NOMA is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Manchester with average asking rent around £48/sqft/yr · ≈ $61 PSF/yr USD.
Repositioned post-2015 mixed-use trophy. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: £48/sqft/yr · ≈ $61 PSF/yr USD
NOMA — the Co-operative Group's Northern Quarter redevelopment — anchors Manchester's principal post-2015 mixed-use Class A submarket. Hanover and the Federation building lead the trophy tier.
Tech, financial services, creative agencies, professional services.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Metrolink (Shudehill), Victoria Station.
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Northern Quarter, Affleck's, Manchester Cathedral.
NOMA is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Manchester, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around £48/sqft/yr · ≈ $61 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Manchester Class A stock, NOMA typically attracts Tech, financial services, creative agencies, 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 NOMA: Spinningfields, MediaCityUK / Salford Quays, New Bailey / Salford Central, Oxford Road Corridor. The full Manchester submarket atlas is at /cities/manchester.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating NOMA, 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 Manchester Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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