Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie) is a established-tier Class A submarket of Minneapolis with average asking rent around $28/sqft/yr.

  • Suburban Fortune 500 belt.
  • Established tier — ~$28/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie), Minneapolis — Class A submarket

Suburban Fortune 500 belt. · Tier: established · Avg rent: $28/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Suburban Fortune 500 belt.
  • Established tier — ~$28/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Southwest suburbs along I-494 host deep suburban Class A inventory — Best Buy, UnitedHealth, and a broad professional services base.

Tenant profile

Healthcare, retail HQs, financial services, professional services.

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

Bus + future Green Line extension (SWLRT).

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

Galleria Edina, Centennial Lakes Park.

Comparable buildings

  • Centennial Lakes Office Park
  • MoZaic East
  • Normandale Lake Office Park

Where Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie) sits in Minneapolis

Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Minneapolis, classified as established tier with an average asking rent around $28/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Minneapolis Class A stock, Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie) typically attracts Healthcare, retail HQs, financial services, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other established submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie): Downtown East, Downtown West, North Loop, Downtown St. Paul. The full Minneapolis submarket atlas is at /cities/minneapolis.

Topic deep-dives for Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie)

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Southwest Suburbs (Edina, Eden Prairie), 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:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Minneapolis Class A leasing and to the established tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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