Yuexiu (Historic CBD) is a established-tier Class A submarket of Guangzhou with average asking rent around ¥150/sqm/mo · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD.
Heritage commercial core. · Tier: established · Avg rent: ¥150/sqm/mo · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD
Yuexiu is Guangzhou's historic CBD — heritage Class A, deep retail (Beijing Road), and traditional government and trade tenancy.
Government, trade, professional services, retail HQs.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Beijing Road (Line 6), Gongyuanqian (Lines 1, 2).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Beijing Road retail, Wenming Road, Yuexiu Park.
Yuexiu (Historic CBD) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Guangzhou, classified as established tier with an average asking rent around ¥150/sqm/mo · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Guangzhou Class A stock, Yuexiu (Historic CBD) typically attracts Government, trade, professional services, retail HQs and competes most directly with the city's other established submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Yuexiu (Historic CBD): Zhujiang New Town, Pazhou, Tianhe North, Nansha New Area. The full Guangzhou submarket atlas is at /cities/guangzhou.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Yuexiu (Historic CBD), 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 Guangzhou Class A leasing and to the established tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Kenji Watanabe — APAC contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.