Futian CBD is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Shenzhen with average asking rent around ¥360/sqm/mo · ≈ $55.8 PSF/yr USD.
Shenzhen's trophy financial core. · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: ¥360/sqm/mo · ≈ $55.8 PSF/yr USD
Futian CBD anchors Shenzhen's trophy core — Ping An Finance Center, Citic Plaza, and the deepest financial-services Class A concentration in southern China.
Banking, insurance (Ping An), professional services, government, multinational HQs.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Futian (Lines 1, 11, FTZ HSR), Convention Centre (Line 1, 4).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
MixC World, Civic Center, Futian Convention Centre.
Futian CBD is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Shenzhen, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around ¥360/sqm/mo · ≈ $55.8 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Shenzhen Class A stock, Futian CBD typically attracts Banking, insurance (Ping An), professional services, government, multinational HQs and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Futian CBD: Houhai (Nanshan), Qianhai Free Trade Zone, Luohu, Bao'an Airport Corridor. The full Shenzhen submarket atlas is at /cities/shenzhen.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Futian CBD, 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 Shenzhen 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.