The City of London takes the top position in a ranking of global business districts (GBD), with New York’s Midtown, Tokyo’s Marunouchi and Paris’ La Défense close behind, according to the 2020 Attractiveness of Global Business Districts Report, published by EY and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and commissioned by the GBD Innovation Club.
The report highlights how competition between business districts is intensifying, with the range of the EY-ULI Index scores (a ranking established as part of a previous report) narrowing between the 21 GBDs since 2017. The largest increases in the EY-ULI Index between 2017 and 2020 were by Asian business districts, with Beijing’s CBD leading the charge.
“The 2020 Attractiveness of Global Business Districts Report highlights how the ability to attract talent has become even more important when assessing the attractiveness of business districts in comparison to the 2017 edition,” said Lisette van Doorn
