Quoted face rent, before concessions.

  • Quoted face rent, before concessions.
  • What appears in the press release.

Headline rent

Leasing · Global

Short definition

Quoted face rent, before concessions.

Full definition

What appears in the press release. Almost never the price the tenant actually pays once free rent and TI are netted out. Real-estate data services that publish headline rent overstate market price by 10–25%.

Why this matters for Class A leasing

Headline rent is part of the leasing vocabulary that institutional Class A occupiers, landlords, and advisers use across Global markets. Understanding it correctly affects how you read lease documents, model occupancy economics, and benchmark deal terms across cities. Class A Atlas tracks regional variation alongside the global standard so cross-border occupiers can translate quickly.