Blue Area Islamabad serves as the business and entertainment playground of the blue blooded elite of both Islamabad and Pakistan. The Blue Area is the luxurious amongst the luxurious and represents the very air our Islamabadi aristocracy breaths in. As a commercial and business hub, it is the epicentre of mega structures as well as the corporate offices which have the country's economic lifeline pulsing under their thumb. This area stands as the very representative of everything elite, posh and federal. All of this can be felt and seen in its roads, buildings, shopping centres and commercial plazas all of which seem to repel everything mediocre and white collar.

Perhaps that is the reason why you won’t see many mediocre people roaming around in the area. Blue Area Islamabad is at the top of the Islamabad real estate sector as the prices of the property in this specific area are the highest. The high prices are just as well reflected in almost everything in the Blue Area from the price tags of goods in its shopping centres to the rates of food items on menu of its restaurants. The high society culture pulsates through the bricks and buildings in Blue Area Islamabad which is why it is regarded as the ultimate property in Pakistan. The upscale and high-end shopping plazas in this area cater and pamper the needs of the local elite class that seems to harbour a particular disliking for anything of poor quality (read non-imported or cheap).

As far as the theory goes, Blue Area got its name because of the blue colour which represented this area on the city's initial master plan. Blue Area Islamabad runs parallel to Khayaban-e-Quaid-e-Azam. It is very well connected from all around and offers a quick route to the major government buildings in the capital city. In the northwest, it is linked by Nazimuddin Road while in the southeast it opens into A KM Fazl-ul-Haq Road. Blue Area has gotten even bluer when it came to the limelight after major international investors began working on their projects within this area.

The Blue Area Islamabad is home to a number of really important buildings and structures in Pakistan. The Islamabad Stock Exchange building is perhaps the most important building there. As far as the city of Islamabad is concerned, Islamabad Stock Exchange building is the tallest structure in the city and is amongst the top ten skyscrapers of Pakistan. Some of the other important buildings in the area are Oil and Gas Development Company headquarters, United Bank Limited, Telecom Tower Islamabad and the Saudi-Pak Tower.

The Centaurus is a mammoth project for the Islamabad real estate sector and is currently under construction. It is designed by the renowned British architects WS Atkins, who has had the honour of working on various other prestigious projects around the globe. Upon completion, the Centaurus tower will host an array of residential apartments, luxury flats, corporate offices and a seven star hotel. Various upscale shopping malls that are sprouting in different cities have pretty much become the modern face of the shopping loving Pakistan. Centaurus tower would also have a mall of its own.

The prime location this structure enjoys will be instrumental in its success in the federal capital and will also be a major player in bringing more business to the Islamabad Blue Area.

Blue Area is the playground for the blue blooded elite residing in not just Islamabad properties sector but Pakistan as well. Islamabad is generally regarded as one of the most expensive cities of the world and also of the whole country. In this regard, Islamabad Blue Area takes the lead and adds its own inflated price tag to the already high cost of living. From the price of bread and butter, to the value of houses and plots, you would find everything expensive. That is why it’s only the rich of the rich which come flocking to this area. It’s primarily a commercial area but residential sectors too are sprouting here and there.

The biggest addition in the residential area of both the city and that of Pakistan properties sector, undoubtedly, is the Centaurus Towers that is one of the biggest commercial as well as residential projects not just in the capital but also in Pakistan. Work on the project is still underway but upon completion, the Centaurus Tower will host an array of residential apartments is the priceless locality, right in the heart of the beautiful capital city. WS Atkins, the globally renowned architect of the project, also has a number of other high profile projects to its credit. The Centaurus Tower will have one of the biggest malls in the country, a hotel as well as the honour of being the tallest (yet) residential tower in the country.

Living in Blue Area Islamabad is nothing less than royal. Jinnah Avenue, which is also known as Khayaban-e-Jinnah, boasts a cluster of some of the tallest buildings in Pakistan. So if you’re living in an apartment that faces Jinnah Avenue, you’re not just buying a superb residential apartment but also a spectacular view from the window that bares the very soul of everything Islamabad Blue Area is about. The view can vary from skyscrapers to worm of traffic snaking up and down the length of the massive six lane road of Jinnah Avenue. The scene can especially be breathtaking in the rainy season when the downpour can wash the city so clean that it sparkles.

Amidst the few apartments here and there, Blue Area Islamabad is the hub of all kinds of commercial activity. The beautifully laid down network of roads provides easy access to not just the hospitals but also to the various high profile school which brush up the skills of children of the ruling elite. The Islamabad International School especially is known for being one of the foremost educational institutes of the city. Other than that the Global System of Integrated Studies and Convent are two of the most famous schools in the area. Jinnah Super, which generally sells things that are neither needed nor can be afforded by the middle class, is the shopping place of choice in Blue Area Islamabad.

Living in Blue Area Islamabad means that you can afford the best. The property prices of this locality are highest than anywhere else in Pakistan. Generally, the population of Blue Area does not find itself in need of the local transport to go around but if and when you do, you can find plenty of taxis in the area which may also cost you slightly more than average.

All in all, living in Blue Area is a privilege not many can afford.