--- title: "Charlottenburg & Westend, Berlin — Class A submarket" description: "Established West Berlin trophy." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Charlottenburg & Westend is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Berlin with average asking rent around €42/sqm/mo · ≈ $50.6 PSF/yr USD. ## TL;DR - Established West Berlin trophy. - Prime tier — ~€42/sqm/mo. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Charlottenburg & Westend, Berlin — Class A submarket *Established West Berlin trophy.* · Tier: prime · Avg rent: €42/sqm/mo · ≈ $50.6 PSF/yr USD ## TL;DR - Established West Berlin trophy. - Prime tier — ~€42/sqm/mo. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Charlottenburg and Westend anchor established West Berlin Class A — deep professional services tenancy, the KaDeWe-adjacent corridor, and the Messe trade fair district. ## Tenant profile Banking, law, professional services, retail HQs. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit Zoologischer Garten, Charlottenburg, Adenauerplatz (U2, U7, S5, S7). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Kurfürstendamm retail, Berliner Zoo, Schloss Charlottenburg. ## Comparable buildings - **KaDeWe Office Tower** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=KaDeWe%20Office%20Tower%2C%20Tauentzienstra%C3%9Fe%2021%2C%2010789%20Berlin%2C%20Charlottenburg%20%26%20Westend%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Germany&query_place_id=ChIJYb9yIlRQqEcR7A7Zwwy7q-0) - **Upper West** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Upper%20West%2C%20Kantstra%C3%9Fe%20163%2C%2010623%20Berlin%2C%20Charlottenburg%20%26%20Westend%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Germany&query_place_id=ChIJDcKKVf5QqEcRw-WKrXjsRr8) - **Bikini Berlin** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bikini%20Berlin%2C%20Budapester%20Stra%C3%9Fe%2038-50%2C%2010787%20Berlin%2C%20Charlottenburg%20%26%20Westend%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Germany&query_place_id=ChIJ99S8mv9QqEcRZxIPBXtoDro) ## Where Charlottenburg & Westend sits in Berlin Charlottenburg & Westend is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Berlin, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around €42/sqm/mo · ≈ $50.6 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Berlin Class A stock, Charlottenburg & Westend typically attracts Banking, law, professional services, retail HQs and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and [amenitisation](/glossary/amenitisation). Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Charlottenburg & Westend: [Mitte](/cities/berlin/mitte), [Mediaspree (Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg)](/cities/berlin/mediaspree), [Potsdamer Platz](/cities/berlin/potsdamer-platz), [Adlershof](/cities/berlin/adlershof). The full Berlin submarket atlas is at [/cities/berlin](/cities/berlin). ## Topic deep-dives for Charlottenburg & Westend For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Charlottenburg & Westend, 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: - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/rents-and-availability) - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/tenant-profile) - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/transit-and-commute) - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/trophy-and-comparables) - [Charlottenburg & Westend — ](/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend/fit-out-and-spec) ## Related glossary Terminology specific to Berlin Class A leasing and to the prime tier: [Class A](/glossary/class-a), [Trophy asset](/glossary/trophy-asset), [Effective rent](/glossary/effective-rent), [Concession package](/glossary/concession-package), [TI allowance](/glossary/ti-allowance), [Submarket tier](/glossary/submarket-tier). ## Editorial provenance Reviewed by [**Samuel Okafor**](/about/authors/samuel-okafor) — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our [methodology](/about/methodology) and [editorial standards](/about/editorial-standards). ### Primary sources for this page - [CBRE Marketview reports](https://www.cbre.com/insights) — CBRE - [JLL Office Insight](https://www.jll.com/en/trends-and-insights) — JLL - [Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat](https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/insights) — Cushman & Wakefield - [Savills World Research](https://www.savills.com/research_articles/) — Savills - [Colliers Global Office Outlook](https://www.colliers.com/en/research) — Colliers [Full sources index](/about/sources) · [Submit a correction](/about/corrections) ## Related topics - [**Class A Lease Negotiation**](/topics/class-a-lease-negotiation) — How to negotiate a Class A office lease — the playbook from LOI to signed deal. - [**Hybrid Workplace Strategy**](/topics/hybrid-workplace-strategy) — How to size, structure, and lease a Class A office for a hybrid workforce. - [**ESG / LEED for Tenants**](/topics/esg-leed-tenants) — How tenants evaluate, negotiate, and report on ESG performance in a Class A office lease. - [**Cross-border Expansion**](/topics/cross-border-expansion) — How to run a coordinated Class A office search across multiple geographies. - [**Fit-out Capex**](/topics/fit-out-capex) — How to budget, sequence, and govern Class A office [fit-out](/topics/fit-out-capex)">fit-out capex. - [**Lease vs Flex**](/topics/lease-vs-flex) — When premium flex (coworking, [managed office](/glossary/managed-office)) beats a conventional Class A lease — and vice versa. --- Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/berlin/charlottenburg-westend), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.