We rent our office space from my sister-in-law who is unfortunately in the process of relocating her business. As a result, we are currently going through the exercise of reevaluating our office space needs and investigating where to move.

As I mentioned in a previous article, Why It’s So Hard to Find Office Space, it’s not the easiest process. However, knowing where to look for office space listings is half the battle. Here is a comprehensive list of places we are using to find our new office space.

County Economic Development Website
Our office is in Montgomery County, PA. The county has an economic development corporation, the Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation or MCIDC. The MCIDC has a website with a property search feature that you can use to find all classes of commercial space including warehouse, retail, office and industrial space.

City/Township Website
We have considered moving to a number of towns including Ardmore, PA. The township has a business district authority, the Admore Initiative, which runs a website that lists available office space.

Local paper
We have several local papers, but the one that tends to have the most real estate listings is the Main Line Times. It is available in print form and online at http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1676. We check every week to see what is available.

Shared office space websites
In addition to the websites run by major providers of shared office space, aggregator sites like Offices2Share.com offer listings of shared office space. You can also use these sites to find conferences rooms you can rent by the hour or day.

Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
A lot of small commercial property owners use agents to find new commercial tenants. You can find these listings on your local MLS which is accessible from most Realtor websites.

Craigslist
Craigslist is a national network of community-based websites that allows individuals to post listings for just about anything you can imagine. There is a craigslist website for nearly every major US cities. Since listings are free, a lot of real estate for rent gets posted on craigslist. Although it is a lot of work to go through, many swear by it.

I realize the actual resources we’ve listed throughout this article won’t be helpful unless you are looking to relocate to the Philadelphia suburbs. Chances are, however, there are equivalent resources available to you in your area. We hope that this list gives you a couple of fresh ideas to use when searching for space in your home market.

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