Office Space in Elmhurst, Illinois

Van Vlissingen and Co. represents office and medical office tenants, buyers, and landlords in Elmhurst, Illinois. Gordon Lamphere and our office team focus on tenant representation from 3,000 to 50,000 square feet, with leasing, sales, and property management for buildings up to 1,000,000 square feet.

Van Vlissingen and Co. performs more than 100 commercial real estate transactions annually, and our team has completed over $3 billion in transaction volume. We have operated continuously in Chicagoland commercial real estate since 1879, and we manage 870 acres and more than 6 million square feet across three corporate parks we developed ourselves.

Elmhurst Office Is Effectively Full

This is the tightest office market in our entire coverage area, and it is not close.

Elmhurst is roughly four times tighter than Palatine and ten times tighter than Skokie. Two percent availability is not a market with limited choice. It is a market that is essentially let.

And the shape of what remains tells you more

The 937,004 square foot inventory sits across just six buildings of at least 25,000 square feet, with the largest office property at 86,781 square feet and properties in the 100,000 to 500,000 square foot range accounting for 397,600 square feet of it.

Yet the average available space is 1,534 square feet, ranging from 257 to 5,074.

Large buildings, very small vacancies. The substantial buildings are full and what is left on the market is suite-sized. For an occupier that is the single most important thing to understand about Elmhurst before starting a search.

What that means practically

If your requirement is 10,000 square feet or more, there is currently nothing in Elmhurst that can take you. Not a limited selection — nothing. The largest available space is 5,074 square feet.

That is not a permanent condition, but it is the current one, and a search here has to be built around off-market approach, sublease opportunity, and adjacent markets rather than around listings.

Inventory and listing figures per PropertyShark and CommercialCafe, the latter citing Yardi Research Data for 2026 on properties larger than 25,000 square feet. Availability share derived by dividing published available space by published inventory. Comparative figures from our Palatine and Skokie office pages, from the same platforms.

Why It Is Full: $19 Next Door to Oak Brook at $25

Elmhurst sits immediately east of Oak Brook, and the pricing gap between them is the second half of the explanation.

Elmhurst prices roughly 20 to 25 percent below Oak Brook and about a third below its wider submarket average, on a site that is minutes away by car and closer to the city.

Class B space, which accounts for 60.46 percent of the market, averages that same $19 per square foot.

And it is not old stock

25.07 percent of Elmhurst office was delivered in or since 2000 — second newest in our coverage area, behind only Glenview at 47.37 percent and well ahead of Palatine at 14.29 percent, Mount Prospect at 4.46 percent, and Oak Park at 3.04 percent. Class A accounts for 19.3 percent of listings and Class C for 20.24 percent.

Put the three facts together

Second-highest household income in our coverage area at $149,644 median and $208,896 average. Second-newest office stock. Priced 20 to 25 percent below the adjacent premium submarket.

Of course it is full. The interesting question is not why Elmhurst is tight — it is what you do about it, and that is a different conversation from a listing search.

Rate and class figures per CommercialCafe and CommercialSearch. Oak Brook comparison per CityFeet listings on Spring Road. Income figures from the US Census via four independent sources, detailed on our Elmhurst retail page.

How You Actually Find Space in a 2 Percent Market

Not by watching listing platforms. With 14 to 15 listings averaging 1,534 square feet, the published market can be exhausted in an afternoon and frequently contains nothing that fits.

Four approaches work here, and we run all of them.

Direct owner approach. In a market of six substantial buildings, we can contact every owner of consequence. Space that is coming available in six or twelve months is not yet listed, and a tenant who is known and ready is a better proposition to a landlord than a marketing campaign.

Sublease and assignment. A company downsizing or relocating has space it needs to place, and frequently has not listed it. Those situations move quickly and they are found through relationships rather than searches.

Lease event tracking. Knowing when leases in the substantial buildings expire is straightforward work that almost nobody does. It converts a reactive search into a planned approach twelve to eighteen months ahead.

Honest adjacency. Oak Brook, Villa Park, Lombard, and Addison all sit within minutes. If Elmhurst genuinely has nothing, we will say so and show you what does exist rather than touring you through unsuitable suites to look busy.

And if you are already in Elmhurst

Your renewal position is stronger than you may realize, and weaker than it looks. A 2 percent market means your landlord knows replacing you is easy — but it also means your alternatives are genuinely limited, and a landlord who knows that will price accordingly.

The answer is to start early. Eighteen months before expiry, with a credible alternative identified and a broker who has already spoken to every other owner in the market, is a materially different negotiation from three months before expiry with nowhere to go.

Where Is Office Space in Elmhurst?

The market data names the concentrations directly: Downtown Elmhurst, Crestview Park, and Pick.

• Downtown Elmhurst — the dominant office location, holding 12 to 13 of the available spaces. Walkable, around the Metra Union Pacific West station, in a city where roughly 12 percent of residents commute by public transit.
• Crestview Park — a named concentration of lease opportunities.
• Pick — a further named concentration.
• The Brush Hill Road and hospital area — medical office, including 133 East Brush Hill Road, marketed as adjacent to Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital.
• The North Avenue and Roosevelt Road corridors — professional and service office along the northern and southern arterials.

Downtown holding the great majority of availability is unusual and it reflects the market’s character: this is a walkable, affluent, transit-served city where office demand concentrates where the amenity is, rather than spreading along highway corridors.

Elmhurst also spans DuPage and Cook Counties, and sales tax and property assessment practice differ between them. We confirm the county for a specific building before a letter of intent, as we do in every split-jurisdiction market we cover.

Medical Office and the Hospital

Medical office in Elmhurst averages approximately 3,525 square feet, ranging from 900 to 13,000 — which is notable, because the largest medical office space available exceeds the largest general office space available by a considerable margin.

The demand driver is Elmhurst Hospital, a 259-bed facility now part of Endeavor Health. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital was founded in 1926 as the first hospital in DuPage County, and more than 500 healthcare providers operate in the area.

Product is marketed on that adjacency directly — 133 East Brush Hill Road advertises itself as medical office space adjacent to Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital.

Why medical is the exception to the tightness

In a market where general office tops out at 5,074 square feet available, a 13,000 square foot medical suite is a genuine outlier. Medical space is harder to re-let because it is specialized, which means it sits longer and is available in larger blocks than the general market.

For a practice, that is an advantage: real choice in a market that otherwise has none. For a general office tenant, it is worth knowing that a portion of the apparent inventory is fitted for clinical use and converting it back is rarely economic.

We establish which is which before touring.

Office Tenant Representation in Elmhurst — 3,000 to 50,000 SF

Our office tenant representation practice covers the 3,000 to 50,000 square foot range across corporate, professional, medical, and back office requirements. Elmhurst’s currently available general office sits almost entirely below the bottom of that band.

For occupiers looking at Elmhurst, we run the full process: requirement definition, market survey across listed and off-market availability, building inspection, and comparative analysis of total occupancy cost rather than headline rent.

Four things drive an Elmhurst decision.

Whether anything can take you at all. At 2 percent availability with a 5,074 square foot ceiling on general office, the first answer for many requirements is no. We give that answer on the first call, then work the off-market approach if Elmhurst is genuinely where you need to be.

Timing. In a market this tight, an eighteen-month runway is not caution, it is the difference between a choice and a fait accompli. Lease event tracking in six substantial buildings is straightforward work and it produces options nobody else will show you.

Oak Brook as the honest alternative. Adjacent, more available, and $4.50 to $6.50 per square foot more expensive. Whether that premium is worth paying depends on what Elmhurst specifically gives you, and for many businesses the answer is that it does not.

Which county. Elmhurst spans DuPage and Cook, and the tax and assessment treatment differs. We establish that for a specific building before a letter of intent.

We negotiate the LOI and the lease — free rent, tenant improvement allowances, expansion and contraction rights, renewal and termination options, and parking. We work both sides of the table in Elmhurst, and we tell you which side we are on before an assignment begins.

Office Leasing, Sales & Property Management in Elmhurst — Buildings Up to 1,000,000 SF

For owners and investors we handle office leasing, investment sales, and property management, from single-tenant buildings to multi-tenant portfolios up to 1,000,000 square feet.

Landlord Representation

We build and execute the leasing plan: positioning against comparables from transactions we negotiated ourselves, marketing to the regional occupier base, prospect qualification, and negotiation through lease execution. In a 2 percent market the leasing question is not how to fill space — it is whether you are pricing correctly. A building letting immediately at $19 in a market where the adjacent submarket asks $23.50 to $28.39 may be leaving money on the table, and we will tell you if we think it is.

The Pricing Question a Tight Market Raises

Two percent availability against an adjacent market at a 20 to 25 percent premium is a specific signal. Either Elmhurst is genuinely a cheaper location and the market has priced it correctly, or asking rents here have not caught up with demand.

The evidence points toward the second. This is a city with the second-highest household income in our coverage at $149,644 median and $208,896 average, the second-newest office stock at 25.07 percent post-2000, a 12 percent transit commute rate, a university, and a hospital — and it is essentially full at $19.

We would test that on renewal and on any new letting rather than assume the market rate is the right rate. In a market with no alternatives, an incumbent tenant’s practical options are narrower than the headline comparison suggests.

Investment Sales

Office assets trade on tenant credit, remaining lease term, building quality, and the durability of the employment base. Elmhurst’s case is unusually clean: 2 percent availability, an affluent and growing population, a hospital, a university awarding 1,224 degrees a year, a walkable downtown with strong transit, and relatively new stock. Occupancy risk in a market this tight is materially lower than in most suburban office. We work with 1031 exchange buyers on identification and closing deadlines.

Who Manages Office Property in Elmhurst?

Van Vlissingen and Co. provides comprehensive property management for office and medical office assets in Elmhurst:

• Lease administration, rent collection, and enforcement of lease terms
• CAM and tax reconciliation, prepared to withstand tenant audit
• Building systems, HVAC, elevator, and life safety maintenance programs
• Janitorial, landscaping, snow removal, and parking management
• Vendor selection, contract negotiation, and performance oversight
• Monthly financial reporting, annual budgeting, and capital planning
• Tenant relations, renewal coordination, and suite turnover

Because Elmhurst spans DuPage and Cook Counties, an operating expense budget built on one set of assessment assumptions will not hold on the other side of the line. We budget and reconcile by county, as we do in every split-jurisdiction market we cover.

In a market this tight, renewal management is also the highest-value activity in the whole scope. A tenant with no alternatives is a tenant worth retaining on good terms rather than losing over a maintenance dispute, and the relationship is worth more here than in a market where replacement is easy.

What Is Van Vlissingen’s Office Experience?

Van Vlissingen and Co. performs more than 100 commercial real estate transactions annually, and our team has completed over $3 billion in transaction volume.

The relevant credential in a market found through relationships rather than listings is that we are on the other side of that table. We developed and still manage 870 acres and more than 6 million square feet across three corporate parks, of which Corporate Woods in Vernon Hills is roughly 25 percent office across more than 60 buildings on 340 acres, alongside Corporate Grove in Buffalo Grove and Lincolnshire Corporate Center.

We know how owners think about early renewal, off-market approach, and a tenant who arrives eighteen months ahead with a clear requirement, because we field those approaches ourselves. In a 2 percent market that is worth considerably more than access to a listing platform everyone else can see.

See our full transaction history.

Why Work With Our Elmhurst Office Brokers?

• More than 100 commercial real estate transactions annually, and over $3 billion in team transaction volume
• The tightness quantified — roughly 2 percent availability against Palatine’s 9.7 percent and Skokie’s 22.1 percent — so you know what you are walking into
• Off-market approach, sublease sourcing, and lease event tracking, because 14 listings is not a search
• Oak Brook presented as the honest alternative, with the premium stated rather than avoided
• Medical and general office distinguished, because the largest available space here is clinical
• DuPage and Cook County assessment differences budgeted and reconciled separately
• Owners of multi-tenant office ourselves, which is how off-market space is actually found
• A fourth-generation firm, continuously in Chicagoland commercial real estate since 1879

Nearby Markets We Serve

Elmhurst sits in DuPage and Cook Counties, adjoining Oak Brook to the south, Villa Park and Lombard to the west, Addison and Bensenville to the north, and Berkeley and Hillside to the east. In a market this tight, office requirements almost always extend across those lines. We also broker office space in

• Downers Grove
• Naperville
• Oak Park
• Des Plaines

In Elmhurst itself we also handle retail space, industrial space, property management, and general commercial brokerage.

Elmhurst Office Real Estate FAQs

How much office space is available in Elmhurst?

Very little. Elmhurst’s office market contains 937,004 square feet across six buildings of at least 25,000 square feet, and currently between 18,507 and 23,007 square feet is available across 14 to 15 listings. That is roughly 2 to 2.5 percent of inventory — four times tighter than Palatine at 9.7 percent and ten times tighter than Skokie at 22.1 percent. Average available size is 1,534 square feet, ranging from 257 to 5,074. This is not a market with limited choice; it is a market that is essentially let.

Can I find 10,000 square feet of office space in Elmhurst?

Not currently. The largest available general office space is 5,074 square feet. That is not a limited selection, it is nothing at that size, and we will tell you on the first call rather than after three tours. A requirement of that scale here has to be built around off-market approach, sublease opportunity, and lease event timing, or moved to Oak Brook, Villa Park, Lombard, or Addison.

Why is Elmhurst office space so tight?

Price and quality, in a strong location. Elmhurst averages $19 per square foot against Oak Brook’s adjacent $23.50 to $25.50 and an Eastern East-West Corridor submarket average of $28.39 — roughly 20 to 25 percent below its neighbor. And it is not old stock: 25.07 percent was delivered in or since 2000, second only to Glenview at 47.37 percent in our coverage, and well ahead of Palatine at 14.29 percent and Mount Prospect at 4.46 percent. Combine that with the second-highest household income in our coverage at $149,644 median and $208,896 average, a walkable downtown, a 12 percent transit commute rate, a university, and a hospital, and the tightness is not surprising.

How do you find space in a market with 14 listings?

Not by watching listing platforms. Four approaches work: direct owner approach, because in a market of six substantial buildings every owner of consequence can be contacted; sublease and assignment sourcing, because a downsizing company frequently has not listed its space; lease event tracking, because knowing when leases expire converts a reactive search into a planned approach twelve to eighteen months ahead; and honest adjacency, because if Elmhurst genuinely has nothing we will show you Oak Brook, Villa Park, Lombard, or Addison rather than touring you through unsuitable suites.

I am already in Elmhurst — what does 2 percent availability mean for my renewal?

Your position is weaker than it looks and stronger than you may realize. A landlord knows replacing you is easy in this market, but also knows your alternatives are genuinely limited, and will price accordingly. The answer is to start early. Eighteen months before expiry, with a credible alternative identified and a broker who has already spoken to every other owner in the market, is a materially different negotiation from three months before expiry with nowhere to go.

Where is office space located in Elmhurst?

The greatest concentration of lease opportunities is in Downtown Elmhurst, Crestview Park, and Pick. Downtown holds 12 to 13 of the available spaces — a walkable district around the Metra Union Pacific West station in a city where roughly 12 percent of residents commute by public transit. The Brush Hill Road area carries medical office adjacent to Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital, and the North Avenue and Roosevelt Road corridors carry professional and service office.

What about medical office in Elmhurst?

Medical office averages approximately 3,525 square feet with a range from 900 to 13,000, which means the largest available medical space substantially exceeds the largest available general office space. The driver is Elmhurst Hospital, a 259-bed facility now part of Endeavor Health; Elmhurst Memorial Hospital was founded in 1926 as the first hospital in DuPage County, and more than 500 healthcare providers operate in the area. Medical space is harder to re-let because it is specialized, so it sits longer and comes available in larger blocks than the general market. For a practice that is real choice in a market that otherwise has none.

Does Elmhurst span more than one county?

Yes, DuPage and Cook. Sales tax and property assessment practice differ between them, so a site’s county should be confirmed before a letter of intent rather than assumed, and an operating expense budget built on one side of the line will not necessarily hold on the other.

What size office space does Van Vlissingen and Co. handle in Elmhurst?

Our office tenant representation practice covers 3,000 to 50,000 square feet in Elmhurst and across DuPage and Cook Counties, spanning corporate, professional, medical, and back office requirements. On the leasing, sales, and property management side we handle buildings up to 1,000,000 square feet. Elmhurst’s currently available general office sits almost entirely below the bottom of that band, so we survey adjacent markets alongside it as a matter of course.

Who is the best commercial office broker in Elmhurst?

In a market with 14 listings, choose a brokerage that works off-market rather than one that forwards you a listing platform search. Van Vlissingen and Co. owns and operates multi-tenant office across more than 60 buildings at Corporate Woods in Vernon Hills, part of 870 acres and more than 6 million square feet under management, so we know how owners think about early renewal and off-market approach because we field those approaches ourselves. We perform more than 100 transactions annually with over $3 billion in team volume, and the firm has operated in Chicagoland commercial real estate since 1879. Gordon Lamphere leads the office practice.

Do you manage office property in Elmhurst?

Yes. We provide comprehensive property management for Elmhurst office and medical office assets, covering lease administration, CAM and tax reconciliation, building systems and life safety programs, janitorial and parking management, vendor oversight, and monthly financial reporting. Because Elmhurst spans DuPage and Cook Counties we budget and reconcile by county. In a market this tight, renewal management is the highest-value activity in the scope: a tenant with no alternatives is worth retaining on good terms rather than losing over a maintenance dispute.