Downtown Core City Business Directory

Downtown Core is located in the city state’s central area in Singapore. The city is also one of the most important centres of commercial activity in Singapore. Downtown Core is also known as the Central Business District or CBD. Downtown Core houses some of the tallest buildings in Singapore. Some of these are, Tanjong Pagar, Raffles Place and Marina Bay CBD. Downtown Core is also one out of the eleven areas of planning and development. Downtown Core is surrounded by Rochor Kallang, Marina East, Straits View, Bukit Merah and Outram Museum to the north, northeast, east, southeast, south and west respectively. Downtown Core is home to headquarters of Singapore’s important corporations. This also makes the city the most important place of economic transactions and commercial activities. Downtown Core has headquarters of the Singapore Exchange among many other corporate buildings. The Parliament and Supreme Court of Singapore are also situated in the city of Downtown Core. Downtown Core was the first to be colonised by the British East India Company. The Southeast Asia free port was set up by the Singapore River. Through constant development and planning, Downtown Core became the established Central Area in Singapore. The Downtown Core comprises of eight subzones. Downtown Core has many popular tourist destinations some of which are, Sands Skylark Observation Deck, Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay, Merlion Park and National Gallery of Singapore. Downtown Core is also known for food in the Maxwell Food Centre.