Cary / Morrisville is a established-tier Class A submarket of Raleigh-Durham with average asking rent around $32/sqft/yr.

  • Tech-tilted suburban submarket near RDU.
  • Established tier — ~$32/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Cary / Morrisville, Raleigh-Durham — Class A submarket

Tech-tilted suburban submarket near RDU. · Tier: established · Avg rent: $32/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Tech-tilted suburban submarket near RDU.
  • Established tier — ~$32/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Cary and Morrisville anchor the suburban tech corridor between Raleigh and RTP — SAS Institute, Epic Games, and Lenovo headquarters.

Tenant profile

Tech (SAS, Epic Games, Lenovo), gaming, 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

GoTriangle bus; car-dependent.

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

Amenities

Fenton, Park West Village, RDU Airport.

Comparable buildings

  • SAS Campus
  • Epic Games HQ
  • Lenovo HQ

Where Cary / Morrisville sits in Raleigh-Durham

Cary / Morrisville is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Raleigh-Durham, classified as established tier with an average asking rent around $32/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Raleigh-Durham Class A stock, Cary / Morrisville typically attracts Tech (SAS, Epic Games, Lenovo), gaming, 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 Cary / Morrisville: Downtown Raleigh, Downtown Durham, Research Triangle Park, North Hills. The full Raleigh-Durham submarket atlas is at /cities/raleigh-durham.

Topic deep-dives for Cary / Morrisville

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Cary / Morrisville, 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 Raleigh-Durham Class A leasing and to the established tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

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