--- title: "Downtown CBD, Vancouver — Class A submarket" description: "The Burrard Street trophy spine." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Downtown CBD is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Vancouver with average asking rent around C$70/sqft/yr · ≈ $51.8 PSF/yr USD. ## TL;DR - The Burrard Street trophy spine. - Trophy tier — ~C$70/sqft/yr. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Downtown CBD, Vancouver — Class A submarket *The Burrard Street trophy spine.* · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: C$70/sqft/yr · ≈ $51.8 PSF/yr USD ## TL;DR - The Burrard Street trophy spine. - [Trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection) — ~C$70/sqft/yr. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Vancouver's downtown CBD anchors the city's trophy office product — The Stack, Bentall Centre, MNP Tower, and Vancouver Centre II form the deepest Class A concentration in BC. ## Tenant profile Tech, mining, real estate services, banking, 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 Burrard, Granville, Vancouver City Centre (Expo, Canada Lines). Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Robson Street retail, Vancouver Art Gallery. ## Comparable buildings - **The Stack** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=The%20Stack%2C%201133%20Melville%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6E%204E5%2C%20Downtown%20CBD%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJ02bpHctxhlQRaLwYfNhh9JI) - **Vancouver Centre II** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Vancouver%20Centre%20II%2C%20753%20Seymour%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6B%200R2%2C%20Downtown%20CBD%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJkTgZAX9xhlQRodCNqEAxC04) - **Bentall Centre** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bentall%20Centre%2C%20555%20Burrard%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V7X%201M9%2C%20Downtown%20CBD%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJa-aL1INxhlQRWq9NaDq3mg0) - **MNP Tower** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=MNP%20Tower%2C%201021%20West%20Hastings%20Street%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20BC%20V6E%200C3%2C%20Downtown%20CBD%2C%20Vancouver%2C%20Canada&query_place_id=ChIJU_cIU4JxhlQRdBA3QFT-Qjg) ## Where Downtown CBD sits in Vancouver Downtown CBD is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Vancouver, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around C$70/sqft/yr · ≈ $51.8 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Vancouver Class A stock, Downtown CBD typically attracts Tech, mining, real estate services, banking, 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 Downtown CBD: [Coal Harbour](/cities/vancouver/coal-harbour), [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 Downtown CBD For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Downtown CBD, 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: - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/rents-and-availability) - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/tenant-profile) - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/transit-and-commute) - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/trophy-and-comparables) - [Downtown CBD — ](/cities/vancouver/downtown-cbd/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/downtown-cbd), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.