The Cities With The Highest Rents For Prime Office Space
If you want to do business in Hong Kong, your company will have to pay a lot of money for an office there. According to Knight Frank's Skyscraper Index, Hong Kong is the most expensive city in the world for office space. The annual rent for a square foot of office space in one of the city's high-rise buildings comes to $255.50. In New York, the cost would be over $100 less - at least $153.
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This chart shows the annual average cost to rent a square foot of prime office space in 2015.
Annual net effective cost for prime office space in selected markets worldwide in 4th quarter 2025 (in U.S. dollars per square foot)
Annual rent per square foot of premium office space in selected cities worldwide as of April 2017 (in U.S. dollars)
Cost of office space in selected major cities in the United States in 2017 (in U.S. dollars per square foot)
Annual occupancy cost of prime office real estate per square foot in the Asia-Pacific region in 1st quarter 2025, by city (in U.S dollars)
Average annual quoted rent per square foot in selected office markets in the United States in 2nd quarter 2025, by market (in U.S. dollars)
Monthly average rent of grade A office space in Hong Kong from 1st quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2024, by district (in Hong Kong dollars per square meter)
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