22@ Poblenou is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Barcelona with average asking rent around €372/sqm/yr · ≈ $37.3 PSF/yr USD.

  • Spain's deepest tech and innovation district.
  • Trophy tier — ~€372/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

22@ Poblenou, Barcelona — Class A submarket

Spain's deepest tech and innovation district. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: €372/sqm/yr · ≈ $37.3 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Spain's deepest tech and innovation district.
  • Trophy tier — ~€372/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

22@ Poblenou — repositioned from a 19th-century industrial zone — anchors Spain's deepest tech and life-sciences Class A market. Torre Glòries, Cuatrecasas HQ, and a deep startup cluster.

Tenant profile

Tech (Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo), life sciences, design, startups.

Typical specification

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

Transit

Metro L4 (Llacuna, Poblenou), tram.

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

Amenities

Torre Glòries, Encants market, Diagonal Mar park.

Comparable buildings

  • Torre Glòries (Agbar)
  • Cuatrecasas HQ (22@)
  • Luxa Office

Where 22@ Poblenou sits in Barcelona

22@ Poblenou is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Barcelona, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around €372/sqm/yr · ≈ $37.3 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Barcelona Class A stock, 22@ Poblenou typically attracts Tech (Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo), life sciences, design, startups and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside 22@ Poblenou: Passeig de Gràcia / Eixample, Diagonal Mar, Plaça d'Europa / L'Hospitalet, Sant Cugat / Cerdanyola. The full Barcelona submarket atlas is at /cities/barcelona.

Topic deep-dives for 22@ Poblenou

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating 22@ Poblenou, 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 Barcelona Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

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