Yeouido (YBD) is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Seoul with average asking rent around ₩138,000/pyeong/mo · ≈ $33.5 PSF/yr USD.
The financial island. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: ₩138,000/pyeong/mo · ≈ $33.5 PSF/yr USD
Yeouido — the financial island in the Han River — anchors Korea's banking and asset-management cluster. Parc1 Tower delivered the latest trophy benchmark.
Banks, asset managers, broadcasters (KBS, MBC), securities.
25-40,000 sqft floor plates.
Yeouido (Lines 5/9), Yeouinaru (Line 5).
Strong Han River bridge access.
63 Building, IFC Mall Seoul, the Han River parks.
Yeouido (YBD) is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Seoul, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around ₩138,000/pyeong/mo · ≈ $33.5 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Seoul Class A stock, Yeouido (YBD) typically attracts Banks, asset managers, broadcasters (KBS, MBC), securities and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Yeouido (YBD): Jongno / Gwanghwamun (CBD), Gangnam (GBD), Seongsu, Magok. The full Seoul submarket atlas is at /cities/seoul.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Yeouido (YBD), 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 Seoul Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Kenji Watanabe — APAC contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.