Houthavens & NDSM is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Amsterdam with average asking rent around €42/sqft/yr · ≈ $45.4 PSF/yr USD.
Northern waterfront creative cluster. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: €42/sqft/yr · ≈ $45.4 PSF/yr USD
Houthavens and NDSM together form Amsterdam's northern waterfront creative cluster — converted industrial stock plus new ground-up timber-frame Class A.
Tech, media, design, sustainability-led tenants.
20–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock.
Houthavens ferry, NDSM ferry to Centraal.
Multi-modal transit with high commute capture from the city's professional catchment.
NDSM-werf cultural district, IJ riverfront.
Houthavens & NDSM is one of 4 Class A submarkets we cover in Amsterdam, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around €42/sqft/yr · ≈ $45.4 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Amsterdam Class A stock, Houthavens & NDSM typically attracts Tech, media, design, sustainability-led tenants and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Houthavens & NDSM: Zuidas, Centrum & Canal Belt, Houthavens & Noord. The full Amsterdam submarket atlas is at /cities/amsterdam.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Houthavens & NDSM, 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:
Terminology specific to Amsterdam Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.