St. Louis Tenant Representation — Commercial Real Estate Brokers & Agents on Your Side

TenantBase's Q2 2026 St. Louis market report cites office asking rent in the $21.40–$22.17/SF range, with vacancy at 15.0% (projected to hold in a 14.5–15.2% range through the rest of the year). Office lease terms lean short: under-1-year is the most common term (43.33% of deals), followed by 3-5 years (23.33%) and 2-3 years (20.00%). A St. Louis partner broker can pull current asking rates for the specific submarket and size range you need.

TenantBase's Q2 2026 St. Louis report doesn't publish a market-wide retail asking-rent or occupancy figure — it describes retail vacancy as running below 1% across the high-income northern suburbs specifically. Industrial/warehouse space is running $6.06/SF NNN (up 3.4% year over year) with vacancy at 5.5–6.0%. Industrial/warehouse lease terms lean toward 1-2 years (48.48% of deals) then 3-5 years (24.24%); retail leans the same direction, with 1-2 years the most common term (30.19%) followed closely by 3-5 years (24.53%). A St. Louis partner broker can provide current retail pricing for a specific submarket.

Based on 99 active TenantBase tenant searches over the past 90 days, flex/industrial leads active demand in St. Louis at 33.33% (33 of 99), followed by retail/storefront at 29.29% (29 of 99), office at 24.24% (24 of 99), warehouse at 8.08% (8 of 99), and medical at 5.05% (5 of 99). TenantBase's own Q2 2026 St. Louis market report doesn't publish a single overall demand-mix breakdown across categories the way this comparison draws on for some other markets, so this figure reflects our own live 90-day search snapshot rather than a side-by-side with the report.

TenantBase features five neighborhood pages for St. Louis — Central West End, Downtown St. Louis, The Grove, Tower Grove South, and St. Louis Place — each confirmed live on the site. Our own live tenant-search deals carry real submarket tags too (Central West End, Downtown, Midtown, Clayton, Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, Manchester/270, Maryland Heights/Westport, and the St. Charles County area), which are broader submarket and suburb names rather than the report's curated neighborhood pages. TenantBase's Q2 2026 market report separately lists top retail submarkets by deal count: St. Louis proper (24 deals), Chesterfield (7 deals), Farmington (5 deals), and Fenton and St. Peters (4 deals each).

Lease-term preferences vary meaningfully by property type in St. Louis. TenantBase's Q2 2026 report shows office tenants leaning short, with under-1-year the dominant term (43.33% of deals) followed by 3-5 years (23.33%); industrial/warehouse tenants leaning toward 1-2 years (48.48%) then 3-5 years (24.24%); and retail tenants also leaning toward 1-2 years (30.19%) then 3-5 years (24.53%). A St. Louis partner broker can help you weigh the right term length for your specific search and property type.

Plan on roughly 150–250 square feet per employee for a standard mixed layout: dense, open floor plans run 100–150 SF per person, while spacious or private-office-heavy layouts run 250–350 SF per person. A 10-person team typically needs about 1,500–2,500 SF. A St. Louis partner broker can help you right-size before touring so you don't pay for space you won't use.

Timelines vary by property type and size, but most St. Louis tenants move from initial search to signed lease in roughly 60–120 days when working with a dedicated tenant representation partner broker.

A St. Louis tenant representation broker works exclusively for a business searching for commercial space — surveying the local market, touring options, and negotiating lease terms on the tenant's behalf, rather than the landlord's. This is different from a listing agent, who represents the landlord and is focused on leasing one specific building; a tenant rep has no incentive to favor any one property.

The fastest way is to work with a St. Louis tenant rep who already tracks available office inventory across the metro's active submarkets — Downtown, Central West End, Clayton, and Chesterfield among them — they can surface options that fit your size, budget, and timeline faster than searching listings alone.

You're not required to use one, but a tenant representation broker works exclusively for you — not the landlord — and typically costs you nothing, since landlords already budget for the leasing commission. TenantBase connects you with a St. Louis partner broker who handles tours, comparisons, and negotiation on your behalf at no cost.

Yes. Tenant representation typically does not have a direct cost to the business — brokers are compensated by the landlord at lease signing, so working with a TenantBase partner broker is free for the tenant.

TenantBase is a technology platform built for commercial tenants. It pairs a searchable, broker-sourced database of office, retail, industrial, warehouse, and medical space with a network of independently licensed local partner brokers — you browse available St. Louis space by property type and submarket, get matched with a local partner broker, tour the spaces that fit, and get support through negotiation and signing, all at no cost to the tenant.