Microcentro is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Buenos Aires with average asking rent around $12/sqm/mo · ≈ $13.4 PSF/yr USD.

  • Historic CBD core.
  • Prime tier — ~$12/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Microcentro, Buenos Aires — Class A submarket

Historic CBD core. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $12/sqm/mo · ≈ $13.4 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Historic CBD core.
  • Prime tier — ~$12/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Microcentro anchors Buenos Aires's historic CBD core — heritage Class A, deep banking and government tenancy, and the city's traditional financial-services density.

Tenant profile

Banking, government, traditional professional services, retail HQs.

Typical specification

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

Transit

Florida (L B), Diagonal Norte (L C), Lavalle (L B).

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

Amenities

Florida pedestrian street, Galerías Pacífico, Plaza de Mayo.

Comparable buildings

  • Edificio Bencich
  • Banco Hipotecario Building
  • Edificio del Plata

Where Microcentro sits in Buenos Aires

Microcentro is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Buenos Aires, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $12/sqm/mo · ≈ $13.4 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Buenos Aires Class A stock, Microcentro typically attracts Banking, government, traditional professional services, retail HQs and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Microcentro: Catalinas Norte, Puerto Madero, Palermo (Soho & Hollywood), Zona Norte (Suburbs). The full Buenos Aires submarket atlas is at /cities/buenos-aires.

Topic deep-dives for Microcentro

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Microcentro, 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 Buenos Aires Class A leasing and to the prime 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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