Office space in
Garment District.
One of Manhattan’s 31 office submarkets — advised by DLS Commercial Real Estate, tenant-side, lease by lease.
The Garment District is a value-priced Midtown office market between roughly 34th and 42nd Streets west of Sixth Avenue — the historic fashion-manufacturing core now home to a broad mix of office, showroom, and creative tenants. Its loft towers and central transit offer Midtown access below trophy pricing. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises tenants here, tenant-side, lease by lease.
At a glance
Character
The old fashion-manufacturing core in the West 30s — sturdy loft and showroom towers around Herald Square and the transit hubs, now a mixed office district transitioning beyond the garment trade.
Typical tenant
Fashion and showroom businesses alongside technology, professional services, and creative firms — tenants seeking central Midtown access and efficient loft floorplates at a discount.
Building stock
Large early-20th-century loft and showroom towers — wide floorplates, good light, freight infrastructure — alongside select modern buildings. Floorplates suit both open layouts and showroom use.
Rent posture
A Midtown value play: asking rents sit below the Midtown average, with negotiable terms across a deep base of loft space. (Current market data, Q1 2026.)
A DLS datapoint
Illustrative — DLS stamps one original, first-hand figure here (e.g. the discount measured to core Midtown space across recent Garment District tours).
Deal footprint
Illustrative — an anonymized DLS engagement in the district goes here (e.g. a showroom-to-office conversion negotiated on improved terms).
Office inventory
32,013,243 SF of office space across 218 office buildings — 163 of them 50,000 SF or larger, averaging a 1923 vintage.
Small (<50k)
55 buildings, 1,601,468 SF total, averaging a 1922 vintage.
The floor of the market — single-tenant or partial-floor space.
Mid-Size (50k-150k)
106 buildings, 9,574,194 SF total, averaging a 1920 vintage.
Room to grow — typically several floors for one tenant.
Large (150k-500k)
46 buildings, 12,980,475 SF total, averaging a 1927 vintage.
Anchor scale — often most or all of a building.
Trophy (>=500k)
11 buildings, 7,857,106 SF total, averaging a 1932 vintage.
Headquarters scale — the market's largest occupiers.
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, MapPLUTO (fetched July 2026) — counting only true office buildings: 10,000 SF of office or more, office above grade (not a ground-floor office under apartments), purpose-built or converted loft/office-condo stock. Spatially joined to DLS’s 31 mapped submarkets.
Where rents sit
Asking rent, $/SF · Current market data, Q1 2026 — shown as a range reflecting a spread across sources.
Questions
What is the office market like in Garment District?
The Garment District is a value-priced Midtown office market in the West 30s — historic loft and showroom towers now leased by fashion, technology, and professional tenants seeking central transit below trophy pricing. DLS Commercial Real Estate represents tenants here, negotiating space and terms at a Midtown discount.
Does DLS represent tenants in Garment District?
Yes. DLS Commercial Real Estate advises office tenants across Garment District and Manhattan's other office submarkets — the tenant's interests only, with a fee customarily paid by the landlord.