Maxvorstadt & Schwabing is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Munich with average asking rent around €48/sqm/mo · ≈ $57.8 PSF/yr USD.

  • Universities and corporate trophy.
  • Prime tier — ~€48/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Maxvorstadt & Schwabing, Munich — Class A submarket

Universities and corporate trophy. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: €48/sqm/mo · ≈ $57.8 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Universities and corporate trophy.
  • Prime tier — ~€48/sqm/mo.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Maxvorstadt and Schwabing host the LMU and TUM campuses plus a deep corporate Class A base — BMW Welt and the Highlight Towers anchor.

Tenant profile

Tech, automotive (BMW), media, banking, 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

Münchner Freiheit, Universität, Giselastrasse (U3, U6).

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

Amenities

Englischer Garten, Pinakothek museums, BMW Welt.

Comparable buildings

  • Highlight Towers
  • BayWa-Hochhaus
  • Rathenauplatz Office Tower

Where Maxvorstadt & Schwabing sits in Munich

Maxvorstadt & Schwabing is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Munich, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around €48/sqm/mo · ≈ $57.8 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Munich Class A stock, Maxvorstadt & Schwabing typically attracts Tech, automotive (BMW), media, banking, 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 Maxvorstadt & Schwabing: Altstadt-Lehel, Werksviertel, Arnulfpark & Hauptbahnhof, Bogenhausen & Riem. The full Munich submarket atlas is at /cities/munich.

Topic deep-dives for Maxvorstadt & Schwabing

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Maxvorstadt & Schwabing, 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 Munich Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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