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.
  • Trophy tier — ~SAR 2,100/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

King Fahd Road, Riyadh — Class A submarket

Trophy expansion corridor. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: SAR 2,100/sqm/yr · ≈ $52.1 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Trophy expansion corridor.
  • Trophy tier — ~SAR 2,100/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

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.

Tenant profile

Banking, telecom, professional services, government.

Typical specification

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

Transit

Sulay (Metro Line 1), Al Wurud (Metro Line 1).

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

Amenities

King Fahd National Library, Centria Mall.

Comparable buildings

  • Riyadh Bank Tower
  • Saudi Telecom HQ
  • Mada'in Tower

Where King Fahd Road sits in Riyadh

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.

Topic deep-dives for King Fahd Road

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:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Riyadh Class A leasing and to the trophy 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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