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title: "MEA Class A office overview"
description: "Class A office across the Middle East and Africa."
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lastUpdated: 2026-05-29T16:17:29.065Z
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> MEA Class A Atlas coverage includes 13 Tier 1 cities and 66 Class A submarkets.

## TL;DR

- Class A office across the Middle East and Africa.
- 13 Tier 1 cities covered in MEA.
- Total Class A submarkets in MEA: 66.
- Pricing convention: Local currency per sqft or sqm per year.

# MEA Class A office overview

**[Class A](/glossary/class-a) office across the Middle East and Africa.**

## TL;DR

- Class A office across the Middle East and Africa.
- 13 Tier 1 cities covered in MEA.
- Total Class A submarkets in MEA: 66.
- Pricing convention: Local currency per sqft or sqm per year.

## Cities in MEA, by country

### BH

- [**Manama**](/cities/manama) — Gulf financial services hub with deep Islamic banking and fintech tenancy.

### EG

- [**Cairo**](/cities/cairo) — MENA's largest Class A market with the New Administrative Capital reshaping the post-2025 [trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection).

### Israel

- [**Tel Aviv**](/cities/tel-aviv) — Startup nation capital with deep tech, defense, and venture-backed tenancy.

### Kenya

- [**Nairobi**](/cities/nairobi) — East Africa's gateway with deep tech, NGO, and pan-African HQ tenancy.

### KW

- [**Kuwait City**](/cities/kuwait-city) — Gulf banking and energy capital with constrained Class A inventory.

### MA

- [**Casablanca**](/cities/casablanca) — North Africa's banking and tech hub with deep Francophone shared-services tenancy.

### Nigeria

- [**Lagos**](/cities/lagos) — West Africa's commercial capital with deep banking, oil, and tech tenancy.

### Qatar

- [**Doha**](/cities/doha) — Qatar's gas-anchored gateway with deep LNG and government tenancy.

### Saudi Arabia

- [**Riyadh**](/cities/riyadh) — Saudi Arabia's capital with deep Vision 2030 corporate HQ relocation tenancy.

### South Africa

- [**Johannesburg**](/cities/johannesburg) — South Africa's commercial capital with deep mining, banking, and pan-African HQ tenancy.
- [**Cape Town**](/cities/cape-town) — South Africa's tech, tourism, and BPO capital with deep VC-backed startup tenancy.

### United Arab Emirates

- [**Dubai**](/cities/dubai) — The fastest-growing premium office market in EMEA.
- [**Abu Dhabi**](/cities/abu-dhabi) — UAE's federal capital with deep oil, sovereign wealth, and AI tenancy.

## MEA guides

Browse the full [long-form guides library](/guides) — region-specific guides for MEA are in the editorial pipeline.

## Currency & rent normalization

Local convention in MEA: **Local currency per sqft or sqm per year**. Local currencies in active institutional use: **AED / SAR / QAR / ILS / ZAR**. Lease regime: Gulf: 1–3 year leases, often paid in 1–4 cheques annually. SA/IL: longer terms with annual reviews. Class A Atlas normalizes all city-level rent benchmarks to **USD per sqft per year** using a trailing 90-day FX average so cross-region comparisons stay apples-to-apples; per-city pages show both the local quotation and the normalized USD figure.

## Related

- [**All regions**](/regions)
- [**Americas**](/regions/americas)
- [**EMEA**](/regions/emea)
- [**APAC**](/regions/apac)
- [**Latin America**](/regions/latam)
- [**Global Tier 1**](/regions/global)

## Editorial provenance

Reviewed by [**Class A Atlas Editorial Desk**](/about/authors/class-a-atlas-editorial-desk) — House byline · global editorial team. Last updated 2026-05-29. 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)

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Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/regions/mea), updated 2026-05-29T16:17:29.065Z.