Commercial real estate landing page: size search

A business tenant does not browse commercial space for fun. They know roughly how many people the office must hold, how far the team can commute and when the lease has to start. They type those numbers into the size filter. If the filter takes one figure, or uses square feet when the visitor thinks in square meters, a correct match can be missed. A building that lets space from 1,200 to 3,400 square feet can vanish from a search for 2,000 if the filter checks a single size. The visitor sees no results, assumes nothing is available, and leaves.

• Does a listing with sizes from 1,200 to 3,400 square feet appear when a visitor searches for 2,000?
• Can a visitor switch between square feet and square meters without retyping the number?
• When a search returns nothing, does the page say why and offer the nearest matches?
• Does each listing show its size and start date on the first line, not only in the brochure?
• Does the brochure open on a phone, or is it a download the visitor cannot find again?

Commercial search runs on a short list of numbers. Size comes first, then location, then the date the space can be taken. A tenant who needs an office for six has a rough size in mind and will type it rather than browse. Filters that treat size as one figure miss the buildings that let space in parts. A floor that can be taken anywhere from a few hundred feet to several thousand is a listing with a range, and a single size box cannot find it. The fix is a range that matches on any overlap, not on an exact figure.

Units cause the next miss. A visitor who thinks in square meters and sees only square feet has to convert the number in their head, and some will type the metric figure into a box that expects feet. The result is an empty search, not an error message, so nothing tells them what went wrong. Show both units beside the box, and compare the figure typed with the listing in the same unit.

Many listings keep the figures in a brochure. On a desktop the brochure may open in a viewer, but on a phone it can arrive as a download the visitor cannot find again, or open in a window with no way back. A tenant comparing two floors needs both sizes and both start dates side by side, and a brochure shows one at a time. Put the size, the start date, the permitted use and the location on the listing page itself, in the first lines a tenant reads. Keep the brochure for the floor plan, not for the basic facts.

Send one simulated visitor to your listings page with this task: find office space for six people near the center, starting next month. The visitor is a business owner on a phone who needs about two thousand square feet and has not chosen a building. The test runs the size search, opens a listing, and sends an inquiry if the form allows it. The report shows the filter, listing or form where it stopped, with a screenshot and any message the page showed. Use a made-up company and contact, and keep real lease terms and tenant details out of the run.

The first run finds the empty search. The fix makes the size filter take a range, shows both units, and moves the start date onto the listing. Run the same office search after each change, and after you add a building, a floor or a new listing format. Check it again before you buy an ad for a particular district, because those visitors will search for their own sizes and dates.