The central business district of Bengaluru is the area within a 7 km radius around Vidhan Soudha. This is the center of Bangalore and was founded by Kempegowda of the Vijayanagara Empire. Most of the land is used by commercial establishments and the Indian Army with plans of skyscrapers under works. It has multiple high-rises including UB Tower. It also includes heritage properties like the Bangalore Fort and the Bangalore Pete.
The Collection in UB City is one of the first luxury shopping malls of South India. The land in CBD is expensive; Brigade Road and MG Road are amongst the most expensive in India. It also houses many other high streets including Commercial Street and Church Street as well as the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. CBD is a tourist attraction as there are parks, government offices, educational institutions, business houses and hotels, shopping destinations, stadiums, museums, temples, mosques, churches, art galleries and entertainment zones. Since the 2010s, planning and transport studies have described the area as part of a wider urban corridor accommodating service-sector activities, including technology and corporate services, in the context of Bengaluru’s metropolitan expansion. The planned extension of the Namma Metro network under Phase II, approved in 2017 and progressing into the early 2020s, enhanced connectivity along adjoining corridors and supported commercial and residential development near metro-linked districts.
Notable roads
MG Road Brigade Road Magrath Road Richmond Road Kasturba Road Commercial Street Church Street Lavelle Road Queens Road Cubbon Road Millers Road Cunningham Road Museum Road Kamaraj Road Nandidurga Road Infantry Road Dickenson Road Raj Bhavan Road St. Mark's Road Vittal Mallya Road Residency Road Convent Road Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road Hayes Road Central Street Palace Road St. John's Church Road Jumma Masjid Road Ali Asker Road Bowring Hospital Road Ulsoor Road Nrupathunga Road Dr. Ambedkar Road J C Road Seshadri Road Kempegowda Road (KG Road) Mosque Road Tannery Road Wheeler Road Kengal Hanumantaiah Double Road Mission Road
Neighborhoods The following are the neighborhoods either fully or partially located in the Central Business District
Northern Part Vasanth Nagar Frazer Town Cooke Town Cox Town Benson Town Jayamahal
Eastern Part Richmond Town Sampangiramanagar Langford Town Shantala Nagar Austin Town Vivek Nagar Agram Sivanacheti Gardens Ulsoor
Western Part Gandhinagar Seshadripuram Binnypete
Southern Part Chickpet Chamarajpet Kalasipalyam Wilson Garden Adugodi
Important landmarks
Vidhana Soudha (State legislature of Karnataka) Freedom Park National Gallery of Modern Art Department of Industries and Commerce National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development State Bank of India - International Branch Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation India Meteorological Department Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Corporate Office General Thimmayya National Academy Of Adventure Raj Bhavan Karnataka Madras Sappers Board of Technical Examinations Department of Archaeology and Museums Karnataka State Central Library Reserve Bank of India Bangalore Palace Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens Bangalore Fort Vikasa Soudha Commissionerate of Social Welfare Department UB City Department of Information and Public Relations Central Revenue Building Parachute Regiment - Indian Army Karnataka and Kerala Sub Area HQ of Army Kempegowda Majestic Metro Station (the largest station in Asia) Cubbon Park Press Club of Bengaluru Karnataka Government Museum General Cariappa Memorial Park India Post General Post Office Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain Park Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore Turf Club Ulsoor Lake Russel Market Bangalore Club Bangalore Cantonment railway station Bangalore City railway station Venkatappa Art Gallery Bangalore Police Headquarters Central Press Information Bureau, Bangalore Traffic Headquarters St. Mary's Basilica Bangalore Town Hall Bowring Institute Karnataka Housing Board BESCOM Corporate Office BWSSB Corporate Office State Youth And Sports Centre Karnataka Institute of Cricket Century Club Karnataka Examinations Authority Home Guards & Civil Defence Academy Bangalore Hockey Stadium Kanteerava Indoor Stadium M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore Football Stadium High Court of Karnataka Manekshaw Parade Grounds Atal Bihari Vajpayee TTMC Canara Bank Head Office Bangalore East railway station National Games Village Mysore Bank Circle St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Dodda Basavana Gudi East Parade Church State Bank of India Local Head Office Krishi Bhavan Bank of Baroda International Branch (formerly Head Office of Vijaya Bank) Ashoka Pillar Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple Binny Mills Lulu Mall Life Insurance Corporation Jeevan Prakash Building Coles Park Mount Carmel College Bangalore Stock Exchange Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Halasuru Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield
Tallest buildings
RankName ImageHeight Floors Year Use 1 UB Tower 20 2008 Commercial 2 Kingfisher Tower 34 2018 Residential 3 Concorde Tower 20 2008 Commercial 4 Prestige Trade Tower 27 2017 Commercial 5 Public Utility Building 25 1973 Commercial 6 Canberra Tower 20 2008
Under construction or planned
RankNameHeight Floors Year 01.01 Bengaluru Turf Tower 156 Cancelled 02.02 Wearesf Towers 109 2015 03.03 KTRE ARFD Tower 90 2016 04.04 ASTA VIBRANT Towers 94 2012 03.03 Golden Empire 68 2018 03.03 Karnataka Financial Towers 57 2019
Consulates Consulate-General of Japan Consulate-General of Israel Consulate-General of Germany Consulate-General of Switzerland Deputy High Commission and Trade Office of United Kingdom Consulate- General of France Consulate of United States of America (temporarily at JW Marriot)
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