Pitt Street Mall is the pedestrianised section of Pitt Street in the Sydney CBD, Australia. It is one block long between Market Street and King Street and is one of Australia's busiest and most cosmopolitan shopping precincts.
Despite its small size, it hosts many flagship chain stores and more than 500 specialty stores. It is one of Sydney's main shopping streets, and floorspace rents are correspondingly the highest in Australia, and the fourth highest in the world in terms of city streets. In addition, CBRE rated Pitt Street Mall as the second most expensive street for retail rents in the world second to only New York City's Fifth Avenue.
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