Midtown is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Atlanta with average asking rent around $50/sqft/yr.

  • Atlanta's principal HQ corridor.
  • Trophy tier — ~$50/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Midtown, Atlanta — Class A submarket

Atlanta's principal HQ corridor. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: $50/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Atlanta's principal HQ corridor.
  • Trophy tier — ~$50/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Midtown is Atlanta's deepest concentration of Class A and trophy office product. Anchored by Bank of America Plaza, the Coda complex, and the Georgia Tech innovation district.

Tenant profile

Tech, media, professional services, legal, corporate HQs.

Typical specification

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

Transit

Midtown, North Avenue, Arts Center (MARTA Red/Gold).

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

Amenities

Piedmont Park, High Museum, Fox Theatre.

Comparable buildings

  • Coda
  • Bank of America Plaza
  • 1180 Peachtree
  • Atlantic Yards

Where Midtown sits in Atlanta

Midtown is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Atlanta, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around $50/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Atlanta Class A stock, Midtown typically attracts Tech, media, professional services, legal, corporate HQs and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Midtown: Buckhead, Downtown, West Midtown, Perimeter Center. The full Atlanta submarket atlas is at /cities/atlanta.

Topic deep-dives for Midtown

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Midtown, 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 Atlanta Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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