{"id":1004804484,"date":"2026-08-04T02:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004804484"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:57:56","slug":"top-5-western-markets-for-office-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-5-western-markets-for-office-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Western Markets for Office Transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Office transaction activity across the Western U.S. remained fluid year-to-date through May 2026, according to Yardi Matrix information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The region followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-sale-prices-surge-volume-hold-steady\/\">broader investment patterns<\/a>, with stronger pricing supporting steady transaction activity, even as the amount of space changing hands varied. This suggests that investors remained willing to pay premiums for well-positioned assets, mirroring national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-industry-trends\/\">office space trends<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix and Denver led the region in dollar volume, while Las Vegas emerged as the priciest market on our list\u201464.4 percent higher than the national average of $213 per square foot. Together, these five metros generated $1.1 billion in sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"Top 5 Western Markets for Office Transactions\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-8mp8g\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8mp8g\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"335\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})();<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-phoenix\">1. Phoenix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix&#8217;s office investment volume ranked first among the top five Western markets, with $522.8 million in traded assets year-to-date through May. Investors closed 41 transactions involving approximately 3.1 million square feet. Properties sold at an average sale price of $171.7 per square foot.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"1004804505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-5-western-markets-for-office-transactions\/horizon-bay-tempe-ariz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Horizon_Bay_Tempe_Ariz\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image sourced from Yardi Matrix&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Horizon Bay is a Class A creative office property at 1337 E. Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, Ariz. Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg?w=640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior shot of an office building at 1337 E. Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, Ariz.\" class=\"wp-image-1004804505\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/Horizon-Bay-Tempe-Ariz-e1783427423777.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Horizon Bay is a Class A creative office property at 1337 E. Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, Ariz.<em> Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/phoenix-office-market-update\/\">Phoenix\u2019s sales volume<\/a> rose 62 percent year-over-year from the same period in 2025, when office deals generated $322.7 million. Additionally, the total square footage sold increased 123 percent and transactions closed jumped 21 percent from a year ago. During the same period of 2025, the metro saw 34 sales, involving nearly 1.4 million square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/office\/us\/az\/phoenix\/\">Phoenix office space<\/a> pricing moved in the opposite direction as of May 2026, falling 27.3 percent from the same period of last year, when properties sold at $236.1 per square foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest investment in Phoenix is Wentworth Property Co.\u2019s $46.2 million sale of a 148,356-square-foot creative office in Tempe, Ariz. In February, Silver Creek Development acquired the building that is part of the Novus Innovation Corridor, a 355-acre mixed-use development adjacent to Arizona State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-denver\">2. Denver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/denver-office-market-update\/\">Denver is the runner-up<\/a> on our list, with $369.9 million in office sales as of May. A total of 4.1 million square feet sold across 30 deals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to May 2025, the metro\u2019s dollar volume rose 13 percent, while the square footage marked a 9 percent increase. During that period, 3.8 million square feet traded across 25 sales, generating $327.2 million in Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office properties sold at $90.5 per square foot on average as of May\u2014a 3.6 percent increase from the $87.4 per square foot value from a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CP Group\u2019s $47.5 million acquisition of Denver Place, a 34-story tower in the city\u2019s central business district represents the largest office deal in the metro. LBA Realty was the seller of the 891,505-square-foot building that traded in January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-las-vegas\">3. Las Vegas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Las Vegas stood out as the third metro on our list with $115.1 million in sales. Investors closed eight deals\u2014an unchanged number from a year ago\u2014involving 328,680 square feet at an average of $350.1 per square foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales volume increased 27.6 percent from the $90.2 million recorded a year earlier, while square footage traded declined 13.6 percent from the 380,437 square feet recorded during the first five months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las Vegas posted the highest year-over-year increase in average office sale price, up 47.7 percent from $237.10 per square foot in May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-tucson-ariz\">4. Tucson, Ariz. <\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"1004804509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-5-western-markets-for-office-transactions\/4888-north-stone-avenue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4888_N_Stone_Ave_Tucson_Ariz\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image sourced from Yardi Matrix&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Totaling 94,569 square feet, the two-story suburban office property at 4888 N. Stone Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., changed onwership in March. Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg?w=640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior image of an office building at 4888 N. Stone Ave. in Tucson, Ariz.\" class=\"wp-image-1004804509\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/07\/4888-North-Stone-Avenue-e1783427813324.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Totaling 94,569 square feet, the two-story suburban office property at 4888 N. Stone Ave. in Tucson, Ariz., changed ownership in March. <em>Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tucson, Ariz.\u2019s office sector posted a significant increase in dollar volume year-to-date through May, with three transactions totaling $45.9 million\u2014a 55.9 percent year-over-year gain. During the same period last year, the metro recorded four deals totaling $29.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first five months of 2026, Tucson saw 176,463 square feet changing ownership\u201432.5 percent lower from the 261,607 square feet of space sold a year ago. The average sale price stood at $260.2 per square foot\u2014a 131 percent year-over-year jump from the $112.6 per square foot average from 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, El Rio Health paid $40.1 million for a 94,569-square-foot office building, representing the largest investment in Tucson year-to-date as of May 2026. Meridian sold the property for $423.6 per square foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-boise-idaho\">5. Boise, Idaho<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Boise, Idaho, rounds out our list. Through May, the metro recorded $34.8 million in office sales across three transactions, an 85.5 percent year-over-year increase. During the same period in 2025, just two sales closed, totaling $18.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Square footage sold also increased, rising 65 percent year-over-year. As of May 2026, investors traded 179,192 square feet at an average of $194 per square foot, compared to 108,335 square feet at an average of $172.80 per square foot during the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s how the five leading Western office markets stacked up in terms of sales volume, pricing and square footage traded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2991,"featured_media":1004804504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22251,21783,41288,21742,15],"tags":[39329],"class_list":["post-1004804484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-focus","category-investment","category-rc-listicles","category-latest","category-west","tag-topofthelist"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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