Zamalek / Mohandessin is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Cairo with average asking rent around $156/sqm/yr · ≈ $14.5 PSF/yr USD.
Heritage embassy and boutique HQ. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $156/sqm/yr · ≈ $14.5 PSF/yr USD
Zamalek and Mohandessin anchor Cairo's heritage embassy and boutique HQ Class A submarket — embassies, boutique law firms, and consulting in heritage and post-2000 mid-rise stock.
Embassies, boutique law firms, consulting, NGOs.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Bus; Cairo Metro Line 2 (Cairo University, Mohandessin planned).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Zamalek waterfront, Cairo Opera House, Mohandessin Square.
Zamalek / Mohandessin is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Cairo, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $156/sqm/yr · ≈ $14.5 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Cairo Class A stock, Zamalek / Mohandessin typically attracts Embassies, boutique law firms, consulting, NGOs and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Zamalek / Mohandessin: New Administrative Capital (NAC), New Cairo, Smart Village / 6th of October, Downtown / Cornish El Nil. The full Cairo submarket atlas is at /cities/cairo.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Zamalek / Mohandessin, 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 Cairo Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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