Financial district

A financial district is the central area in some large cities where banks, insurance companies and other large corporations have head offices. Financial districts are often home to skyscrapers.

List of financial districts

Notable financial districts of the world include:

Africa

Mauritius

• Port Louis: Place D'armes

Morocco

• Casablanca: Anfa (أنفا), Maârif (المعاريف), Sidi Belyout (سيدي بليوط) Sidi Maârouf, Bouskoura

South Africa

• Johannesburg: Sandton

Americas

Argentina

• Buenos Aires: Microcentro and Diagonal Norte

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: Centro
• São Paulo: Alphaville, Brooklin, Central Zone, Paulista Avenue, and Vila Olímpia

Canada

• Montreal: Saint Jacques Street
• Toronto: Financial District and Bay Street
• Vancouver: Financial District

Chile

• Santiago: Sanhattan

Mexico

• Guadalajara: Puerta de Hierro
• Mexico City: Polanco, Paseo de la Reforma, and Santa Fe
• Monterrey: Valle Oriente

Paraguay

• Asuncion: Aviadores del Chaco Avenue

Peru

• Lima: San Isidro

United States

• Atlanta: Buckhead
• Boston: Financial District
• Chicago: LaSalle Street
• Detroit: Financial District
• Jacksonville: Northbank
• Los Angeles: Financial District
• Miami: Brickell
• New York City: Financial District
• Philadelphia: Penn Center
• San Francisco: Financial District
• Seattle: Financial District

Australia

• Sydney: Martin Place

Asia

Bangladesh

• Chittagong: Agrabad
• Dhaka: Motijheel
• Dhaka: Gulshan Thana
• Dhaka: Kawran Bazar

China

• Beijing: Beijing Financial Street
• Hong Kong: Central and Sheung Wan
• Shanghai: Lujiazui in Pudong

India

• Mumbai: Dalal Street
• Hyderabad: Nanakramguda

Israel

• Tel Aviv: Rothschild Boulevard

Japan

• Osaka: Chūō-ku
• Tokyo: Marunouchi, Nihonbashi, and Otemachi

Lebanon

• Beirut: Central District

Malaysia

• George Town: Beach Street
• Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur City Centre

Pakistan

• Karachi: Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road

Philippines

• Makati: Ayala Center
• Mandaluyong: Ortigas Center
• Manila: Binondo

Singapore

• Shenton Way at Raffles Place

South Korea

• Seoul: Teheranno

Thailand

• Bangkok: Sathorn and Silom

Turkey

• Istanbul: Levent and Maslak

Europe

Belgium

• Brussels: Northern Quarter

France

• Lyon: La Part-Dieu
• Marseille: Euroméditerranée
• Paris: La Défense

Germany

• Frankfurt: Bankenviertel

Greece

• Athens: Sofokleous Street

Netherlands

• Amsterdam: Zuidas and Damrak

Russia

• Moscow: Moscow International Business Centre, Kitay-gorod, and Tverskoy District

Spain

• Barcelona: 22@ and Granvia l'Hospitalet
• Madrid: AZCA and CTBA

Switzerland

• Zurich: Paradeplatz

United Kingdom

• London: City of London and Canary Wharf

See also

• Central business district
• Financial center