Lauriston / Quartermile is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Edinburgh with average asking rent around £42/sqft/yr · ≈ $53.3 PSF/yr USD.
Repositioned hospital district. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: £42/sqft/yr · ≈ $53.3 PSF/yr USD
Quartermile — the repositioned former Royal Infirmary — anchors a deep mixed-use Class A submarket adjacent to the Meadows and University of Edinburgh.
Tech, fintech, university research, professional services.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Lothian Buses; walking to Old Town.
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
The Meadows, University of Edinburgh, Royal Mile.
Lauriston / Quartermile is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Edinburgh, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around £42/sqft/yr · ≈ $53.3 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Edinburgh Class A stock, Lauriston / Quartermile typically attracts Tech, fintech, university research, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Lauriston / Quartermile: New Town / George Street, St James / Quarter, Haymarket, Fountainbridge / Edinburgh Park. The full Edinburgh submarket atlas is at /cities/edinburgh.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Lauriston / Quartermile, 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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