Charleston, SC Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

Explore 220 listings of Charleston commercial real estate to find the best space for your business.

2030 Herbert St

2030 Herbert St, Four Mile Hibernian, Charleston, SC
Property

Industrial

6,000 SF
Availability

1 Space

6,000 SF
For Lease

$18.00/SF/YR
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West Charleston Business Center

1941 Savage Road, Savage Road - Citadel Mall, Charleston, SC
Property

Office

73,133 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

2,700 SF
Year Built

1989
For Lease

$18.00/SF/YR
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255 East Bay Street

255 East Bay Street, Downtown Charleston, Charleston, SC
Property

Office

4,730 SF
Availability

1 Space

4,730 SF
For Lease

$35.00/SF/YR
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139 Market St

139 Market St, Downtown Charleston, Charleston, SC
Property

Retail

4,800 SF
Availability

1 Space

2,005 SF
Year Built

1850
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The Frankie Building

171 Church Street, Downtown Charleston, Charleston, SC
Property

Office

87,000 SF
For Sale

$995,000
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1014 St. Andrews Blvd

1014 St. Andrews Blvd, Maryville - Asleyville, Charleston, SC
Property

Office

34,765 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

8,699 SF
For Lease

$33.75/SF/YR
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West Ashley Conditioned Flex Space

701 Dupont Rd, Dupont Area - Orleans, Charleston, SC
Property

Industrial

4,300 SF
Availability

2 Spaces

2,700 SF
Year Built

1989
For Lease

$24.00/SF/YR
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Ashley Crossing

2245 Ashley Crossing Drive, Drayton Quarters - Magwood, Charleston, SC
Property

Retail

111,581 SF
Availability

1 Space

8,934 SF
Year Built

1991
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Indigo Village

1662 Savannah Hwy, Ardmore - Sherwood Forest, Charleston, SC
Property

Retail

25,475 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,120 SF
Year Built

1983
For Lease

$30.00/SF/YR
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Daniel Island Town Center - 162 Seven Farms Drive

162 Seven Farms Drive, Daniel Island, Charleston, SC
Property

Retail

73,228 SF
Availability

4 Spaces

10,698 SF
Year Built

2002
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2637 Clements Ferry Rd

2637 Clements Ferry Rd, Daniel Island, Charleston, SC
Property

VacantLand

3 Acre
Availability

1 Space

3 Acre
Year Built

2008
For Lease

$8,000.00/Acre/MO
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651 Meeting St

651 Meeting St, East Central Charleston, Charleston, SC
Property

Office

10,532 SF
Availability

1 Space

3,851 SF
Year Built

2023
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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 Charleston commercial real estate market incorporates 3,645,106 square feet of office space across 103 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. In Charleston, the coworking segment of the commercial real estate market incorporates about 476 square feet.
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 Charleston commercial real estate market includes 2,098,869 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 Charleston market, there is a total of 1,250,681 square feet of industrial property.

The listing inventory in Charleston 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 Charleston is represented by Office space, which accounts for 1,055,466 square feet of available listings. Industrial space available in Charleston adds up to 558,801 square feet.

Meanwhile, most of the listings of commercial property for sale in Charleston are in the Office 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 Charleston is $30.32 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 Charleston 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 $34.93 per square foot, industrial space in Charleston saw average rents of $17 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 Charleston, depending on the property type you are interested in. The highest concentration of commercial space listings of any kind in Charleston is in the Daniel Island neighborhood. But if we look at each commercial property type, we find that for office space, the best location is the Daniel Island area.

Meanwhile, retail space opportunities are most abundant in the Daniel Island submarket. Alternatively, if you are looking for warehouse or other industrial space, consider looking at listings in Dupont Area - Orleans.

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 $45 per square foot. In particular, the property type commanding the highest lease rates in Charleston was Retail space.

Conversely, the highest sale price last year was $49,500,000 that is located at 1505 King Street.

The average size of a commercial property in Charleston 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 Charleston, the average size of an office property is 40,502 square feet.
Retail properties here incorporate an average of 40,363 square feet.
Industrial space in Charleston is in buildings that are, on average 69,483 square feet in size.

Charleston, SC Currently Available Listings

Commercial Space for Lease Breakdown

Commercial real estate listings for rent in Charleston currently add up to 3,662,619 square feet. The market offers 82 active office listing(s), which amount to 1,004,562 square feet and account for 53% of commercial spaces on the market. Local retail availability includes 257,301 square feet across 46 retail space(s). Industrial space for rent opportunities in Charleston amount to 575,967 square feet across a total of 16 warehouse and other industrial listing(s).

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	82	1,004,562
Retail	46	257,301
Industrial	16	575,967
Other	10	1,824,789

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 Charleston, SC. Currently, there is 400,310 square feet of commercial property for sale here , which includes 19 office building(s) for sale , 11 retail investment opportunity listing(s) , and 3 listing(s) of industrial real estate property for sale .

Property Type	Count of Listings	Total SF
Office	19	243,357
Retail	11	44,903
Industrial	3	51,208
Other	23	60,842

Charleston, SC Commercial Real Estate for Lease and Sale

2030 Herbert St

West Charleston Business Center

255 East Bay Street

139 Market St

The Frankie Building

1014 St. Andrews Blvd

West Ashley Conditioned Flex Space

Ashley Crossing

Indigo Village

Daniel Island Town Center - 162 Seven Farms Drive

2637 Clements Ferry Rd

651 Meeting St

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