Post Office Square is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Boston with average asking rent around $82/sqft/yr.

  • Boutique trophy core within the Financial District.
  • Trophy tier — ~$82/sqft/yr.
  • Strong Class A inventory.

Post Office Square, Boston — Class A submarket

Boutique trophy core within the Financial District. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: $82/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Boutique trophy core within the Financial District.
  • Trophy tier — ~$82/sqft/yr.
  • Strong Class A inventory.

Overview

Post Office Square is the boutique trophy core at the heart of Boston's Financial District — small floor-plate trophy stock favored by asset managers and law firms.

Tenant profile

Asset management, hedge funds, boutique law, family offices.

Typical specification

20–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock.

Transit

State (Blue/Orange), Aquarium (Blue).

Multi-modal transit with high commute capture from the city's professional catchment.

Amenities

Norman B Leventhal Park, Long Wharf.

Comparable buildings

  • 75 State Street
  • One Post Office Square

Where Post Office Square sits in Boston

Post Office Square is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Boston, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around $82/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Boston Class A stock, Post Office Square typically attracts Asset management, hedge funds, boutique law, family offices and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Post Office Square: Financial District, Cambridge & Kendall Square, Seaport, Back Bay. The full Boston submarket atlas is at /cities/boston.

Topic deep-dives for Post Office Square

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Post Office Square, 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 Boston 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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