Apartments for Rent near Financial District, San Francisco, CA

"The San Francisco Financial District: Home of the Wall Street of the West"

As the largest business district in San Francisco, the Financial District has much to offer. Within the many high-rise towers of this neighborhood are banks and financial institutions, law firms, corporate headquarters and some of the best restaurants in the city. Many consulates, including those of Brazil, Ireland, Singapore and the United Kingdom, also make their home in the Financial District. The Financial District's buildings have made their mark on the skyline of the city, and this neighborhood is truly a center of power and diversity.

Once you find a San Francisco Financial District apartment, your next task will be to figure out how to pay for it. San Francisco is legendary for how expensive it is to live here, and renting an apartment in the Financial District is no exception! According to Kiplinger's, San Francisco has the sixth highest cost of living in the United States. Fortunately, the city does have rent control laws for all buildings built before 1979, and if you can afford to do so, living in the city -- particularly the Financial District -- is completely worth the price. Your rent will be expensive, but you'll be happy. With some roommates, you can make it work, particularly if you find one of the city's two-bedroom apartments.

If you chose to live in the Financial District, you might also chose to live without a car. The bustling city San Francisco is often difficult to park in, and alleviating yourself of a car alleviates this problem. And it's easy to do so in the Financial District, which is served by numerous MUNI lines, a cable car and three nearby BART stops. With all of these options, owning a car is practically irrelevant.

Since FiDi (short for Financial District, duh) is a neighborhood of San Francisco, you won't find much of sub-neighborhoods here. But Montgomery Street is traditionally considered the heart of the Financial District. Some of the tallest buildings in the entire city, such as 101 and 345 California Street, are located in the middle of the district. Since the 1980s, the boundaries of the Financial District have expanded to include the South of Market and Transbay Transit Center site.

San Francisco's Financial District is home to all six of the city's Fortune 500 companies -- that's McKesson Corporation, Wells Fargo, PG&E Corporation, Gap, URS Corporation and Charles Schwab. The corporate headquarters of other prominent companies such as the Bechtel Corporation, Levi Strauss & Co and Bank of the West are also located in this part of San Francisco. While walking the streets of the Financial District, you'll also hit Montgomery Street, which is known as the Wall Street of the West. With all of these factors in mind, if you currently work in business or are looking to jump-start a career in this field, the Financial District may be the place for you. You'll be able to look out the window of your high-rise apartment or one-bedroom apartment and see the buildings that make up your future.

The Financial District is home to pretty much an never-ending list of activities, so you will never be without something to do. In addition to activity from the numerous prominent business headquarters, the Financial District is home to several shopping complexes, including the Ferry Market Building and the Rincon Center. There are also multiple parks, including the Justin Herman Plaza, the Transamerica Redwood Park and St. Mary's Square. The city's annual new year's festivities also occur right in the Financial District, in the Justin Herman Plaza. If you can't find something to do here, you're just not looking hard enough!