Zürich-West is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Zurich with average asking rent around CHF 75/sqft/yr · ≈ $82.5 PSF/yr USD.
Repositioned industrial spine. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: CHF 75/sqft/yr · ≈ $82.5 PSF/yr USD
Zürich-West has repositioned from industrial to a creative-tech and corporate Class A spine. Prime Tower anchors the trophy tier.
Tech, creative agencies, corporate satellites.
20-30,000 sqft floor plates.
Hardbrücke S-Bahn, Tram 4.
Direct S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof.
Schiffbau, Im Viadukt, Frau Gerolds Garten.
Zürich-West is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Zurich, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around CHF 75/sqft/yr · ≈ $82.5 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Zurich Class A stock, Zürich-West typically attracts Tech, creative agencies, corporate satellites and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Zürich-West: Bahnhofstrasse / Paradeplatz, Zürich-Nord (Oerlikon), Seefeld, Altstetten. The full Zurich submarket atlas is at /cities/zurich.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Zürich-West, 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 Zurich 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.