Haymarket is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Edinburgh with average asking rent around £44/sqft/yr · ≈ $55.9 PSF/yr USD.
Western Class A and tech submarket. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: £44/sqft/yr · ≈ $55.9 PSF/yr USD
Haymarket — the city's western rail interchange — anchors a growing post-2018 Class A and tech submarket. The Mint Building and Haymarket Square define the trophy tier.
Tech, financial services, professional services, hospitality.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Edinburgh Trams (Haymarket), Haymarket rail.
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Haymarket retail, Murrayfield Stadium nearby.
Haymarket is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Edinburgh, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around £44/sqft/yr · ≈ $55.9 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Edinburgh Class A stock, Haymarket typically attracts Tech, financial services, professional services, hospitality and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Haymarket: New Town / George Street, St James / Quarter, Lauriston / Quartermile, Fountainbridge / Edinburgh Park. The full Edinburgh submarket atlas is at /cities/edinburgh.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Haymarket, 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 Edinburgh Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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