Where to find office space in Toms River, NJ
Toms River is the Ocean County seat. The notes below are places to look and offices to call. They are not a list of buildings for rent. Suites actually listed on this site, if any, are in the section at the end. An empty list means none are listed here.
Which part of Toms River fits your commute?
| Area | Start here if… |
|---|---|
| 01Downtown, near the county courts | You meet clients at the courthouse or the township offices. |
| 02Route 37 and the hospital | You are a medical practice, or your clients already go to the hospital. |
| 03Hooper Avenue | You want a north-south address between downtown and Brick. |
| 04Route 9 | Your clients come from the north end of town or from Lakewood. |
| 05Fischer Boulevard | You serve the east side of town, toward the bay. |
01Downtown, near the county courts
Washington Street and Main Street, between Route 37 and the river
The New Jersey Courts page for Ocean County lists the courthouse at 118 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08754. The township’s planning and zoning division is at 33 Washington Street. Ask that office what a particular lot allows before you treat a downtown suite as an office.
When you visit. Walk from the parking you would actually use to the door. Downtown lots and meters are not the same as a building’s own spaces.
View the area on Google Maps02Route 37 and the hospital
Route 37 West at Community Medical Center
Community Medical Center’s contact page gives the address as 99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755, and the phone as 732-557-8000. Route 37 is a divided highway. A suite “near the hospital” can still be a difficult turn at the hour patients arrive.
When you visit. Drive the approach from both directions. See whether a visitor coming the other way has to make a U-turn.
View the area on Google Maps03Hooper Avenue
Hooper Avenue from downtown north toward Brick
Hooper Avenue runs north from the downtown streets into Brick. The south end is close to the courthouse. Farther north the road passes shopping centers. This page does not quote a traffic count or a vacancy rate for the avenue.
When you visit. Drive it once at lunch and once on a Saturday if your clients come from the mall end of the road.
View the area on Google Maps04Route 9
Route 9 through northern Toms River
Route 9 runs north toward Lakewood and meets the Garden State Parkway in this part of town. Older planning memos describe pieces of this road, and they are not repeated here. Look at the specific lot, then ask zoning.
When you visit. Time the drive at the hour your clients would arrive. A short distance on Route 9 can take longer in the afternoon.
View the area on Google Maps05Fischer Boulevard
Fischer Boulevard from Route 37 north toward Hooper Avenue
Fischer Boulevard connects Route 37 with the neighborhoods to the northeast. It is a place to look, not a township office district this page can describe from the zoning map. Confirm the zone for the lot.
When you visit. Check a shared shopping-center lot at the hour it is busiest, not only on a quiet morning.
View the area on Google MapsListed on this site
No Toms River office is listed on this site right now. The rest of this guide still applies. Set an email alert for Toms River, or check the Toms River listings page.
Getting here
Most people drive. Route 37 crosses town from the Parkway toward downtown and the hospital. NJ Transit lists a Toms River park-and-ride. Check a current schedule before you count on a bus for staff.
What you pay besides base rent
Ask for the full monthly cost, not just the rent. A triple-net (NNN) lease adds your share of taxes, insurance and maintenance; a gross or full-service lease folds more of that into the rent. Electric, heat, water, cleaning, snow and internet can fall on either side. Our guide to NNN vs gross leases has a worked example.
Zoning is the parcel, not the road
What follows is general information, not a zoning decision and not legal advice. Ordinances change. Only the township can say what applies to a specific lot.
Zoning questions go to the Division of Planning, Zoning and Community Development, 33 Washington Street, Toms River, phone 732-341-1000. The page does not publish a separate extension, so use the main number and ask for planning and zoning.
The Pinelands Commission municipality list, revised February 2025, includes Toms River. That does not mean every lot is inside the Pinelands boundary. Ask.
Describe your use in concrete words when you ask: an accounting office, a clinic that sees patients, a classroom. “Office” is too vague. The landlord’s permission does not replace township approval, and a renovation can also need a building permit.
Questions to settle in the lease
- Every cost. Who pays electric, heat, water, internet, cleaning, snow, taxes, insurance and CAM, what they cost now, and what lets them rise.
- Use. The lease should name what you may do, and the zone has to allow that same thing.
- Parking. How many spaces, reserved or shared, and where visitors park. If the lease does not mention parking, you do not have a space.
- Build-out and access. Who pays for changes to the suite and for making it usable by people with disabilities.
- Term. Length, renewal, yearly increases, and whether you can sublease or leave early.
- Signs. What you may put on the door, window or a sign out front. Limits differ by zone.
Read SCORE’s questions to ask before signing and the state’s leasing tips. This site lists space; it does not negotiate leases or represent either side. For advice on your draft, talk with a New Jersey lawyer.
Useful local resources
- Toms River planning and zoning: 33 Washington Street, 732-341-1000
- Ocean County courthouse: 118 Washington Street, as listed by the New Jersey Courts
- Community Medical Center contact page: 99 Highway 37 West
- NJ Transit, Toms River park-and-ride.
- Pinelands Commission municipality list: revised February 2025
- Leasing tips from Business.NJ.gov.
- SCORE checklist of questions to ask before you sign.