
Real Estate
Moving to an office, retail, or industrial space is an important step in scaling your small business. See below for a list of resources and organizations that provide community support, industrial facilities,
food and retail-oriented spaces and co-working offices for small businesses.
Local Listings and Community Support
New York Economic Development Corporation
Find space in an NYCEDC-managed property, which offers tenants lower rents, long-term leases, lower energy costs.
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WE NYC
WE NYC maintains an extensive, searchable list of workplaces suitable for small businesses.
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Find available listings for sale or lease in Long Island City
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Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation
The SBIDC has helped industrial employers thrive and residents build careers. They serve the working waterfront neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Gowanus.
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Industrial/ Manufacturing Spaces
Brooklyn Army Terminal
BAT offers its manufacturing tenants valuable advantages, from proximity to transit and logistics, to secure, long-term, affordable leases and a range of amenities.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
The BNYDC is an industrial park dedicated to the manufacturing industry in Brooklyn. The Yard's tenants range from a dynamic ecosystem of manufacturers, innovators, and artists.
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Industrial Business Zones (IBZs) are geographic areas that serve as safe havens for manufacturing and industrial firms.
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Food and Retail-oriented Spaces
Lower Manhattan - Available Restaurant Spaces
The Downtown Alliance maintains a list of vacant storefronts in Lower Manhattan that used to have restaurant occupants and thus already have kitchens and other features needed for restaurant use.
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Entrepreneur Space (Queens)
This organization provides commercial kitchen, offices and classrooms for rent to small businesses and startups.
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Urbanspace Union Square
The 10,000 sq. foot venue is curating a lineup of chefs, food entrepreneurs, and new restaurant concepts. At least 25% of the Food Hall will be reserved for use by entrepreneurs or start-ups operating for less than four years.
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Institute of Culinary Education
This organization maintains an extensive list of shared, industrial kitchens and food incubators that offer affordable rates to up-and-coming chefs.
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Essex Market
Essex Market is a food market with independent vendors at the intersection of Essex Street and Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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Flatbush Central
A market that serves as a micro-entrepreneurship incubator and is home to 30+ Caribbean, West African, and Central American retailers and food vendors
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Moore Street Market
This dining and retail-oriented Market is located in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
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La Marqueta (East Harlem)
La Marqueta in East Harlem features an incubator kitchen for food entrepreneurs.
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Hot Bread Kitchen (Subleasing)
Hot Bread Kitchen offers commercial kitchen rental at sliding-scale rates and support in recipe development, product marketing and business scale-up.
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FAB NYC Arts Market on Avenue B
The market features art and personally handmade goods (though not food) and happens two Saturdays each month starting July 23rd.
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Co-Working Spaces
Private offices, shared office space and conference rooms for monthly and long-term rental.
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LMHQ
LMHQ is a non-profit space created by the Downtown Alliance in order to provide meeting, event, and office spaces for small business.
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Shopify NY
Shopify's entrepreneur space in SoHo has photo and podcast studios available to rent as well as free events, networking opportunities, workshops, and in-person Shopify support.
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WeWork
WeWork offers a one-month free trial for new members.
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NY Designs
NY Designs is a business incubator offering networking opportunities and affordable studio spaces to entrepreneurs working in the design and hardware tech industries.
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Bronx Technology Business Incubator
A workspace for technology freelancers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. They offer both shared and private work spaces at an affordable rate.
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Greendesk
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Industrious
We know choosing, financing, and otherwise expanding to a new space can be challenging. The Pace University SBDC is here to help. Contact us to schedule a no-cost, one-on-one business counseling session.