Centrum (CBD) is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Warsaw with average asking rent around PLN 1,000/sqm/yr · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD.
Historic CBD prime cluster. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: PLN 1,000/sqm/yr · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD
The historic Centrum CBD around Plac Defilad anchors Warsaw's traditional trophy stock — Palace of Culture and Science, Złota 44, Warsaw Trade Tower.
Banking, professional services, telecom, government.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Centrum (M1).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Plac Defilad, Złote Tarasy retail, Palace of Culture.
Centrum (CBD) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Warsaw, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around PLN 1,000/sqm/yr · ≈ $23.2 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Warsaw Class A stock, Centrum (CBD) typically attracts Banking, professional services, telecom, government and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Centrum (CBD): Wola, Mokotów, Powiśle & Praga, Służewiec & Okęcie. The full Warsaw submarket atlas is at /cities/warsaw.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Centrum (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 Warsaw Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.