Robotics Firms Möbius, Alquist Ink New Leases at Industry City

Where Tech Startups Are Choosing to Scale: Inside Industry City’s Robotics Cluster

Industry City was just featured in Commercial Observer — and for tech startups searching for office space in Brooklyn, the news is worth unpacking. Two robotics firms, Möbius Industries and Alquist Robotics, have signed leases on campus, with Möbius relocating from Cambridge to take 7,000 square feet of combined office and lab space in Sunset Park.

Read the full article below or on the CO website.

A Campus Built for Tech Startups and Hard Tech

Most office buildings weren’t designed for companies that need freight access, heavy floor loads, and lab operations alongside traditional workspace. Industry City was — and that’s the differentiator for robotics and hard tech startups evaluating space in NYC.

Möbius, which uses AI to convert urban waste into reusable raw materials, was represented by CBRE’s Kyle Zarba and Conor Krup. IC’s Jeff Fein and Matt Stewart handled negotiations in-house. Alquist Robotics — founded by an MIT graduate and a former Apple machine learning engineer — also calls IC home, represented by the same CBRE team.

Brooklyn’s Emerging Tech Hub

IC isn’t just attracting individual companies — it’s building critical mass. Adafruit, Cohesive Robotics, Möbius, and Alquist are part of a hard tech cluster that has grown largely organically. NYC is the second-largest AI and tech workforce hub in the U.S., with $21.4B in venture capital over the past five years. For startups that need physical infrastructure, Industry City offers something glass towers can’t: room to build.

Interested in leasing? Explore availabilities at industrycity.com/lease-at-ic or email lease@industrycity.com.

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COMMERCIAL OBSERVER: Robotics Firms Möbius, Alquist Ink 10K SF of New Leases at Brooklyn’s Industry City

By Mark Hallum May 19, 2026 

Two robotics firms are moving their programming to Industry City in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

Möbius Industries, which uses artificial intelligence to transform urban waste into raw materials, took the largest amount of space with a three-year, 7,000-square-foot deal in the industrial-turned mixed-use-complex owned by landlords Jamestown, Belvedere Capital, Cammeby’s International, FBE Limited and TPG Angelo Gordon.

Asking rent in the building was in the mid- to high $30s per square foot, according to the landlords.

Möbius is relocating to New York City from Cambridge, Mass.

“Möbius wanted to be somewhere that would reinforce their brand and ensure their physical space aligned with their ambitions — the Industry City campus was the perfect candidate,” CBRE’s Kyle Zarba, who represented the tenant along with Conor Krup, said in a statement. “From the ability to combine traditional office space with lab capabilities [and] the diverse roster of creative and entrepreneurial occupiers … we were certain Möbius would be in great hands.”

Jeff Fein and Matt Stewart handled negotiations in-house for Industry City.

In the smaller deal, Alquist Robotics signed a 3,000-square-foot deal in a relocation from Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to the landlords. Alquist was founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Daniel Wang and former Apple machine learning engineer Daniel Havir and creates robotic technology for retail stores. The CBRE brokers represented Alquist, while Fein and Stewart repped the landlord in-house.

“Industry City continues to attract companies that are shaping the future of manufacturing, sustainability and technology,” Fein said in a statement. “We’ve seen particular growth among early to midsized startups as they secure funding and scale their operations, and both new companies relocating to Industry City and our existing robotics tenants are integral to driving the entrepreneurial, forward-thinking ecosystem we’ve cultivated across the campus.”

Other recent deals at Industry City include design and fabrication company Square Design taking 24,000 square feet in February and women’s fashion label Miss Circle expanding to 15,806 square feet around the same time period.