San Diego, CA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

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Lomas Pacific II

9444 Farnham St., Kearny Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

43,176 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

4,046 SF
Year Built

1985
For Lease

$33.00/SF/YR
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501 W. Broadway
Regus
501 W. Broadway Suite 800, San Diego, CA
Services

Virtual Office

Open Workspace

Private Office

Dedicated Desk
Amenities

24/7 security

Access to global network

Business address

Business lounge

Cleaning services

Ergonomic furniture

Lounge area

Mail services

Money-back guarantee

Office furniture
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Black Mountain Commerce Park

9360-9420 Activity Rd., Miramar, San Diego, CA
Property

Industrial

59,140 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

4,489 SF
Year Built

1980
For Lease

$19.80 - $20.40/SF/YR
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Terraces at Copley Point

5887 Copley Drive, Kearny Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

201,661 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

65,208 SF
Year Built

2008
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Torrey Reserve - 11682 El Camino Real

11682 El Camino Real, Torrey Hills, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

75,117 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

19,320 SF
Year Built

1998
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9599 & 9617 Distribution Avenue

9617 Distribution Avenue, Miramar, San Diego, CA
Property

Industrial

95,053 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,500 SF
Year Built

1974
For Lease

$1.95/SF/MO
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Convoy Ronson Industrial Park

7854-7924 Ronson Road , Kearny Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Industrial

32,144 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,810 SF
For Lease

$1.70/SF/MO
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Fieldstone Plaza

5465 Morehouse Dr., Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

44,307 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,685 SF
Year Built

1986
For Lease Contact for pricing
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4241 Jutland Drive

4241 Jutland Drive, Bay Ho, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

38,000 SF
Availability

10 Spaces

13,321 SF
Year Built

1983
For Lease

$1.85/SF/MO
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Sunroad Corporate Center

2020 Piper Ranch Rd., Otay Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Industrial

601,103 SF
Availability

1 Space

94,315 SF
Year Built

2003
For Lease

$14.40/SF/YR
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Miramar Industrial Park

9455 Cabot Dr., Miramar, San Diego, CA
Property

Industrial

96,840 SF
Availability

1 Space

83,563 SF
Year Built

1976
For Lease Contact for pricing
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Miramar Metroplex

7480 Miramar Road, Miramar, San Diego, CA
Property

Retail

211,734 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

43,758 SF
Year Built

1992
For Lease

$1.65/SF/MO
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3838 CDRN

3838 Camino del Rio N., Mission Valley East, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

94,612 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

13,486 SF
Year Built

1980
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11011 Torreyana Rd.

11011 Torreyana Rd., University City, San Diego, CA
Property

Unassigned

76,715 SF
Availability

5 Spaces

60,828 SF
Year Built

1991
For Lease Contact for pricing
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Seaport Village

849 West Harbor Drive, Marina, San Diego, CA
Property

Retail

90,000 SF
Availability

12 Spaces

25,154 SF
Year Built

1980
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3180 University Avenue

3180 University Avenue, North Park, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

39,435 SF
Availability

6 Spaces

10,361 SF
Year Built

1975
For Lease

$2.65 - $2.70/SF/MO
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Vista La Jolla Corporate Center

4747 Morena Blvd, Bay Ho, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

39,950 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

9,506 SF
Year Built

1986
For Lease

$2.00/SF/MO
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One America Plaza

600 W. Broadway, Core - Columbia, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

625,800 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

13,669 SF
Year Built

1991
For Lease

$24.00 - $48.00/SF/YR
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The Parkline

2627-2631 El Cajon Boulevard, North Park, San Diego, CA
Property

Mixed Use

80,000 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

3,064 SF
Year Built

2023
For Lease

$3,250.00 - $4,050.00/MO
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Sorrento Pointe

11230 Sorrento Valley Rd., Torrey Pines Preserve, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

28,025 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

5,028 SF
Year Built

1982
For Lease

$33.00/SF/YR
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La Jolla Medical & Surgical Center

8929 University Center Lane, University City, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

41,500 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

12,591 SF
Year Built

1988
For Lease Contact for pricing
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Mira Mesa Market

10643 Westview Pkwy, Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Retail

288,846 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

8,277 SF
Year Built

2000
For Lease Contact for pricing
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Pacific Plaza II

1820 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA
Property

Retail

58,242 SF
Availability

3 Spaces

3,930 SF
Year Built

1979
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Costa Verde Center

Genesee Ave., University City, San Diego, CA
Property

Unassigned

400,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

400,000 SF
Year Built

2035
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StoneCrest - 9645 Granite Ridge Drive

9645 Granite Ridge Drive, Serra Mesa, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

55,601 SF
Availability

1 Space

56,277 SF
Year Built

1990
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1620 5th Avenue

1620 5th Avenue, Cortez, San Diego, CA
Property

Office

80,651 SF
Availability

8 Spaces

19,550 SF
Year Built

1985
For Lease

$2.25 - $2.45/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 Diego commercial real estate market incorporates 45,461,416 square feet of office space across 495 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 10,416,997 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 18,522,960 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 15,080,943 square feet of available listings. Industrial space available in San Diego adds up to 8,824,667 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in San Diego are in the Industrial 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 $31.9 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 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 $41.6 per square foot, industrial space in San Diego saw average rents of $21.1 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 $66 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 103,322 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 58,854 square feet.
Industrial space in San Diego is in buildings that are, on average 81,960 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

Lomas Pacific II

501 W. Broadway

Black Mountain Commerce Park

Terraces at Copley Point

Torrey Reserve - 11682 El Camino Real

9599 & 9617 Distribution Avenue

Convoy Ronson Industrial Park

Fieldstone Plaza

4241 Jutland Drive

Sunroad Corporate Center

Miramar Industrial Park

Miramar Metroplex

3838 CDRN

11011 Torreyana Rd.

Seaport Village

3180 University Avenue

Vista La Jolla Corporate Center

One America Plaza

The Parkline

Sorrento Pointe

La Jolla Medical & Surgical Center

Mira Mesa Market

Pacific Plaza II

Costa Verde Center

StoneCrest - 9645 Granite Ridge Drive

1620 5th Avenue

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