Making a commercial island w/ very high land value

Contributor/author(s): Vandendriessche Peter

For those who like building on a small map: this island can provide all your sims (144 squares high density), it has got astronomic land value and it will be filled with high towers.

Here is the map:

(w=water; l=coast; c=commercial (High Density); f=fontain; s=metrostation; m=marina)

m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
m m m w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w m m m
m m m w l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l f f f s f f f f f f s f f f l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l f f f s f f f f f f s f f f l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l c c c f c c c c c c f c c c l w m m m
m m m w l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l w m m m
m m m w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w m m m
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

On larger terrains you can place more than one island.

See also
Museums and land value
The invisible factor in land value determination
Why residential demand stops growing