Istanbul's Central Business District as the real estate industry refers to it, is not the historic city center, but a 7-km-long north–south corridor of modern areas mostly along Barbaros Boulevard and Büyükdere Avenue. As of late 2021, 33% of the Class A office space in the metropolitan area was located in the CBD, of which about 790,000 sqm in Maslak, 690,000 sqm in Levent, 500,000 sqm in Zincirlikuyu/Esentepe/Gayrettepe and 100,000 sqm in Etiler.
The Istanbul Metro's Line 2 serves the CBD's main north-south corridor, with Line 6 and Line 7 providing east-west service. In addition, Line 7 is to be extended southward from Şişli—Mecidiyeköy station to Beşiktaş ferry station.
The historic city center is in Fatih and contains historic sites, the Grand Bazaar and adjacent wholesale/retail districts, but is not a modern "central business district" in that it does not have modern retail formats, dense residential and hotel towers, etc.
These can be found in the following edge cities with concentrations of office space, shopping malls, residential towers, entertainment and educational facilities, hospitals, etc.
From south to north, they are:
Symbols hospital metro line military base museum/monument office/ residential tower pier planned or under construction shopping mall/area stadium university N neighborhood D district WEST EAST NORTH İstinye ParkN Maslak, D Sarıyer Skyland Vadistanbul Vadistanbul Radisson Collection Rams Park Galatasaray FCN Ayazağa D Sarıyer Seyrantepe 3rd Corps/NATO Sanayi National Defense İtü Ayazağa Hilton Maslak Istanbul Technical Kağıthane Merkez Kağıthane AXİS AVM 4. Levent Sheraton Levent Istanbul SapphireN Emniyet evleri D Kağıthane (W side)N Konaklar D Beşiktaş (E side) Le Meridien Etiler Etiler Boğaziçi Üniv. Boğaziçi Çağlayan Kanyon Özdilek Park Wyndham Grand Levent Hyatt Centric MetrocityN Esentepe D Şişli (W side)N Levent D Beşiktaş (E side) Nispetiye Four Seasons Res. AkmerkezN Nispetiye D Beşiktaş Taşçioğlu Trump Towers Şişli Mecidiyeköy İstanbul Cevahir Marriott Hotels Radisson BluN Mecidiyeköy D Şişli Astoria Fairmount Kempinski Res. Profilo Gayrettepe Gayrettepe Zorlu Center Mövenpick RafflesN Esentepe, Levazım,Balmumcu D Beşiktaş N Bomonti N Fulya N Otim Fulya Osmanbey Westin N Nişantaşı American Hospital St. Regis Park Hyatt Yıldız Technical Yıldız ConradN Yıldız D Beşiktaş Mandarin Oriental Congress Center Hilton Grand Hyatt Intercontinental DivanN Harbiye D Şişli N Maçka D Şişli SOUTH Intercontinental MarmaraTaksim Gezi ParkTaksim Square Taksim Four Seasons Beşiktaş () Shangri-La Swissotel Dolmabahce Palace Çırağan Palace KempinskiN Yıldız D Beşiktaş İstiklal Avenue Kabataş Şişhane Beyoğlu (Tünel) Galata TowerN Berketzade D Beyoğlu (Pera) Fındıklı Galataport Modern Art Tophane Karaköy (Tünel) Karaköy Pier Peninsula Hotel Novotel JW Marriott
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