--- title: "Arts District / Downtown East, Dallas — Class A submarket" description: "Trophy stock at the museum cluster." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/dallas/arts-district pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Arts District / Downtown East is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Dallas with average asking rent around $52/sqft/yr. ## TL;DR - Trophy stock at the museum cluster. - Trophy tier — ~$52/sqft/yr. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Arts District / Downtown East, Dallas — Class A submarket *Trophy stock at the museum cluster.* · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: $52/sqft/yr ## TL;DR - Trophy stock at the museum cluster. - [Trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection) — ~$52/sqft/yr. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview The Arts District anchors Downtown East — a wave of trophy repositioning (Trammell Crow Center, Bank of America Plaza, Comerica Bank Tower) is reshaping the legacy CBD. ## Tenant profile Banking, energy, law, professional services. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit St. Paul, Akard (DART). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Klyde Warren Park, Dallas Museum of Art, AT&T Discovery District. ## Comparable buildings - **Trammell Crow Center** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Trammell%20Crow%20Center%2C%202001%20Ross%20Avenue%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075201%2C%20Arts%20District%20%2F%20Downtown%20East%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJf53FcCSZToYRbdxzf8ua3O8) - **Comerica Bank Tower** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Comerica%20Bank%20Tower%2C%201717%20Main%20Street%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075201%2C%20Arts%20District%20%2F%20Downtown%20East%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJ0d3gQh-ZToYRJDnZrlltTCE) - **Bank of America Plaza** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bank%20of%20America%20Plaza%2C%20901%20Main%20Street%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075202%2C%20Arts%20District%20%2F%20Downtown%20East%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJa3BYkheZToYRQgKXb4Q-WO4) ## Where Arts District / Downtown East sits in Dallas Arts District / Downtown East is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Dallas, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around $52/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Dallas Class A stock, Arts District / Downtown East typically attracts Banking, energy, law, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and [amenitisation](/glossary/amenitisation). Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Arts District / Downtown East: [Uptown](/cities/dallas/uptown), [Victory Park](/cities/dallas/victory-park), [Legacy West (Plano)](/cities/dallas/legacy-west), [Las Colinas (Irving)](/cities/dallas/las-colinas). The full Dallas submarket atlas is at [/cities/dallas](/cities/dallas). ## Topic deep-dives for Arts District / Downtown East For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Arts District / Downtown East, 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: - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/rents-and-availability) - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/tenant-profile) - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/transit-and-commute) - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/trophy-and-comparables) - [Arts District / Downtown East — ](/cities/dallas/arts-district/fit-out-and-spec) ## Related glossary Terminology specific to Dallas Class A leasing and to the trophy 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 [**Miriam Hollander**](/about/authors/miriam-hollander) — Lead market analyst. 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/dallas/arts-district), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.