Streeterville is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Chicago with average asking rent around $44/sqft/yr.

  • Magnificent Mile-adjacent professional cluster.
  • Prime tier — ~$44/sqft/yr.
  • Strong Class A inventory.

Streeterville, Chicago — Class A submarket

Magnificent Mile-adjacent professional cluster. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $44/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Magnificent Mile-adjacent professional cluster.
  • Prime tier — ~$44/sqft/yr.
  • Strong Class A inventory.

Overview

Streeterville, east of Michigan Avenue, hosts a deep concentration of healthcare, education, and professional services HQs adjacent to Northwestern Medicine.

Tenant profile

Healthcare, higher education, professional services, media.

Typical specification

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

Transit

Grand (CTA Red), Chicago (CTA Red).

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

Amenities

Navy Pier, Northwestern campus, Michigan Avenue retail.

Comparable buildings

  • NBC Tower
  • 401 N Michigan
  • AON Tower north

Where Streeterville sits in Chicago

Streeterville is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Chicago, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $44/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Chicago Class A stock, Streeterville typically attracts Healthcare, higher education, professional services, media and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Streeterville: West Loop, The Loop, Fulton Market, River North. The full Chicago submarket atlas is at /cities/chicago.

Topic deep-dives for Streeterville

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Streeterville, 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 Chicago 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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