201

307 Smokey Park Hwy

11 Kitchin Place

11 Richland Street

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