Eaux-Vives is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Geneva with average asking rent around CHF 720/sqm/yr · ≈ $73.6 PSF/yr USD.
Lakeside boutique HQ submarket. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: CHF 720/sqm/yr · ≈ $73.6 PSF/yr USD
Eaux-Vives anchors Geneva's lakeside boutique HQ Class A submarket — JTI HQ, family offices, asset managers, and consultancies.
Boutique HQs (JTI, family offices), asset management, consulting.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Tram 17, Léman Express (Eaux-Vives).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Lac Léman, Parc La Grange, Eaux-Vives retail.
Eaux-Vives is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Geneva, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around CHF 720/sqm/yr · ≈ $73.6 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Geneva Class A stock, Eaux-Vives typically attracts Boutique HQs (JTI, family offices), asset management, consulting and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Eaux-Vives: Rue du Rhône / Cité, Petit-Saconnex / International Area, Acacias / Pont-Rouge, Plan-les-Ouates / Meyrin. The full Geneva submarket atlas is at /cities/geneva.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Eaux-Vives, 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 Geneva Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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