{"id":66457,"date":"2026-05-07T12:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/?p=66457"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:06:42","slug":"madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>Office take-up in Madrid reached 90,000 m\u00b2 during the first quarter of 2026, reflecting a solid level of activity in the current context, although showing a year-on-year adjustment of 28% compared to the high volume recorded during the same period of the previous year, according to the latest Madrid Office Market Report published by FORCADELL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>Regarding demand, Manel de Bes explains that \u201cit continues to show a high degree of selectivity, with transactions mainly linked to relocation, consolidation, and qualitative improvement processes of spaces, rather than net expansions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>The distribution of take-up by area reflects a balanced market performance. Decentralised areas account for approximately 30% of total take-up, followed by the outskirts, with around 24.5%, particularly standing out due to larger floor area transactions. Meanwhile, the city centre represents around 24.2% of total take-up, constrained by the limited availability of quality product, while the CBD accounts for approximately 21.3%, marked by the scarcity of available space, especially in prime assets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>In terms of the number of transactions, the market recorded a total of 73 deals during Q1 2026. The city centre led activity with approximately 32% of the total, reflecting a more fragmented and dynamic market. The CBD accounted for nearly 27.4% of transactions, while decentralised areas represented around 25%. The outskirts, meanwhile, recorded approximately 16.4% of total transactions, although with a significantly larger average floor area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scarcity of prime product continues to put pressure on availability<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>The availability rate in Madrid\u2019s office market stands at around 8.7%, remaining at relatively contained levels overall, although with significant differences between areas, according to data from FORCADELL. The CBD shows particularly low availability, at approximately 2.6%, reflecting a structural shortage of quality product. Central areas also maintain tight levels, while decentralised areas and the outskirts concentrate most of the available space, with rates above 12%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>Availability in prime assets remains limited, due both to sustained absorption and to stock reduction resulting from repositioning processes and changes of use. In this context, the market continues to show a clear duality between high-quality product, characterised by structural scarcity, and secondary assets, which require greater commercial flexibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The CBD and Castellana axis lead rental growth<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>At the same time, office rents in Madrid continue to follow an upward trend, especially in higher-quality assets and prime locations, where demand pressure remains high. In the CBD, prime rents stand at around \u20ac46\/m\u00b2\/month, reaching peak levels in certain landmark assets, while along the Castellana axis, levels approach \u20ac40\/m\u00b2\/month, consolidating its position as one of the market\u2019s main benchmarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>In terms of average rents, the market shows a clear differentiation by area: the CBD reaches \u20ac35.96\/m\u00b2\/month, the city centre \u20ac27.43\/m\u00b2\/month, decentralised areas \u20ac15.64\/m\u00b2\/month, and the outskirts \u20ac12.83\/m\u00b2\/month. The market-wide average rent stands at approximately \u20ac24.20\/m\u00b2\/month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p>\u201cThe office market in Madrid therefore continues to show active dynamics, increasingly conditioned by product availability and by growing segmentation based on asset quality, location, and technical specifications,\u201d states Manel de Bes. Sustainability, energy efficiency, and space quality are consolidating as key decision-making factors, within a context marked by the consolidation of hybrid working models and a stronger focus on flexible and experiential spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill-icon\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"o-container GenericStyles\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take-up reaches 90,000 m\u00b2 in a context of stable availability at 8.7%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":66470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market - Forcadell<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market - Forcadell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Take-up reaches 90,000 m\u00b2 in a context of stable availability at 8.7%.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forcadell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T10:06:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T10:06:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Roger Rico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Roger Rico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market - Forcadell","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market - Forcadell","og_description":"Take-up reaches 90,000 m\u00b2 in a context of stable availability at 8.7%.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/","og_site_name":"Forcadell","article_published_time":"2026-05-07T10:06:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-07T10:06:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Roger Rico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Roger Rico","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/"},"author":{"name":"Roger Rico","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c3f1a7a5561146b04ecee89c563091"},"headline":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market","datePublished":"2026-05-07T10:06:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-07T10:06:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/"},"wordCount":524,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png","articleSection":["Market news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/","url":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/","name":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market - Forcadell","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png","datePublished":"2026-05-07T10:06:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-07T10:06:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c3f1a7a5561146b04ecee89c563091"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/q1-2026-oficines-madrid.png","width":1600,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/madrid-starts-2026-with-a-dynamic-and-selective-office-market\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Madrid starts 2026 with a dynamic and selective office market"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/","name":"Forcadell","description":"Inmobiliaria Barcelona | Consultores inmobiliarios","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c3f1a7a5561146b04ecee89c563091","name":"Roger Rico","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad1e6d12feea8fee406c131590878031bbd5e9a402e94796a6ac61861eab02b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad1e6d12feea8fee406c131590878031bbd5e9a402e94796a6ac61861eab02b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad1e6d12feea8fee406c131590878031bbd5e9a402e94796a6ac61861eab02b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Roger Rico"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66459,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66457\/revisions\/66459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcadell.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}