--- title: "Uptown, Dallas — Class A submarket" description: "Dallas's deepest trophy concentration." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/dallas/uptown pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Uptown is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Dallas with average asking rent around $58/sqft/yr. ## TL;DR - Dallas's deepest trophy concentration. - Trophy tier — ~$58/sqft/yr. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Uptown, Dallas — Class A submarket *Dallas's deepest trophy concentration.* · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: $58/sqft/yr ## TL;DR - Dallas's deepest trophy concentration. - [Trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection) — ~$58/sqft/yr. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Uptown — anchored by McKinney Avenue, Cedar Springs, and Klyde Warren Park — is Dallas's deepest trophy concentration. Park District, The Crescent, and Harwood lead the rent stack. ## Tenant profile Investment management, law, consulting, corporate HQs, healthcare. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit M-Line streetcar, DART Pearl/Arts District (Red/Blue/Orange/Green). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Klyde Warren Park, Harwood District retail, Crescent shops. ## Comparable buildings - **The Crescent** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The%20Crescent%2C%20200%20Crescent%20Court%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075201%2C%20Uptown%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJk-SJETCZToYRV-_zbgdOpDw) - **Park District** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Park%20District%2C%201900%20North%20Pearl%20Street%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075201%2C%20Uptown%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJ9wq_4SSZToYR6Ur2Bs_RbjM) - **Harwood No. 14** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Harwood%20No.%2014%2C%202950%20N%20Harwood%20Street%2C%20Dallas%2C%20TX%2075201%2C%20Uptown%2C%20Dallas%2C%20United%20States&query_place_id=ChIJ60hnXx6ZToYR76qnHzhgfbI) ## Where Uptown sits in Dallas Uptown is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Dallas, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around $58/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Dallas Class A stock, Uptown typically attracts Investment management, law, consulting, corporate HQs, healthcare 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 Uptown: [Arts District / Downtown East](/cities/dallas/arts-district), [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 Uptown For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Uptown, 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: - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/rents-and-availability) - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/tenant-profile) - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/transit-and-commute) - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/trophy-and-comparables) - [Uptown — ](/cities/dallas/uptown/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/uptown), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.