--- title: "Coal Harbour, Vancouver — Class A submarket" description: "Waterfront trophy address." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Coal Harbour is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Vancouver with average asking rent around C$78/sqft/yr · ≈ $57.7 PSF/yr USD. ## TL;DR - Waterfront trophy address. - Trophy tier — ~C$78/sqft/yr. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Coal Harbour, Vancouver — Class A submarket *Waterfront trophy address.* · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: C$78/sqft/yr · ≈ $57.7 PSF/yr USD ## TL;DR - Waterfront trophy address. - [Trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection) — ~C$78/sqft/yr. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Coal Harbour is Vancouver's waterfront trophy address — limited inventory, high view-premium, and a deep base of professional services and mining HQs. ## Tenant profile Mining HQs, family offices, professional services, hospitality groups. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit Burrard, Waterfront (Expo, Canada Lines). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Stanley Park, Coal Harbour seawall, Vancouver Convention Centre. ## Comparable buildings - **1133 Melville** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=1133%20Melville%2C%201133%20Melville%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6E%204E5%2C%20Coal%20Harbour%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJd5obQ4FxhlQRgNkEvwsNDgU) - **1075 West Georgia** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=1075%20West%20Georgia%2C%201075%20West%20Georgia%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6E%203C9%2C%20Coal%20Harbour%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJp5a-O41xhlQROizqg__8m7A) - **Vancouver Convention Centre West** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Vancouver%20Convention%20Centre%20West%2C%201055%20Canada%20Place%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6C%200C3%2C%20Coal%20Harbour%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJh1duaoNxhlQRjXZyXbz3xdM) ## Where Coal Harbour sits in Vancouver Coal Harbour is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Vancouver, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around C$78/sqft/yr · ≈ $57.7 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Vancouver Class A stock, Coal Harbour typically attracts Mining HQs, family offices, professional services, hospitality groups 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 Coal Harbour: [Downtown CBD](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd), [Yaletown](/cities/vancouver/yaletown), [Broadway Corridor](/cities/vancouver/broadway-corridor), [Mount Pleasant & False Creek Flats](/cities/vancouver/mount-pleasant-false-creek). The full Vancouver submarket atlas is at [/cities/vancouver](/cities/vancouver). ## Topic deep-dives for Coal Harbour For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Coal Harbour, 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: - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/rents-and-availability) - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/tenant-profile) - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/transit-and-commute) - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/trophy-and-comparables) - [Coal Harbour — ](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour/fit-out-and-spec) ## Related glossary Terminology specific to Vancouver 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/vancouver/coal-harbour), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.