Al Maryah Island (ADGM) is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Abu Dhabi with average asking rent around AED 2,200/sqm/yr · ≈ $55.6 PSF/yr USD.

  • Trophy financial free zone.
  • Trophy tier — ~AED 2,200/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Al Maryah Island (ADGM), Abu Dhabi — Class A submarket

Trophy financial free zone. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: AED 2,200/sqm/yr · ≈ $55.6 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Trophy financial free zone.
  • Trophy tier — ~AED 2,200/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Al Maryah Island anchors Abu Dhabi's trophy financial cluster — Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), The Galleria, ADGM Square, and growing international banking tenancy.

Tenant profile

Banking, asset management, fintech, professional services (under ADGM jurisdiction).

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

Bus only; planned future Etihad Rail station.

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

The Galleria mall, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Comparable buildings

  • The Galleria on Al Maryah Island
  • ADGM Square
  • Magnolia Tower

Where Al Maryah Island (ADGM) sits in Abu Dhabi

Al Maryah Island (ADGM) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Abu Dhabi, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around AED 2,200/sqm/yr · ≈ $55.6 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Abu Dhabi Class A stock, Al Maryah Island (ADGM) typically attracts Banking, asset management, fintech, professional services (under ADGM jurisdiction) and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Al Maryah Island (ADGM): Corniche & Tourist Club, Al Reem Island, Capital Centre & ADNEC, Khalifa City & Masdar. The full Abu Dhabi submarket atlas is at /cities/abu-dhabi.

Topic deep-dives for Al Maryah Island (ADGM)

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Al Maryah Island (ADGM), the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Abu Dhabi Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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