Istanbul Central Business District

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.[1]

Maslak

Atatürk Oto Sanayi

İstinye Park

Natl. Defense Univ.

Ayazağa/
Istanbul Technical  Univ.

Vadistanbul mall/
Vadı İstanbul funicular

Skyland

Galatasaray stadium

Kağıthane

Kağıthane retail area

Sanayi

Seyrantepi

Etiler

Nispetiye

Boğaziçi Univ.

PERPETI

Taşçioğlu
Hospital

Trump Tower

Astoria

Profilo mall

Çağlayan

Şişli Mecidiyeköy

Fulya

Otim

Bomonti

İstanbul Cevahir

Osmanbey

Nişantası

İstanbul Sapphire, 4 Levent metro

Kanyon mall

ÖzdilekPark

Levent/Metrocity

Gayreteppe

Zincirlikuyu
Zorlu Center

Balmumcu

Barabaros Blvd./ Yıldız Tech. Univ./ (future metro)

Beşiktaş ferries (future metro)

Istanbul Congress Center

Grand Hyatt

Intercontinental Hotel

Hilton Bosphorus

Taksim

Kabataş funicular

Şişhane

Galata Tower

Karaköy funicular

Eminönü (Old City)

Üsküdar ferry / trains

Fıstıkağacı

Bağlarbaşı

Capitol mall, Altunizade

Istanbul CBD, Beyoğlu and Golden Horn, key business and shopping centers, universities, and selected metro stations and landmarks. Bold text=neighborhood, (M)=metro station (F)=funicular station

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:[2]

• Beşiktaş district:
  • Balmumcu
  • Gayrettepe incl. Profilo, Astoria and Trump Towers (Trump Alışveriş Merkezi) complexes
  • Etiler including Boğaziçi University
• Şişli district:
  • Fulya, Otim, Cumhuriyeti and the Şişli Merkez/Bomonti neighborhoods incl. the İstanbul Cevahir complex
  • Esentepe including Zincirlikuyu and the Zorlu Center complex
  • Levent including the Metrocity, Kanyon, Özdilekpark and Istanbul Sapphire complexes
• Sarıyer district:
  • Maslak including the İstinye Park complex and the Istanbul Technical University
  • the Vadistanbul mall and office complexes in Ayazağa