List of edge cities

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This is a list of edge cities by continent, country and metropolitan area.

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Definition

An edge city is a term coined by Joel Garreau's in his 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, for a place in a metropolitan area, outside cities' original downtowns (thus, in the suburbs or, if within the city limits of the central city, an area of suburban density), with a large concentration of jobs, office space, and retail space. Originally, Garreau defined edge cities in the North American context, though he gave some examples outside North America. To qualify under Garreau's rules, an edge city: [1]

List by country and metropolitan area

This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it with entries that meet the criteria and that reference a reliable source.Note: "Emerging 1991" indicated that Garreau assessed this area as an emerging edge city in his 1991 book.

Canada

Montreal

Toronto

Vancouver

Chile

Santiago

France

Paris

Korea (South)

Seoul

Mexico

Santa Fe, Mexico City A view of Santa Fe.jpg
Santa Fe, Mexico City
Zona Rio, largest commercial area in Tijuana, master-planned in the 1980s Tijuana-2005.jpg
Zona Río, largest commercial area in Tijuana, master-planned in the 1980s

Monterrey

Guadalajara

Mexico City

Tijuana

  • Zona Río: built in the 1980s and the city's new commercial center, the Zona Río and contiguous Agua Caliente submarkets had, in 2016, a total of 136,102 square metres (1,464,990 sq ft) of office space, in addition to having the city's largest concentration of retail, hospitality, and other commercial facilities, and hospitals. [8]

Turkey

Istanbul

Levent skyline seen from the Bosphorus Modern Istanbul skyline.jpg
Levent skyline seen from the Bosphorus
Maslak skyline (2007) Maslak kerembarut.jpg
Maslak skyline (2007)
View of Levent and beyond from Istanbul Sapphire mall Istanbul view from Istanbul Sapphire observation deck Aug 2014, p9.JPG
View of Levent and beyond from Istanbul Sapphire mall

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, malls, residential towers, entertainment and educational facilities, hospitals, etc.: [9]

United Kingdom

London

United States

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Skyline of Buckhead, Atlanta

Atlanta

Austin

Baltimore

Birmingham

Boston

Charlotte

Chicago

Cleveland

Denver

Detroit

Kansas City

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Century City, Los Angeles
Aerial view of the South Coast Plaza-John Wayne Airport edge city: Irvine Business Complex (top), John Wayne Airport runway (upper center), South Coast Metro buildings (lower center) and below, the South Coast Plaza mall Aerial view of central Orange County overlooking South Coast Metro, John Wayne Airport, and the Irvine business district.JPG
Aerial view of the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city: Irvine Business Complex (top), John Wayne Airport runway (upper center), South Coast Metro buildings (lower center) and below, the South Coast Plaza mall

Greater Los Angeles

Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach

Minneapolis

Nashville

New York City

Philadelphia

Raleigh/Durham (Research Triangle)

Sacramento

San Diego

San Francisco Bay Area

East:

South:

Saint Louis

Washington, DC

in Howard County, Maryland:

in Montgomery County, Maryland:

in Prince George's County, Maryland [1]

The Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor in Arlington near Washington, D.C. Arlington County - Virginia.jpg
The Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor in Arlington near Washington, D.C.

in Arlington County, Virginia:

in Alexandria, Virginia:

Aerial view of Tysons, Virginia Aerial shot of Tysons Corner, Virginia 2010.jpg
Aerial view of Tysons, Virginia

in Fairfax County, Virginia:

Emerging edge cities in Virginia, as of 1991:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rancho Bernardo, San Diego</span> Community of San Diego in California

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greenspoint, Houston</span> Neighborhood and business district in Harris County, Texas, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zona Río</span> Neighborhood of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perimeter Center</span> Community

Perimeter is a major edge city in metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is centered on Perimeter Mall, the nucleus around which it has formed. Perimeter is located north of Atlanta proper, and lies within three cities: Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, and Brookhaven. It is one of metro Atlanta's largest business districts, and one of the largest edge cities in the United States, comprising over 29 million square feet (2,700,000 m2) of office space, 6 million square feet (560,000 m2) of retail space, and 40,000 residents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northlake, Georgia</span> Unincorporated community

Northlake is an unincorporated community in northeastern metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States, in DeKalb County. Although not formally an edge city, Northlake is home to a large amount of office space, retail options, and residential housing. Similar to its edge city neighbor north of Atlanta, Perimeter Center, Northlake's history began with the construction of a shopping mall, Northlake Mall, in 1971. Both the area and mall are named after North Lake, an actual lake within the community. Northlake is located northeast of Atlanta, south of the junction of I-285 and I-85. The area is served by the arterial roads of LaVista Road, Briarcliff Road, and Henderson Mill Road.

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Irvine Spectrum is a district in southeastern Irvine, Orange County, California, centered on the Irvine Spectrum Center shopping and lifestyle center. It is also an edge city, a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown, as defined by Joel Garreau in his 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier.

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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.

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