King Fahd Road is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Riyadh with average asking rent around SAR 2,100/sqm/yr · ≈ $52.1 PSF/yr USD.
Trophy expansion corridor. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: SAR 2,100/sqm/yr · ≈ $52.1 PSF/yr USD
King Fahd Road anchors Riyadh's principal trophy expansion corridor — major Class A delivery, deep banking tenancy, and the King Fahd National Library cultural anchor.
Banking, telecom, professional services, government.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Sulay (Metro Line 1), Al Wurud (Metro Line 1).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
King Fahd National Library, Centria Mall.
King Fahd Road is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Riyadh, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around SAR 2,100/sqm/yr · ≈ $52.1 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Riyadh Class A stock, King Fahd Road typically attracts Banking, telecom, professional services, government and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside King Fahd Road: KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District), Olaya, Diplomatic Quarter, Airport Corridor (KKIA). The full Riyadh submarket atlas is at /cities/riyadh.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating King Fahd Road, 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 Riyadh 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.