commercial real estate help?

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

Friend of mine is looking very hard for a not-insanely-expensive small office space (~300 sq. ft, approximately, though the size needed will vary with the shape of the space) near Davis or nearby on the red line. Craigslist seemed like a useful answer, but the options he's seen there are skeevy or expensive or both.

Most of what I can find online requires signing up for some service to get details, or is commercial real estate for sale, not lease (i.e., yes, I've tried Google, and I get nothing useful).

What brokers/agencies can you recommend to find some decent small-office commercial listings that don't cost multiple thousands per month?


- about 300 square feet
- not in a basement (i.e., not somewhere likely to flood when bad weather hits)
- shared bathroom is ok
- windows capable of holding an air conditioner
- at least one 12 ft stretch of smooth wall
- within a few blocks of a red line t-stop (davis, porter, harvard, central)
- under $1500/month

Comments

[dmaze]

I work in the Cambridge Innovation Center at One Broadway in Cambridge, not quite on top of the Kendall T. Most of the CIC space is small offices (though it's a little inconvenient if a lot of your business is meeting with customers/clients). They claim space is between $350-1200/person/month (http://cic.us/common-questions/)...but 300 sf is probably several people and this probably qualifies as pricey.

[3rdragon]

I work for Cambridge Innovation Center (disclaimer: NOT in sales or client relationships), and 300 sq. ft. is a medium-large office, by our standards, and yes, likely to be several thousand/month.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

ok, so CIC isn't an option. thanks!

(FYI -- i've heard of several small office spaces right in harvard square that go for less than $1500 a month. they're not co-working spaces, but if anyone's in the market for small office-type spaces close to the T, they exist and don't cost The Earth.)