Quartier Central des Affaires is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Paris with average asking rent around €105/sqft/yr · ≈ $113 PSF/yr USD.
The Champs-Élysées / Étoile / Opéra trophy spine. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: €105/sqft/yr · ≈ $113 PSF/yr USD
The QCA — broadly the 8th and 9th arrondissements — is Paris's trophy office quarter. Hôtel particulier conversions sit alongside ground-up new build along boulevard Haussmann and avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Investment banks, asset managers, luxury brand HQs (LVMH, Kering, Hermès), private equity.
Smaller floor plates 8-15,000 sqft in haussmannien stock; 20-30,000 sqft in new build.
Auber, Saint-Lazare, Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, Madeleine.
Strong RER A and RER E access.
Champs-Élysées, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Opéra Garnier.
Quartier Central des Affaires is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Paris, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around €105/sqft/yr · ≈ $113 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Paris Class A stock, Quartier Central des Affaires typically attracts Investment banks, asset managers, luxury brand HQs (LVMH, Kering, Hermès), private equity and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Quartier Central des Affaires: La Défense, Paris Rive Gauche, Issy & Boulogne, Saint-Ouen / Pleyel. The full Paris submarket atlas is at /cities/paris.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Quartier Central des Affaires, 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 Paris Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.