Office space for lease in Midtown South

Midtown South is the historic home of New York tech and media, built on converted loft buildings with open floors and big windows. It spans NoMad and the blocks around Madison Square, and it is one of the tightest submarkets for well-built creative office.

Office stock
28.3M SF
Office properties
398
Largest office
338 Fifth Avenue
Transit
R W at 28 St

Building figures are existing stock from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax lot records, not space on the market. More below.

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NYC Department of Finance filings

Rent collected per square foot: office buildings in Manhattan

In 2024, 1,506 Manhattan office properties filed income statements with the city. Their median gross income was $52.08 per square foot, and the middle half collected between $38.22 and $74.58. The typical property's income was up 1% on 2023. The city publishes these figures by borough, not by neighborhood, so they cover Manhattan as a whole.

Gross income per square foot, 2024

  • Manhattan$52.08Middle half $38.22 to $74.58 · 1,506 filings · this page
  • Brooklyn$31.54Middle half $21.69 to $44.76 · 720 filings
  • Queens$31.30Middle half $21.15 to $42.74 · 669 filings
  • Bronx$31.39Middle half $21.56 to $43.88 · 286 filings
  • Staten Island$26.23Middle half $17.77 to $36.50 · 233 filings

Bar: the middle half of properties. Tick: the median.

Manhattan office buildings

Median gross income
$52.08/SF
Middle half
$38.22 to $74.58
Typical change on 2023
+1%
Citywide median
$39.05/SF
Filings
1,506

Source: NYC Department of Finance, FY 2027 RPIE 2024 Income and Expense Distributions (FY 2027 assessment roll, published January 2026), page 8. Owners of income-producing properties file a Real Property Income and Expense statement each year; gross income is everything a property collected in 2024 per square foot, as filed, with outlier and partial-year filers left out. It includes vacant space, concessions and older leases, so it is not an asking rent.

NYC tax lot records

Office buildings in Midtown South

What already stands here, from the city's own property data. Useful for sizing a search before a single space is listed.

Office space
28.3M SF
Properties with office space
398
All commercial space
35.7M SF
Built before 1940
89%

Largest office buildings

  1. 102 floors · built 1931
  2. 34 floors · built 1928
  3. 25 floors · built 1928
  4. 15 floors · built 1962
  5. 39 floors · built 1969
All 185 large commercial buildings in Midtown South

Age, height and zoning

  • Median year built: 1915.
  • Median height: 7 floors.
  • Most common zoning districts: C5-2 (171), M1-8A/R11 (158), M1-8A/R12 (77). 40% of these lots are zoned for manufacturing.
  • Historic districts: Madison Square North Historic District (82 lots).
  • 31 lots are designated city landmarks.

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16. Counts cover tax lots with commercial floor area within about 0.4 mi of Midtown South's commercial core, and each lot counts toward one neighborhood only, so boundaries are approximate. Building figures are the city's floor-area estimates, not available space.

MTA station data

Subway stations in Midtown South

Every station within about 0.5 mi of Midtown South's commercial core, closest first. Stations joined by a free transfer count once.

Stations
10
Subway lines
12
Fully accessible
3 of 10
Closest
28 St, 1 min walk

The 10 stations

  • 28 St1 min walk · Not accessible
  • 28 St6 min walk · Partly accessible
  • 28 St6 min walk · Not accessible
  • 23 St6 min walk · Not accessible
  • 23 St6 min walk · Not accessible
  • 34 St-Herald Sq6 min walk · Accessible station
  • 33 St7 min walk · Not accessible
  • 34 St-Penn Station7 min walk · Accessible station
  • 23 St8 min walk · Not accessible
  • 23 St-Baruch College8 min walk · Accessible station

Lines

The 1, 2, 3, 6, B, D, F, M, N, Q, R and W trains stop within about 0.5 mi of Midtown South's core.

Step-free access

  • 34 St-Herald Sq (B D F M N Q R W) is fully accessible.
  • 34 St-Penn Station (1 2 3) is fully accessible.
  • 23 St-Baruch College (6) is fully accessible.
  • 28 St (6) is partly accessible (one direction only).

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Subway Stations, pulled 2026-10-16. Walking times are straight-line estimates from the nearest point of Midtown South's commercial core (the same area as the building counts), so the street route is longer. Accessibility is the MTA's rating for the named station. PATH, LIRR, Metro-North and ferries are not in this data.

NYC Department of Buildings permits

Office build-outs in Midtown South

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 289 interior build-outs in 106 of the 184 office buildings Leasemark tracks in Midtown South, with work permitted on 477 floors in all. Their filed cost estimates add up to about $166 million.

Most build-outs, last 12 months

  1. 86 floors with work
  2. 13 floors with work
  3. 10 floors with work
  4. 13 floors with work
  5. 13 floors with work
  6. 37 floors with work
  • 58% of the office buildings tracked here had a build-out, against 63% across Manhattan.

Build-outs by quarter

  • Q1 202574
  • Q2 202561
  • Q3 202557
  • Q4 202565
  • Q1 202683
  • Q2 202661
  • Q3 202682
  • Q4 2026 to Oct 2212

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Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-24 (permits issued through 2026-10-22). A build-out groups interior jobs (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers and the like) on the same floors first permitted within 120 days of each other, dated by its first permit. Only the large buildings Leasemark tracks count (35,000 SF and up), not every permit in the neighborhood. Costs are the estimates filed with the jobs. A permit does not say who the work is for.

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Is there office space for lease in Midtown South right now?

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How much does office space cost in Midtown South?

Leasemark has no asking rents posted here yet, so here are the city's own numbers. Office buildings in Manhattan collected a median $52.08 per square foot in 2024, and the middle half between $38.22 and $74.58, according to the income and expense statements owners file with the NYC Department of Finance (FY 2027 distributions, 1,506 filings). The city publishes these figures by borough, so this is Manhattan as a whole, not Midtown South alone. That is what buildings actually collected, with vacant space, concessions and leases signed years ago in the mix, so it is a baseline rather than a quote: a specific space's price depends on the building's class, floor, condition and the length of the lease.

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How do I find office space in Midtown South that is not publicly listed?

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How much office space is there in Midtown South?

New York City's PLUTO tax lot data (26v2) records about 28.3 million square feet of office floor area across 398 properties in the part of Midtown South Leasemark covers. The largest by that measure is 338 Fifth Avenue, at about 2.7 million square feet. That is the existing building stock, not space currently for lease.

What subway lines serve Midtown South?

Ten subway stations sit within about 0.5 mi of Midtown South's commercial core, served by the 1, 2, 3, 6, B, D, F, M, N, Q, R and W trains. The closest is 28 St (R W), roughly 1 minute on foot; then 28 St (6), 28 St (1), 23 St (F M), 23 St (R W), 34 St-Herald Sq (B D F M N Q R W), 33 St (6) and 3 more. Walking times are straight-line estimates from MTA station data.

Are offices being built out in Midtown South?

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 289 interior build-outs in 106 of the 184 office buildings Leasemark tracks in Midtown South, with work permitted on 477 floors in all. Their filed cost estimates add up to about $166 million. The most were at Empire State Building, 338 Fifth Avenue (22 build-outs). A build-out here is interior work on the same floors (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers and the like) first permitted within 120 days. New interior work usually follows a lease, so it is a rough sign of where tenants are moving in, but a permit does not say who the work is for.

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Do tenants in Midtown South pay the NYC Commercial Rent Tax?

Yes, for larger leases. Midtown South is in Manhattan below 96th Street, where the city's Commercial Rent Tax applies. A tenant owes it only when base rent for the space is $250,000 a year or more. The tax is 6% of base rent after a 35% reduction, so 3.9% of rent, with a sliding credit between $250,000 and $300,000, and the Small Business Tax Credit wipes it out for businesses with total income of $5 million or less and base rent under $500,000.

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