Qiantan is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Shanghai with average asking rent around $35/sqft/yr.
Pudong's emerging southern CBD. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $35/sqft/yr
Qiantan is Pudong's emerging southern CBD — a planned mixed-use district with new Class A delivered post-2018 and a younger tenant base.
Tech, e-commerce, gaming, life sciences, digital media.
20–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock.
Dongfang Sports Centre (Metro 6, 8, 11).
Multi-modal transit with high commute capture from the city's professional catchment.
Qiantan Taikoo Li, Qiantan Park.
Qiantan is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Shanghai, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $35/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Shanghai Class A stock, Qiantan typically attracts Tech, e-commerce, gaming, life sciences, digital media and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Qiantan: Lujiazui (Pudong), Jing'an, Huaihai & Xintiandi, Hongqiao CBD. The full Shanghai submarket atlas is at /cities/shanghai.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Qiantan, 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 Shanghai Class A leasing and to the prime 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.