Paseo Colón / La Sabana is a prime-tier Class A submarket of San José with average asking rent around $216/sqm/yr · ≈ $20.1 PSF/yr USD.
Heritage CBD spine. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $216/sqm/yr · ≈ $20.1 PSF/yr USD
Paseo Colón and La Sabana anchor San José's heritage CBD Class A spine — Torre Mercedes and a deep banking, professional services, and government tenancy.
Banking, government, professional services, healthcare.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Bus.
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Parque La Sabana, Estadio Nacional.
Paseo Colón / La Sabana is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in San José, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $216/sqm/yr · ≈ $20.1 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader San José Class A stock, Paseo Colón / La Sabana typically attracts Banking, government, professional services, healthcare and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Paseo Colón / La Sabana: Escazú, Santa Ana / Lindora, Heredia / Belén, Centro San José. The full San José submarket atlas is at /cities/san-jose-cr.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Paseo Colón / La Sabana, 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 San José Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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