Commercial Real Estate Market in Fort Collins, CO
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
566 active listings and 3,820 off-market properties in Fort Collins, CO. Commercial property asks $225/SF to buy and $14.50/SF/Yr to lease.
Market Trends
Fort Collins, CO spans 210.5 square miles in Larimer County, Colorado. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Fort Collins, CO asks $18.27/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $222/SF. Vacancy runs 20.8% across the West region in 2025, up from 11% in 2019.
Typical asking range for active listings in Fort Collins, CO (the middle half): Lease $13.00–$18.00/SF/Yr (median $16.00/SF/Yr, 85 listings); Sale $189–$306/SF (median $222/SF, 37 listings).
Retail
Retail space in Fort Collins, CO asks $17.40/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $249/SF. Vacancy runs 5.8% across the West region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Typical asking range for active listings in Fort Collins, CO (the middle half): Lease $15.00–$22.00/SF/Yr (median $18.00/SF/Yr, 50 listings); Sale $180–$301/SF (median $249/SF, 14 listings).
Industrial
Industrial space in Fort Collins, CO asks $12.28/SF/Yr to lease; the median asking sale price is $182/SF. Vacancy runs 7.9% across the West region in 2025, up from 3.7% in 2019. Nearly 3.2x the 2022 low of 2.5%.
Typical asking range for active listings in Fort Collins, CO (the middle half): Lease $11.00–$13.00/SF/Yr (median $12.00/SF/Yr, 55 listings); Sale $148–$206/SF (median $182/SF, 14 listings).
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Fort Collins, CO has a median asking sale price of $340/SF. Vacancy runs 8.6% across the West region in 2025, up from 7% in 2022.
Typical asking range for active listings in Fort Collins, CO (the middle half): Sale $286–$409/SF (median $340/SF, 13 listings).
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Fort Collins, CO has 201,666 residents in 86,262 households. Density runs 958 people per square mile. Median household income here is $86,487 and median gross rent $1,655 a month.
Tools
Lease vs Buy Breakeven
At $14.50/SF/Yr lease vs $225/SF buy → buying wins if held > 4.1 years.
At a 6.4% gross asking yield the payback reads short relative to leasing. Assumes 30% down at 6.5% fixed, 2% a year in taxes and upkeep, 3% appreciation, 5% opportunity cost, 2% closing plus 5% selling costs, and a 3% annual rent escalator.
Nearby Markets
| Market | Median Asking Price, $/SF | Median Asking Rent, $/SF/Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Timnath | $272 | $16.00 |
| Ft Collins | $225 | $14.50 |
| Wellington | $200 | $17.10 |
| Windsor | $225 | $15.50 |
Commercial property in Fort Collins, CO asks $225/SF. The 4 bordering markets run from $200/SF in Wellington to $272/SF in Timnath, and the city sits in line with their $225/SF median.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 241 active for-sale and 325 active for-lease listings in Fort Collins, CO. The medians are based on 85 of the for-sale and 185 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at West region level, retail vacancy is reported at West region level and industrial vacancy is reported at West region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
