Docklands & Grand Canal is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Dublin with average asking rent around €70/sqm/mo · ≈ $84.3 PSF/yr USD.
Tech HQ trophy core. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: €70/sqm/mo · ≈ $84.3 PSF/yr USD
Dublin Docklands and Grand Canal Dock anchor the European tech HQ trophy core — Google, Meta, Salesforce, Citi, and Accenture all anchor major operations.
Tech (Google, Meta, Salesforce, LinkedIn), banking, professional services.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Grand Canal Dock (DART), Mayor Square / NCI (Luas Red Line).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Grand Canal Square, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Convention Centre Dublin.
Docklands & Grand Canal is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Dublin, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around €70/sqm/mo · ≈ $84.3 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Dublin Class A stock, Docklands & Grand Canal typically attracts Tech (Google, Meta, Salesforce, LinkedIn), banking, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Docklands & Grand Canal: CBD / St Stephen's Green, Ballsbridge & Dublin 4, Sandyford & Cherrywood, Citywest & Park West. The full Dublin submarket atlas is at /cities/dublin.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Docklands & Grand Canal, 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 Dublin Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.