As Office Rents Rise, Doctors Get Creative

Dr. Jaishree Capoor was pushing her 91-year-old mother in a wheelchair along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan when a ground-level office caught her eye.

There was a private entrance, and a sign indicated that the office, in an apartment building on the corner of East 86th Street, was home to a medical practice for adolescents. On a whim, Dr. Capoor, a pediatric physiatrist who works with young people with cerebral palsy and other motor and developmental challenges, asked the office manager if any space was available.

It turned out, a consultation room had just been vacated, and Dr. Capoor sublet the space on weekends when the practice is closed.

The arrangement, which started in October and costs Dr. Capoor $500 a month, means her patients don’t have to miss school and their parents don’t have to take time off from work. And because the office is near the apartment she shares with her mother and sister, Dr. Capoor can quickly get home to help care for their mother, who has severe dementia, and be back in time for her next patient.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/business/doctors-office-leasing-rent.html