New Orleans, LA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 223 listings of New Orleans commercial real estate to find the best space for your business.

Propel Park - Phase 4

13800 Old Gentilly Road, Viavant - Venetian Isles, New Orleans, LA
Property

Industrial

250,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

250,000 SF
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1601 Lesseps Street

1601 Lesseps Street, Bywater, New Orleans, LA
Property

Multi-Family

6,696 SF
For Sale

$700,000
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747 Magazine Street

747 Magazine St, New Orleans Central Business District, New Orleans, LA
Property

Office

4,898 SF
Availability

1 Space

4,898 SF
For Lease

$23.00/SF/YR
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201 Baronne Street

201 Baronne Street, New Orleans Central Business District, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

3,805 SF
Availability

1 Space

520 SF
For Lease

$39.23/SF/YR
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4201 France Road

4201 France Road, Desire, New Orleans, LA
Property

VacantLand
For Sale

$2,000,000
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Gentilly Shopping Center

3043 Gentilly Blvd., Dillard, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

159,000 SF
Availability

13 Spaces

38,028 SF
For Lease

$1.00 - $23.90/SF/YR
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2100 St Charles Avenue

2100 St Charles Avenue, Lower Garden, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

2,100 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,100 SF
For Lease

$20.00/SF/YR
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First Bank and Trust Tower

909 POYDRAS ST, New Orleans Central Business District, New Orleans, LA
Property

Office

545,145 SF
Availability

14 Spaces

74,252 SF
Year Built

1986
For Lease

$19.00 - $20.00/SF/YR
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7123 Forshey St

7123 Forshey St, Gert Town, New Orleans, LA
Property

Industrial

5,000 SF
For Sale

$675,000
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University Retail Center

2841 S Claiborne Ave New Orleans, Central City New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

9,510 SF
Availability

1 Space

9,510 SF
For Lease

$23.00/SF/YR
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1200 Poydras Street New Orleans

1200 Poydras Street New Orleans, New Orleans Central Business District, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

10,306 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

10,306 SF
Year Built

2017
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830 Jefferson

830 Jefferson, Riverside, New Orleans, LA
Property

Retail

2,540 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,650 SF
For Lease

$45.00/SF/YR
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3525 Prytania Street #402

3525 Prytania Street, Touro, New Orleans, LA
Property

Office

6,706 SF
Year Built

1976
For Sale

$1,609,000
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2817 Napoleon Ave

2817 Napoleon Ave, Milan, New Orleans, LA
Property

Office

5,222 SF
Availability

1 Space

1,940 SF
For Lease

$45.00/SF/YR
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Propel Park - Building 1

13800 Old Gentilly Road, Viavant - Venetian Isles, New Orleans, LA
Property

Industrial

259,606 SF
Availability

1 Space

162,488 SF
Year Built

2024
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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 New Orleans commercial real estate market incorporates 6,761,803 square feet of office space across 59 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 New Orleans commercial real estate market includes 1,369,577 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 New Orleans market, there is a total of 1,452,306 square feet of industrial property.

The listing inventory in New Orleans 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 New Orleans is represented by Industrial space, which accounts for 2,079,304 square feet of available listings. Office space available in New Orleans adds up to 1,310,447 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in New Orleans are in the Retail 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 New Orleans is $18.98 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 New Orleans 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 New Orleans, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in New Orleans is in the New Orleans Central Business District neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the New Orleans Central Business District area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the New Orleans Central Business District submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Viavant - Venetian Isles.

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 $33.75 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in New Orleans was Retail space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $5,500,000 that is located at 700 Camp Street.

The average size of a commercial property in New Orleans 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 New Orleans, the average size of an office property is 120,747 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 21,071 square feet.
Industrial space in New Orleans is in buildings that are, on average 90,770 square feet in size.

New Orleans, LA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in New Orleans currently add up to 3,838,030 square feet. The market offers 41 active office listing(s), which amount to 1,310,447 square feet and account for 36% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 297,892 square feet across 52 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in New Orleans amount to 2,079,304 square feet across a total of 10 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	41	1,310,447
Retail	52	297,892
Industrial	10	2,079,304
Other	8	150,387

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 New Orleans, LA. Currently, there is 989,657 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 17 office building(s) for sale , 24 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 6 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	17	155,601
Retail	24	193,997
Industrial	6	57,830
Other	48	582,229

New Orleans, LA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

As one of the most significant ports in the Gulf Coast and on the Mississippi River, New Orleans has historically been a commercial and transportation hub of importance, while manufacturing also holds an important role in the local economy.

Today, in addition to its strong industrial and retail space market, New Orleans also boasts growing office and medical space markets — making it one of the prime commercial real estate markets in the South thanks to its diversification. Moreover, the support shown toward entrepreneurs and young professionals greatly contributed to the city’s recovery, bringing an influx of investments in and fresh ideas to modern industries, such as technology, healthcare and tourism.

New Orleans, LA Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Propel Park - Phase 4

1601 Lesseps Street

747 Magazine Street

201 Baronne Street

4201 France Road

Gentilly Shopping Center

2100 St Charles Avenue

First Bank and Trust Tower

7123 Forshey St

University Retail Center

1200 Poydras Street New Orleans

830 Jefferson

3525 Prytania Street #402

2817 Napoleon Ave

Propel Park - Building 1

Frequently Asked Questions

New Orleans, LA Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial Space for Sale Breakdown

New Orleans, LA Commercial Real Estate Market Overview

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