Istanbul Central Business District

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

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

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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

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]

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]

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
N O R T H						İstinye Park N Maslak, D Sarıyer
N O R T H	Skyland	Vadistanbul Vadistanbul Radisson Collection Rams Park Galatasaray FC N 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 Sapphire	Le Meridien Etiler	Etiler Boğaziçi Üniv. Boğaziçi
	Çağlayan			Kanyon Özdilek Park Wyndham Grand Levent Hyatt Centric Metrocity	Nispetiye Four Seasons Res. Akmerkez N Nispetiye D Beşiktaş
	Taşçioğlu	Trump Towers Şişli–Mecidiyeköy İstanbul Cevahir Marriott Hotels Radisson Blu N Mecidiyeköy D Şişli	Astoria Fairmount Kempinski Res. Profilo	Gayrettepe Gayrettepe Zorlu Center Mövenpick Raffles
	N Bomonti	N Fulya	N Otim	Fulya
		Osmanbey Westin	N Nişantaşı American Hospital St. Regis Park Hyatt	Yıldız Technical Yıldız Conrad		Mandarin Oriental
S O U T H			Congress Center Hilton Grand Hyatt Intercontinental Divan Marmara Taksim Gezi Park Taksim square Taksim	Four Seasons Beşiktaş () Shangri-La Dolmabahce Palace	Çırağan Palace Kempinski
			İstiklal Avenue	Kabataş ()
		Şişhane Beyoğlu (Tünel) Galata Tower N Berketzade D Beyoğlu (Pera)	Fındıklı Galataport Museum of Modern Art Tophane
		Karaköy (Tünel) Karaköy Pier	Peninsula Hotel Novotel JW Marriott