Office leasing video from renderings: spec suites, amenities and test-fit plans in a 30-second film
How to make an office leasing video from renderings: six spec-suite and amenity images, test-fit plans, honest labels, LinkedIn specs and LoopNet uploads.
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Leasing a spec suite or a repositioned building before the work is finished means selling space nobody can walk through yet. Tenant reps get a flyer with three renderings and a test-fit plan, and the decision maker sees it only if someone forwards the PDF. A 30-second vertical film made from the same renderings is easier to forward, fits LinkedIn and email, and can sit on the listing. This guide is for brokers, landlords and their architects: which six images to use, what a film can and can't say about a test fit, honest labeling, and where it goes, including LoopNet.
Key takeaways
- An office leasing video from renderings is a 30-second film built from six images of the arrival, the amenities and the spec suite; its job is to get a tour booked, not to replace the floor plan or the work letter.
- Build the set around what a tenant can't get in the building down the street, usually the amenity floor, the terrace or the light in the suite.
- A test-fit plan can be one of the six images, but it appears as a slow pan over a document; square footage, rent and delivery dates belong in the caption and the flyer, where they can be updated.
- LinkedIn accepts vertical video with an aspect ratio between 1:2.4 and 2.4:1, up to 15 minutes and 5 GB, as of October 2026.
- LoopNet's listing editor has a "Property Photos, Floor Plans, & Videos" section, so the film can sit next to the plan on the listing.
How to make an office leasing video from renderings
To make an office leasing video from renderings, pick six images from the leasing package, typically the building arrival, the lobby, the amenity floor or terrace, the spec suite's open area, a conference room or pantry, and the test-fit plan, and turn them into a vertical film of about 30 seconds. Label it as a rendering of proposed work, and keep rent, square footage and delivery dates in the caption rather than the film. Then send it where tenant reps and decision makers already are: LinkedIn, email and the listing itself.
Spec suites exist so that a smaller tenant can move in quickly without designing its own space, which means the landlord is building, and marketing, before a tenant exists. The film serves three readers:
The tenant rep broker screens a dozen options for a client and forwards the few worth touring. A link that plays on a phone is easier to forward than a 30 MB brochure.
The tenant's decision maker, often a founder, a COO or an office manager, is deciding whether the office will help bring people in. They react to light, amenities and arrival far more than to a column grid.
The landlord's own team, including the asset manager and the architect, uses the same film in investment updates and the architect's portfolio, labeled as concept work.
Six images for a spec suite or amenity film
| Scene | Image | What it tells a tenant |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Entrance, plaza or street frontage | The quality of the address, and how people get there |
| Lobby | Lobby with the security desk or lounge | What their clients will see first |
| Amenity | Tenant lounge, fitness room, conference center or roof terrace | What the rent includes beyond the suite |
| Suite, open area | Open workspace with windows, ceiling and light | The finish level of the spec suite |
| Meeting room or pantry | Conference room, huddle room or café pantry | How the suite works day to day |
| Test-fit plan or dusk exterior | The plan sheet, or the building lit at dusk | The layout, or the closing image |
Take all six from one rendering package with consistent light; a daylight lobby against a night terrace looks like two buildings. If the building has several spec suites with different finishes, make a building film plus one film per suite, rather than mixing suites in one sequence that a tenant rep will read as one space. Six images is a hard constraint that helps: it forces the choice of the one amenity that actually differentiates the building.
What a film can and can't say about a test fit
A test fit shows how one tenant's headcount and program might lay out in the suite. It is a planning document, and a tenant rep reads it for seat count, private offices and circulation. A film can carry it in one of two honest ways: as one of the six images, where it appears as a slow pan across the sheet, or not at all, with the PDF attached to the email.
What the film can't do is turn the plan into a measured walkthrough. An image-to-video model animates the pixels of each rendering; it does not know the dimensions, and the camera move it makes is an interpretation. It will not confirm a ceiling height, a seat count or a window line. Can AI turn a floor plan into a walkthrough video? explains what a plan gives a video model and what it invents.
Keep the numbers out of the film. Rentable square footage, asking rent, the tenant improvement allowance and the delivery date change during a lease-up, and a film that shows them becomes wrong before it stops being shared. Put them in the post text, the email and the flyer, which you can update.
Labeling a rendering of space that isn't built yet
Write a label that matches what the landlord will actually deliver: "Rendering of proposed spec suite. Finishes and layout subject to change. Furniture shown for illustration." The last sentence matters more than it looks, because most suite renderings are fully furnished and most spec suites are delivered without furniture.
Show the delivered condition. If the suite will have an open ceiling and polished concrete, don't use a rendering with custom millwork and a wood ceiling the landlord isn't building. A tenant who tours after seeing the film will notice at the door.
Review every scene before it goes out. AI motion can add a glass wall, extend a terrace or invent a view, and anything the design doesn't include has to be cut. In an Arch2Video film, a small cast of original, fictional adults appears in at least one scene, and any people already in the renderings are replaced by that cast rather than animated, so no real tenant's employees appear. Disclosure wording for renderings and AI images has label versions for built and unbuilt work.
Where the film goes
| Channel | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn (broker's profile, landlord's page) | Vertical 1080 × 1920 file | Building name and submarket in the first line of the post |
| Email to tenant reps | Still with a play button, linked to the hosted film | Attach the test-fit plan and flyer as PDFs |
| LoopNet or CoStar listing | Uploaded with the photos and floor plans | Check the editor's file limits first |
| Building website or leasing microsite | Embedded film above the availability table | Same concept label under the player |
| Lobby or marketing-center screen | Vertical film on a designed landscape background | Test it on the actual screen |
| Tour follow-up | Same link | Sent the same day, while the tour is fresh |
LinkedIn is where tenant reps and decision makers both spend time, and it takes the vertical file as it is. LinkedIn's help page lists a maximum file size of 5 GB, a maximum duration of 15 minutes, a minimum of three seconds when uploading from a desktop, and an aspect ratio range of 1:2.4 to 2.4:1 (LinkedIn Help, as of October 2026). The same page advises keeping the top, bottom and sides "free of key elements, text, and logos" so the interface doesn't cover them. Post from the broker's profile and have the landlord's page reshare it, or the reverse; LinkedIn video for architecture firms covers the page-versus-profile question in more detail.
Most email clients don't play embedded video reliably, so send a still frame from the film with a play button that links to the hosted file. An architecture firm email newsletter covers the mechanics. Keep the email short: building, suite, size range, delivery season, the link, and the attached plan.
LoopNet and CoStar
LoopNet's broker help center describes the steps: in the listing editor, scroll down to "Property Photos, Floor Plans, & Videos," click "Manage Attachments," then "Add Photos, Floor Plans, & Videos" (LoopNet Help Center, as of October 2026). That article lists no accepted file types or size limits, and CoStar's Marketing Center help returned an access error, so the exact video limits could not be verified as of October 2026; check them in the editor before you upload. Property listing video rules has a general checklist for confirming that a portal actually plays your file publicly.
Making the film
Leasing renderings usually come from the landlord's architect or an archviz studio, so the film can be an add-on from the same team. With Arch2Video you upload exactly six images from one project (JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF or WebP, up to 30 MB each; 1,500 px or more on the long side gives the sharpest scenes) and receive a 1080 × 1920 vertical MP4 of about 30 seconds: six connected five-second scenes, an original soundtrack (Still Air by default, or Quiet Piano, Concrete, or none) and an optional logo, with a no-logo version included when you add one. The AI director plans the scene order, so the test-fit plan may not land last.
It costs USD 15 per video, paid once by card, with no subscription; uploading is free and the price appears before you pay. Generation usually takes an hour or more, and you get an email when it's ready. You can switch the soundtrack or logo and re-export without paying again. It works from images, not from a BIM model, so there is no measured walkthrough and no editing timeline. The multifamily pre-leasing guide covers the residential version of the same lease-up problem.
Frequently asked questions
Can I upload a leasing video to LoopNet?
Yes, LoopNet's listing editor has a "Property Photos, Floor Plans, & Videos" section with an "Add Photos, Floor Plans, & Videos" button, according to its broker help center as of October 2026. The help article doesn't state accepted file types or size limits, so check them in the editor, and play the listing from a logged-out browser afterward to confirm the video appears publicly.
How many renderings do I need for a spec suite video?
Six covers it: the arrival, the lobby, one amenity, the suite's open area, a conference room or pantry, and either the test-fit plan or a dusk exterior. Fewer than six usually means the film leans on one space for too long; more than six usually means two suites or two buildings are mixed together. If you have several suites, make one film per suite.
Should the video show the asking rent or square footage?
No. Rent, rentable square footage, the TI allowance and the delivery date all change during a lease-up, and a film keeps circulating long after the numbers move. Put them in the post text, the email and the flyer, which you can update the same day, and keep the film to the spaces themselves with a "rendering of proposed spec suite" label.
Who should post the leasing video on LinkedIn, the broker or the landlord?
Both, one after the other. The listing broker's personal profile usually reaches the tenant reps who matter, and the landlord's company page gives the post a home that outlasts one broker's assignment. Post once, have the other reshare it, and use the same concept label in both posts.