42 Floors

42Floors was a Y Combinator- and 500 Global-backed commercial real estate search platform founded in 2011 by Jason Freedman to make it easy to discover and lease office, coworking, retail, industrial, and warehouse space across top U.S. markets. It aggregated a large listings database (the "42Floors MLS") that brokers and tenants searched online. The company was acquired by Knotel in 2018, and the 42floors.com domain and listings service were later taken over by Yardi, which folded them into CommercialCafe — 42floors.com now redirects there. The only surviving developer surface is the first-party `mls` RubyGem, a client for the (now-decommissioned) 42Floors MLS API at mls.42floors.com.

42 Floors is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Commercial Real Estate, PropTech, Real Estate Listings, and Office Space.

6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-10 · rubric v0.20.0
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CompanyCommercial Real EstatePropTechReal Estate ListingsOffice SpaceMLSAcquired

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Build 4

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Operate 1

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Company 1

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Other 1

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: 42-floors
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - url: https://42floors.com
    status: 301
    note: declared website redirects to https://www.commercialcafe.com/ — a different registrable domain (42floors.com ->
      commercialcafe.com), possible rename or acquisition (probed 2026-09-03, roadmap#169)
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/42-floors.png
name: 42 Floors
description: 42Floors was a Y Combinator- and 500 Global-backed commercial real estate search platform founded in 2011 by
  Jason Freedman to make it easy to discover and lease office, coworking, retail, industrial, and warehouse space across top
  U.S. markets. It aggregated a large listings database (the "42Floors MLS") that brokers and tenants searched online. The
  company was acquired by Knotel in 2018, and the 42floors.com domain and listings service were later taken over by Yardi,
  which folded them into CommercialCafe — 42floors.com now redirects there. The only surviving developer surface is the first-party
  `mls` RubyGem, a client for the (now-decommissioned) 42Floors MLS API at mls.42floors.com.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/42-floors/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-status: acquired
x-status-note: Acquired by Knotel (2018); listings service later acquired by Yardi and folded into CommercialCafe. 42floors.com
  redirects to commercialcafe.com; the MLS API (mls.42floors.com) and docs (docs.42floors.com) return SiteNotFound.
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Commercial Real Estate
- PropTech
- Real Estate Listings
- Office Space
- MLS
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/knotel/
  name: Knotel
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: The company was acquired by Knotel in 2018, and the 42floors.
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/42floors/mls-gem/issues
- type: Website
  url: https://42floors.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/42floors
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/42floors/mls-gem
- type: Packages
  url: packages/42-floors-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/42-floors-packages.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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