Looking for recommendations on office suite sizes in a conversion.
I'm planning on converting an existing building into office suites and have some options for the room sizes. Does anyone rent out office suites and could chime in on what's been the preferred size by most tenants?

My options are approximately 100sqft, 180sqft or 250sqft.

What would you think is more in demand?

Pricewise everything would be about the same $/sqft
[{"id": "icnrf89", "text": "You may want to find a tenant first and reno to suit their needs. If you're looking at a long-term lease this will offer you the most flexibility.", "replies": [{"id": "icpc3xx", "text": "These are mostly all smaller offices so there isn't alot of customization to be done", "replies": [{"id": "icpenat", "text": "I'm not sure if you're demising your space for multiple tenants or just breaking down an existing larger space into multiple smaller offices for a single organization, but based on my experience there is no right answer as to what office size will be best, as each tenant willl have different preference. But if your situation is such that you need to make a decision on office sizes before you find the tenant, try, as best as possible, to think about what kind of organization would be renting your space. What will their needs be? Is it going to just be a series of offices, or will they need a meeting space? Is there going to be a boss who wants a bigger office than the others alongside? Depending on what kind of lease term you're looking for, and ultimate expected end use, it may be worth trying to connect with a designer or other professional who specializes in corporate or office to give some insight before you start building walls. You may also want to look at modular wall design products. While these can be more expensive, they provide flexibility, which could be well worth the cost if you need to adjust the space for tenants now or in the future. Give thoughts too to soundproofing and if, say you may rent to a lawyer or doctor, they may require a level of soundproofing between the offices.\nUltimately until you know who is moving in, there is no right answer about what they will prefer, and if you're looking at a five or ten year lease, it's likely worth securing that lease before committing to layout as, depending on your choices, you may end up limiting who you're able to attract with the space as you create it.\nSource: work in commercial leasing", "replies": [{"id": "id4dkjs", "text": "Thanks for the input. I've actually been looking into sound proofing for some of the new offices that are being built.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "icnv0d6", "text": "Talk to a broker. I feel like We work will be a main competitor. Small office suites across all the sizes you propose are risky since they tend to be on short term leases so you can have a nearly empty building pretty quickly in a downturn.\n\nYou might also want to consider renovating to sell office condos.", "replies": [{"id": "icp5h3q", "text": "We're In a suburb so there are a few coworking places but no weworks around. I'm hoping for slightly longer term rentals than actual co-working spaces.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ico0pc8", "text": "Office broker here. You will need a mix. Without knowing your total size and location any advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I would recommend you tour a wework, regus, industrious or whatever coworking spots you have near you if you have not already as the spaces that lease are market dependent. I would dedicate a small space as a conference room ($/HR cost associated with it) as well. \n\nGood luck!", "replies": [{"id": "icp4z9m", "text": "Thanks for the input!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "icotm10", "text": "I have suites anywhere from 75 sf (yes, really. I'm not kidding), to 110 sf, to 145 sf to 210 sf.\n\nAll rent as easily as the other.\n\nI don't rent by the sf., and I'm in a rural area, where rents for office space are around $18.00 sf. My building with these capacities is a an extremely well kept up class B or C.\n\nThe 75 sf spaces rent for $575.00 a month.\n\nThe 110 sf spaces rent for $675.00 a month.\n\nThe 145 sf spaces rent for $725.00 a month.\n\nAnd the 210 sf spaces rent for for $1,175.00 a month.\n\nIf they have a window to the outside...add $75.00.\n\nI'm almost always around 80% occupied.\n\nWithin 3 miles there are at least 5 other places that charge half those rates and all are about 50% vacant.", "replies": [{"id": "icp5bsg", "text": "Thanks so much for the input! I'm in a suburb in between DC and Baltimore and actually your pricing is close to what I'm hoping to get. Current plan is for about 30 offices total with a mix of sizes. I'll be including utilities and maintenance, but do you include wifi? \n\nMost of our competitors offer it as a 50/month add on or have connections in each office so the tenant can get their own service from Comcast or Verizon. I was thinking of including it as a perk of the building.", "replies": [{"id": "icp8xdo", "text": "&gt; but do you include wifi?\n\nNo, and the reason I opted not to do that was...when it breaks...I get the phone call.\n\nAnd it's always *their* issue....they lost the password, or the power was out so the router needed to be reset. Always simple but...always at a time when I'd rather be doing something other than saying \"*did you check to see if it's plugged in?*\"\n\nFor a nominal return....I just don't have time for that.\n\nThey get their own service and they maintain it.", "replies": [{"id": "icpcacn", "text": "That is exactly why I'm still on the fence about it. I just have a feeling that alot of people want an all-in-one solution. One price gets everything you need to get started.", "replies": [{"id": "ics564k", "text": "Or find a managed network provider and get a cost for them to handle it and pass the cost along. Let them manage it if you don\u2019t want to handle it.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}, {"id": "icsczjr", "text": "There's no question, as the world moves ever closer to services instead of ownership (rentals / leasing of everything) the more you can take off of someone's list of responsibilities, the better (and the higher premium you can charge for doing so).", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "icp5joh", "text": "Ahh, also do you have a conference room or anything? One of our competitors does and I'm not sure if it's something that would be a big perk.", "replies": [{"id": "icp9sut", "text": "That is a great question and, while I agree with another poster herein where they suggested you go scope out some WeWork and Regis sites (which is precisely what I did), which frankly is why I built out a *very* nice conference room...huge solid 18 foot long conference table, awesome chairs, gorgeous flooring....as far as I know, it's been used maybe 5 times in the past year and 3 were me just getting away from my phones to do some work without being bothered.\n\nI thought it would be a big draw for prospective tenants being that I had a well taken care of class B/C building.  Not a single prospective tenant mentioned it and none of those folks have used it.", "replies": [{"id": "icpco60", "text": "This is really what I thought would happen. We have a great spot for a conference room but I couldn't also turn that room into 2 offices.\n\nHow about bathrooms? I'm planning on 6 or 7 half baths for about 32-33 offices.\n\nI also have a small kitchenette in the plans with 2 fridges, 2 microwaves, 2 sinks and a vending machine. No eating /table space, just to prep.", "replies": [], "depth": 4}, {"id": "icpebgh", "text": "Shanamat - Don\u2019t listen to this idiot.", "replies": [{"id": "icpg7zz", "text": "Shanamat....all you need to do to discern the above posters credentials...is review this (and all sub comments therein):  [https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialRealEstate/comments/vdniw0/developers\\_how\\_are\\_you\\_justifying\\_taking\\_projects/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialRealEstate/comments/vdniw0/developers_how_are_you_justifying_taking_projects/)\n\nIt speaks for itself.", "replies": [{"id": "icpiuzb", "text": "Shananat - this dude has no understanding of commercial real estate. Take what he says with a grain of salt", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]