Arlington (Rosslyn–Ballston) is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Washington DC with average asking rent around $52/sqft/yr.
Defense and tech corridor across the Potomac. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: $52/sqft/yr
The Rosslyn-Ballston corridor is the deepest defense, intelligence, and contracting Class A market in the metro, and host to Amazon HQ2 in National Landing.
Defense, federal contracting, intelligence, technology (Amazon HQ2).
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
Rosslyn, Court House, Clarendon, Virginia Square, Ballston (Orange, Silver).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Wilson Boulevard retail, National Landing.
Arlington (Rosslyn–Ballston) is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Washington DC, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around $52/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Washington DC Class A stock, Arlington (Rosslyn–Ballston) typically attracts Defense, federal contracting, intelligence, technology (Amazon HQ2) and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Arlington (Rosslyn–Ballston): East End, Central Business District, NoMa, Southwest Waterfront. The full Washington DC submarket atlas is at /cities/washington-dc.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Arlington (Rosslyn–Ballston), 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 Washington DC Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.