Downtown business centre in Astana
Downtown is a Class B+ office complex at 1/1 Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev Avenue, in the Almaty district of Astana. It is not a single tower but several blocks: the addresses 1/1, '1/2 block 5', 1/4 and 1/5 are listed for the complex, and individual blocks have names of their own — Tokyo Block, for example. The complex totals 17,500 sq m of gross and 14,875 sq m of lettable area with a typical floor of 665 sq m. Below are the make-up of the complex, the lease terms, the district and what is worth checking when choosing a unit.
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Building details
- Building class: B+
- Address: проспект Рахымжана Кошкарбаева, 1/1 (корпуса также 1/2, 1/4, 1/5)
- District: Алматы
- City: Астана
- Rent rate: 15 000 ₸/м²/мес, замер 2025-10-03
- Operating expenses: Собственный сайт указывает, что услуги клининга входят в арендную ставку — редкое для казахстанского рынка условие, обычно уборка выставляется отдельной строкой эксплуатационных расходов.
- Total area: 17 500 м²
- Rentable area: 14 875 м²
- Parking: 300 мест
On-site amenities
- отделение банка
- кафе
- детский сад
- магазины
- салон красоты
- супермаркет
- аптека
Available space
There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block. We will put together options on request — send a request or browse the Almaty business centre directory.
Other business centres nearby
See also: the Almaty business centre directory, Nurly Tau business centre, office rent in Almaty.
What the complex is
Downtown is arranged as a group of blocks rather than one building with a single address. The addresses 1/1, '1/2 block 5', 1/4 and 1/5 are listed for the complex, and some blocks have their own names — Tokyo Block, for example. Hence the first practical rule: the block number has to be fixed separately at every step. The lease and the actual entrance may refer to different addresses, and that affects not only client navigation but also the company's registered address, deliveries, the telecoms connection and which block exactly you viewed.
The complex totals 17,500 sq m of gross area and 14,875 sq m of lettable. The gap between these figures is small: comparatively little goes to common areas, staircases and service rooms, which means the share of area a tenant pays for but does not use is lower here than in buildings with large atriums and showpiece lobbies. For a company counting the cost per workplace, that is a noticeable argument.
The typical floor is 665 sq m. That is a level on which a team of several dozen people sits comfortably, and a plate of that size changes the very logic of renting: a small company can take a whole floor and get its own perimeter — its own reception zone, its own meeting rooms, no neighbours in a shared corridor. In a tower with a large plate the same floor area would have to be taken as part of a floor, sharing the lobby and washrooms with other tenants.
The class of the complex is quoted differently: most market descriptions give B+, some give A, while the property's own website does not state a class at all and confines itself to a formula about engineering to high international standards. In practice B+ is the reference point: the set of engineering matches that level, and it is more sensible to compare the rent with buildings of the same class rather than with Class A towers.
The number of floors is also quoted differently: some descriptions give 6 floors, some 7. The reason is most likely that the blocks are of different heights and the count depends on which one is taken. The year of construction, the management company and the mix of tenants are not publicly stated — check these with the owner before a viewing: the year of construction is needed to understand the condition of the engineering, and information about the management company determines with whom you will agree the fit-out and the schedule of works.
Building services and engineering
The most practical feature of the property is not its geometry but its lease terms. The owner states directly that cleaning services are included in the rent. On the Kazakhstan market cleaning is almost always billed as a separate line of service charges, and its cost is discussed after the main lease is signed, when it is too late to bargain; including it in the rent makes the monthly bill predictable. Among the office complexes of Astana, practically only Downtown states such a condition. In negotiations, pin down the details: which zones are cleaned, how often, whether washrooms and common areas are covered, what happens with consumables — otherwise the benefit of included cleaning will drain away into side agreements.
In engineering terms the complex belongs to the B+ level: ventilation is natural, air conditioning is local. For a tenant this means a specific check at the viewing. With dense occupancy and meeting rooms without windows, air exchange that depends on opening windows becomes a bottleneck by the middle of the day, while local air conditioners divide the space into zones with different temperatures. Ask whether the owner allows additional equipment to be installed, where the outdoor units are placed and who pays for servicing them. Security is described in specific terms: round-the-clock security, CCTV and an access control and management system. The car park holds around 300 spaces on site according to the property's own website.
The infrastructure of the complex is unusual in its make-up: alongside a bank branch, a café, shops, a beauty salon, a supermarket and a pharmacy there is a nursery. A nursery in an office complex changes the tenant profile — companies with young staff use it as an argument in hiring and when employees return from parental leave. The supermarket and the pharmacy cover evening errands without a separate trip, while a bank branch nearby simplifies the operational routine for companies that regularly need a bank in person.
The owner is prepared to fit out individual blocks to the tenant's requirements — it offers directly to agree the fit-out around the needs of the business. For a complex with blocks of different sizes this is a flexibility that towers with a fixed layout do not have: the plan can be adjusted to the structure of the team rather than the team to the existing offices. When discussing such a fit-out, fix in the lease straight away the scope of works, the completion date, who owns the non-removable improvements and how they are treated on an early exit.
- natural ventilation
- local air conditioning
- round-the-clock security
- CCTV
- access control and management system
- parking on site, around 300 spaces
- cleaning included in the rent
- fit-out of the unit to the tenant's requirements
- a nursery, a supermarket, a pharmacy and a bank branch in the complex
- cafés, shops and a beauty salon
Location and transport
The complex stands on Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev Avenue, in the Almaty district. It is important not to get confused here: the Almaty district is an administrative district of the city of Astana, not the city of Almaty. The matching names regularly cause confusion in listings and on maps, so when searching, navigate by the street and the block number rather than by the name of the district. The building itself is in Astana.
An address on an avenue means an easy approach by car and the load typical of main roads at the morning and evening peak. As with any other business address, travel time should be checked not on the map in quiet hours but by driving at a real peak hour — from the building to the district where most of the team lives. The same is worth checking for clients if you regularly hold meetings in the office.
Parking on site is around 300 spaces against 14,875 sq m of lettable area. The ratio for the complex and the number of spaces available to your unit are different things: some spaces are usually allocated to tenants, some remain for visitors, and the complex's own infrastructure — the supermarket, the bank, the nursery — attracts visitors in itself. Check in advance how many spaces are allocated to the unit, how they are recorded and what happens when the headcount grows; if the answer is vague, look at how full the car park is in the morning and at the end of the working day.
The internal infrastructure removes part of the daily logistics. A nursery in the complex means an employee with a child does not make a separate detour in the morning, the supermarket and the pharmacy cover the evening shopping, and the cafés cover the lunch break. For a company competing for people, this is a tangible part of the offer of employment.
Who it suits and what to check when choosing a unit
By profile Downtown suits small and medium-sized companies that need a unit or a whole floor with their own perimeter: accountancy and legal practices, project and service companies, representative offices, growing teams for which a flexible layout and a predictable bill matter more than an address in a Class A tower. The presence of a nursery and everyday infrastructure makes the complex noticeably more interesting for companies with a young workforce. The option of a fit-out to the tenant's requirements widens that circle.
At a viewing, start with the block. Establish which address exactly will be in the lease — 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 or 1/5 — whether it matches the actual entrance, how the block is named in the complex's signage and how a client will find you without prompting. Then check the vertical links: with a floor of 665 sq m and blocks of 6 or 7 floors, lift traffic rarely becomes a problem, but the number of lifts per block and the presence of a goods lift matter both for the move-in and for daily logistics.
The third set of questions is money. Cleaning is included in the rent, but everything else needs to be broken down line by line: what is covered by the service charge, how electricity is calculated, who pays for servicing the air conditioners and for security of the internal perimeter, whether there is a charge per parking space. Ask to see the bill of an existing tenant with a comparable area over the past year — that is the best way to see the real sum rather than a calculated one.
The fourth is the terms of the lease. The term and the renewal procedure, the step and frequency of indexation, the size of the security deposit, the conditions for an early exit and the notice period, the fate of the non-removable improvements after a tenant fit-out. If the owner carries out the fit-out, fix its scope and completion date in a separate schedule: in complexes where the fit-out is agreed individually, it is the timings that most often diverge from expectations.
What to compare before deciding
The complex holds a notable price position: 15,000 ₸ per sq m per month as of October 2025 — the same as Astana Tower, Q and Q2 ask, all of which are classed as A. Downtown itself, meanwhile, is put in B+, ventilation here is natural and air conditioning local. The difference a tenant pays for is the included cleaning, the infrastructure and the location — but not the engineering. And that is the main question in a comparison: what matters more for your team — climate control and air exchange with dense occupancy, or a predictable bill and everyday infrastructure at hand.
Within its own group this is the highest rent among Class B+ properties, along with Grey Plaza. So the comparison makes sense in two directions at once: with Class B+ buildings on price per metre, and with Class A buildings on the full cost per workplace. In the second calculation the included cleaning works in Downtown's favour and the natural ventilation against it, and the outcome depends on how many people you seat per square metre.
The third comparison is within the complex itself. The blocks differ in height and size, some units have their own names, and the fit-out is discussed individually. It makes sense to view two or three units in different blocks and to compare not the rent but what stands behind it: the orientation of the windows, the condition of the fit-out, the convenience of the entrance and of loading, the proximity to the car park and to the complex's infrastructure.
And the last point is how ready the space is. A unit with completed fit-out costs more in rent but requires neither a refurbishment budget nor months of downtime. The option of a fit-out to the tenant's requirements delivers the layout you need but adds the design, the approval and the works themselves to the move-in date. Before choosing, count the cost of time: for a team that has to be working this quarter, the difference in timing almost always outweighs the difference in rent.
Questions and answers
Where is the Downtown business centre located?
Astana, 1/1 Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev Avenue, Almaty district. A district of that name is an administrative district of Astana, not the city of Almaty, so when searching, navigate by the street. The addresses '1/2 block 5', 1/4 and 1/5 are also listed for the complex.
What class are the offices in Downtown?
The class is quoted differently: most market descriptions give B+, some give A, and the property's own website does not state a class. In practice take B+ as the reference point: the set of engineering matches that level, and it is more sensible to compare the rent with buildings of the same class.
How many floors and how much area does the complex have?
The complex totals 17,500 sq m of gross and 14,875 sq m of lettable area, with a typical floor of 665 sq m. The number of floors diverges in the descriptions: some give 6 floors, some 7, which is explained by the different heights of the blocks.
What is included in the rent?
The owner states that cleaning services are included in the rent — a rare condition for the Kazakhstan market, where cleaning is usually billed as a separate line of service charges. The make-up of the other payments — service charge, electricity, parking — should be checked for the specific unit.
Is there parking and what is in the complex's infrastructure?
Parking on site holds around 300 spaces. The complex houses a nursery, a bank branch, a supermarket, a pharmacy, cafés, shops and a beauty salon. The building has round-the-clock security, CCTV and an access control and management system.
How can I find out current availability and rents?
Owners do not publish some units openly, and the year of construction, the management company and the mix of tenants for this complex are not publicly stated. Send a request and we will collect the current options across the blocks and comparable offers in Astana. The search is free for tenants.
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