a land use category that encompasses the high density office, high-rise office and commercial services buildings in the heart of the city This category includes a variety of retail, institutional, tourism-related and residential uses which provide services to the entire city and the metropolitan region, and which serve important national and international functions Downtown is often referred to by the common acronym, CBD, which stands for Central Business District
Downtown places are in or towards the centre of a large town or city, where the shops and places of business are. an office in downtown Chicago. uptown Downtown is also an adverb. By day he worked downtown for American Standard uptown Downtown is also a noun. in a large vacant area of the downtown. to or in the centre or main business area of a town or city uptown