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Versatile 9,000 Sq. Ft. Office Space with Ample Parking.

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Space
836 sqm (9,000 sq ft) of basement level commercial floor for rent at 791 Passaic Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, a mid-century building running partitioned departments, private executive suites and open bays. Vetted by Fashion Week Venues as a high capacity sample sale space and wholesale showroom for brands servicing the New York metro area.
Best For
Large scale sample sale space with queue and stock volume, wholesale showroom and buyer preview across multiple divisions during market week, corporate event or sales conference setups, content studio and lookbook shoot base with parallel set builds, and invite-only temporary retail. Brands book by the week here more often than by the day.
Standout Features
Over one acre of on-site paved parking with truck turnaround and 24/7 keyed access, plus an elevator serving the basement floor plate. Move-in ready fit-out includes fitting rooms, counters, garment racks, a dedicated stock room, kitchen for catering setup, air conditioning, heating, CCTV and monitored security, with heavy electrical load and high-speed data allowing operation within 48 hours.
Location
Delawanna Avenue NJ Transit station sits roughly 15 minutes on foot and Clifton station around 25 minutes, with Route 3 access under two minutes by car and the Lincoln Tunnel typically 25 to 35 minutes outside peak hours. The Passaic Avenue corridor is a low pedestrian, car-first stretch of mid-century commercial buildings and dealerships, which makes controlled arrivals and discreet load-in straightforward for crews and guests.
Availability
Day rate is USD 3,000 with a one day minimum and month-to-month or multi-month terms available. Book four to six weeks ahead for standard dates and eight to twelve weeks for September and February New York Fashion Week windows, when overflow demand from Manhattan and holiday sample sale season in November fills floors of this size fastest.
How to Book
Send your dates, headcount and build requirements and we confirm availability within 24 hours, with no charge until confirmed. Permit paperwork, staffing, security and fit-out coordination are handled by our team on the brand's behalf. Request availability now to hold your dates.
836 m²
9000 sq ft
clifton
US
$3,000 / day
per day
private event
1 use case
in short
836 sqm (9,000 sq ft) of basement level commercial floor for rent at 791 Passaic Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, a mid-century building running partitioned departments, private executive suites and open bays. Vetted by Fashion Week Venues as a high capacity sample sale space and wholesale showroom for brands servicing…
city
Clifton
area
836 sqm
day rate
$3,000 / day
postcode
use cases
corporate event
included
Internet · Air Conditioning · Security System

about this space

Discover the ideal flexible office solution at 791 Passaic Avenue, offering 9,000 square feet of adaptable space. This mid-century commercial facility is perfect for diverse needs, whether you are transitioning offices, managing temporary projects, or seeking a disaster recovery site. The property features a layout that accommodates a variety of configurations, including private executive suites, partitioned departments, and open collaborative areas. With over one acre of on-site paved parking, your team can enjoy 24/7 access without the hassle of tight parking situations. Equipped with robust electrical systems and high-speed data infrastructure, you can move in and start operating within 48 hours. Strategically located just off Route 3, this space provides easy access to major highways, making it a convenient choice for businesses needing to connect with the surrounding areas. Local amenities include various retail and dining options, ensuring your team has everything they need within reach. Flexible lease terms allow for month-to-month or multi-month agreements, catering to your specific business cycle without long-term commitments.

what's included

  • Internet
  • Air Conditioning
  • Security System
  • Stock Room
  • Counters
  • Fitting Rooms
  • Garment Rack
  • Lighting
  • Furniture
  • Sound & Video Equipment
  • Electricity
  • Heating
  • Parking
  • Elevator
  • Kitchen
  • CCTV

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how to book this space

  1. 01

    Check the shell and the dates

    Review the gallery, 836 sqm floor plan and amenities for Versatile 9,000 Sq. Ft. Office Space with Ample Parking, then note the window you want in Clifton. Fashion week dates book 6–10 weeks out.

  2. 02

    Send the brief

    Use the request panel on this page to send your dates, expected footfall and budget. The listed rate is a starting point at €2588 per day.

  3. 03

    Get availability and a quote

    We confirm availability with the operator and come back within 24 hours with the all-in cost: rent, staffing, permits and fit-out for Clifton.

  4. 04

    Lock the contract

    Sign the short-term licence, pay the deposit and we register any permit or signage paperwork the address needs.

  5. 05

    Build and open

    Fit-out, install and staff the pop-up. Our production team handles delivery, install and the strike at the end of the run in Clifton.

activation ideas

Large Scale Sample Sale

This is the strongest use of the space, because 836 sqm combined with a dedicated stock room, counters, fitting rooms and garment racks lets you run high volume clearance without renting a single additional fixture. Brands running sample sales in spaces like this typically hold 250 to 400 shoppers on the floor at once, with over an acre of paved parking absorbing the queue and the car arrivals that a Manhattan sample sale space simply cannot. Plan for six to ten checkout positions and use point of sale and payments to keep transaction time down during the opening two hours.

Wholesale Showroom and Buyer Appointments

The partitioned department layout and private executive suites make this a workable market week showroom rental for multi-division brands who need parallel appointments rather than one shared rail. In practice you can run three to four simultaneous buyer previews in separate rooms while holding the full line laid out across the open bays, with the stock room absorbing back stock and sample cases. The constraint to plan around is travel: buyers are hotel-based in Midtown and downtown, so build car service into the appointment schedule and expect 25 to 35 minutes each way outside peak.

SS/AW Seasonal Showroom

Month-to-month terms and 48 hour operational readiness make this a credible full season showroom rather than a three day booking, which is what separates it from most short-term commercial space in the New York metro area. Brands typically install the collection once and hold it for six to eight weeks across the selling window, using the elevator for rail movement and the stock room for reorder samples. Consistent basement lighting conditions mean colour presentation stays identical from a 9am appointment to a 6pm one, which matters when buyers are matching lab dips.

E-commerce and Lookbook Shoot

What makes this work for e-commerce shoot volume specifically is square footage at a rate that lets you book multiple days and build multiple sets, plus the fitting rooms and garment rail infrastructure already in place for styling. Crews commonly run two or three set areas in parallel across the partitioned rooms, with a separate zone for hair, makeup and steaming and the kitchen handling crew catering. There is no daylight at basement level, so budget for a full lighting package and treat the controlled darkness as an advantage for consistency across a 400 shot day.

Video Production and Content Studio

Robust electrical capacity, on-site sound and video equipment and 24/7 access make this a functional content studio for multi-day production blocks. The low pedestrian count on Passaic Avenue means no ambient street noise bleeding into audio takes, and truck turnaround in the parking area removes the freight elevator queuing that eats half a day in Manhattan buildings. Realistic crew comfort sits around 30 to 45 people including talent and client side, and our production and build team can pre-install sets before your call time.

Press Day and Media Preview

Adequate rather than obvious, but it works when arrivals are scheduled and parking is the selling point: editors driving in from New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut find this easier than a downtown press day venue. Set the collection across the open bays with a hosted seating and refreshment area served by the kitchen, and hold 40 to 60 attendees comfortably across staggered slots. Be honest internally that press clusters remain Midtown, so pair the invite with car service or accept that attendance skews regional and trade rather than consumer titles.

Product Launch and Brand Activation

The blank floor plate is the asset here, because 836 sqm with no architectural character to work around means a pop-up concept can be built exactly to brief without compromise. Brands typically install a full branded environment across the open areas and use the partitioned rooms for VIP, gifting or demo zones, holding 300 to 400 guests for a standing format. This is an invite-driven format only given negligible passing trade, so pair the build with retail staffing and a mailing list push at least three weeks out.

Networking Event and Sales Conference

Kitchen, air conditioning, heating, furniture and installed sound and video equipment mean a corporate or trade networking event runs here without an equipment hire line in the budget. The layout supports a 150 to 250 seat presentation in the open area with breakout discussions in the partitioned departments, and parking for over an acre removes the single biggest friction point for a regional sales meeting. CCTV and a monitored security system allow you to leave equipment and sample stock in place overnight between conference days.

Workshop and Masterclass Programming

Workable for hands-on sessions where space per participant matters more than address: repair, customisation, styling or product education workshops all fit within the partitioned rooms. Each room comfortably takes 15 to 25 participants at tables, and running three in rotation gives you a full day programme without moving anyone between buildings. The stock room stores materials between sessions and the kitchen handles refreshments, though the drive-in location means this suits trade and staff training audiences better than a consumer workshop dependent on walk-up interest.

Invite-Only Temporary Retail

Functional as a temporary retail space with the caveat stated upfront: basement level with no street visibility means every visitor arrives because you invited them. Existing counters, fitting rooms and racks let you open a merchandised retail experience within 48 hours, and 24/7 access supports evening trading hours for a commuting customer base. Brands using this format successfully lean on owned mailing lists and geotargeted paid media, and it pairs with a longer sample sale run rather than standing alone as a standalone consumer pop-up.

use cases

corporate event

location

plotting…
clifton·40.8346° · -74.1467°

what's around

3 stores within 600 m, incl. IHOP, Annie Sez, Mattress Firm

brands nearby

IHOPAnnie SezMattress FirmTrader Joe'sPetcoSears Appliance & MattressKohl's
fashion stores
1
department stores
1
design & interiors
1
restaurants & bars
4
other retail
5
  • Lucci's Pizza90 m
  • Garden State Honda140 m
  • IHOP260 m
  • Annie Sez330 m
  • Amazing Savings360 m
  • Mattress Firm360 m

the neighbourhood

Sample sale operators, wholesale showroom groups, garment importers and production crews servicing Manhattan accounts are the businesses genuinely working out of this part of Clifton. The Passaic Avenue corridor and the industrial blocks feeding Route 3 hold racked stock rooms, freight-friendly loading yards, pick and pack operations and photo studios renting the square footage that brands cannot justify across the Hudson. Plenty of labels whose customer-facing address reads SoHo or the Garment District quietly run their inventory, returns and lookbook shoots from buildings like this one. Deeper into the township, Main Avenue and Botany Village carry the older independent retail and tailoring trade, while Styertowne and the Route 3 retail spine handle daily commerce with Trader Joe's, Kohl's and the Tick Tock Diner as the landmarks everyone navigates by. In our experience placing brands in this neighbourhood, the ones who succeed need capacity, vehicle logistics and controlled access rather than a fashionable postcode, and they treat the address as infrastructure. If a recognisable street name matters more than floor area, look at spaces in New York instead.

Cost per square foot and truck access are the two reasons brand teams pick Clifton over Manhattan or the Brooklyn creative belt. A 9,000 sq ft floor with over an acre of paved parking, elevator access and 24/7 entry does not exist at this rate in SoHo, Tribeca, Chelsea or the Garment District, and Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick and Long Island City now price warehouse volume high enough that a multi-week sample sale or a long production block stops making sense. What you gain is space, unhurried load-in without freight elevator queues, on-site stock holding and month-to-month terms that match a real sales cycle. What you give up is proximity to the press and buyer hotel clusters, which stay firmly in Midtown, the Bowery and downtown, so car service belongs in the budget for any appointment schedule. NJ Transit at Delawanna Avenue and Clifton stations covers rail arrivals, and Route 3 runs straight to the Lincoln Tunnel outside peak hours. What we consistently hear from brand teams who activate here is that the maths only works once venue sourcing has priced the Manhattan alternative honestly beside it.

Arrival at 791 Passaic Avenue happens by car, and the block is organised entirely around that. Traffic moves steadily past mid-century commercial buildings and dealership frontage, with Garden State Honda a short walk along the road and Lucci's Pizza close enough to feed a crew without moving a vehicle. Mornings bring commuter and delivery flow, midday fills the diners and the IHOP up toward Styertowne, and afternoons quieten noticeably. Pedestrian counts stay low all day because nobody walks this corridor for pleasure, which is precisely why scheduled formats work so well. The street dynamic works particularly well for invite-only buyer appointments, press days with timed arrivals, mailing list sample sales and shoot days that benefit from privacy. The basement floor plate means consistent controlled lighting rather than daylight, something our production and build team treats as a brief rather than an obstacle. Be clear on the limitation: this is not a location for spontaneous walk-in retail, street visibility or tourist footfall, and any concept relying on passing trade will underperform here.

getting here & street life

nearest transit

  • Rt-3 at Passaic Avebus · 2685494 m · 1 min
  • Rt-3 at Passaic Avenuebus · 26850123 m · 2 min
  • Rt-3 1740' W of Passaic Ave.bus · 26855391 m · 5 min
  • Rt 3 at Clifton Commons Entrancebus · 26853604 m · 8 min
  • Rt-3 2264' W of Passaic Ave.bus · 26849639 m · 8 min

street activity

quiet street.

2 places within 200 m · 8 stores · 4 cafés and restaurants

within 200 m
2
within 400 m
6
within 600 m
11

the neighbourhood

The Roche Institute of Molecular Biology was created on July 14, 1967 when John Burns, then the vice president of research at Hoffman-La Roche, persuaded biochemist Sidney Udenfriend to leave the National Institutes of Health and help him create a basic science institute at the Hoffman-La Roche Nutley, New Jersey, facility. It lasted for 28 years and was associated with a number of well-known and well-regarded scientists. At one time, it was one of the largest post-doctoral training programs funded by industry with approximately 70 fellows. It was one of the first examples of a successful rela

  • Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine · 719 m

frequently asked

Yes — Versatile 9,000 Sq. Ft. Office Space with Ample Parking is a vetted pop-up ready space in Clifton, 836 sqm. Request availability and dates through the inquiry card on the listing.

who it suits

Brand Scale

This is a space for established wholesale and volume brands, typically 15 to 60 staff, five or more years of trading, and a distribution footprint that already covers the New York metro area. At 9,000 sq ft with over an acre of paved parking, 24/7 access and direct Route 3 connections, it is built for brands moving pallets, rails and large sales teams rather than a single curated rail. In our experience the profile that gets the most from this space is a multi-line showroom group, a national distributor, or a brand running a high volume clearance event. A three person label with one collection will not fill 836 sqm and should look at smaller spaces in New York instead. Luxury houses needing a Manhattan address for press will find the positioning wrong, not the size.

Aesthetic Fit

Functional and product led brands fit here: denim, outerwear, footwear, activewear, workwear, uniform, accessories and home. The building is mid-century commercial with a basement level floor plate, partitioned departments and open bays, so the visual identity has to come from what you install rather than what is already there. Fitting rooms, counters, garment racks, stock room and existing lighting mean a merchandised environment can be stood up quickly, and anything beyond that is a straightforward production and build job. Where we see mismatches is when a couture, fine jewellery or heritage fragrance brand books on square footage alone, expecting daylight, ceiling height and architectural character. This room does not deliver atmosphere by itself, and dressing a basement office to luxury standard costs more than booking a space that already reads that way.

Best Use Cases

First choice is a large scale sample sale. The parking, elevator, stock room, fitting rooms, counters and racks handle queue volume and inventory turnover that no Manhattan floor of this size can absorb at this cost. Second is a wholesale showroom for market week, with private executive suites for buyer appointments and open bays for full line layout across multiple divisions. Third is a corporate event or sales conference, supported by kitchen, air conditioning, sound and video equipment and seating capacity. Fourth is a regional distribution and pick pack hub during peak season, using the loading and parking advantage. Fifth is a content studio and lookbook shoot base, where partitioned rooms allow parallel set builds. Sixth is a pop-up shop or temporary retail space, workable but limited by the basement level and low organic footfall.

Budget Signal

On a cost per square foot basis this sits well below anything comparable in Manhattan, and mid market for northern New Jersey commercial space. Brands at this stage typically find the maths clear: the same daily spend in SoHo or the Garment District buys a fraction of the floor area, no dedicated parking and far tighter access hours. Against hotel event space you gain multi-day flexibility, storage and 24/7 entry without per head catering minimums. Against co-working or shared pop-up formats you gain exclusive use, security systems, CCTV and the ability to hold stock on site for weeks. What you trade away is address value and passing traffic, so budget for marketing to drive attendance. Run the numbers with our budget calculator before committing to a multi-month term.

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