The phrase "a center of commerce" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a location or area that is significant for trade and business activities.
Example: "New York City is often regarded as a center of commerce, attracting businesses from around the world."
Alternatives: "a hub of trade" or "a business center".
By 1900, the Twin Cities were becoming a center of commerce, led by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and the foundation of the Federal Reserve Bank with its ninth district in Minneapolis.
That discovery began long ago when Benjamin Palmer planned New City Island in 1761 as a center of commerce to rival New York until the Revolution derailed the project.
"It's a holistic approach, the key to which is the revitalization of Yorkship Square as a center of commerce and community," said Anthony M. Cancro, acting commissioner of the state's Department of Community Affairs, adding that it also involves community input.
What was once a center of commerce has now become more of an urban residential neighborhood, expected to grow even more once the Purple Line subway is extended under the Miracle Mile.
Córdoba, in the 10th century, was a center of commerce and scholarship.
It would become a symbol of the evolution of the American city from being a center of commerce to a center of culture and entertainment.
The questionnaire was first completed at a Center of Preventive Medicine by a random sample of 122 subjects from the community.
In addition, the university is among six other institutions of higher education in California that have been designated a "Center of Academic Excellence" by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency NSAA).
By the 1920s, this dramatic demographic shift produced a nativist backlash, and the Mahoning Valley became a center of Ku Klux Klan activity.
It is noteworthy that this method, unlike a center-of-gravity (COG) analysis of individual fingers (Indovina and Sanes 2001), does not require any systematic somatotopy.
The home of Maharishi University of Management and a center of the Global Country of World Peace, Fairfield and the surrounding area is home to 2,000 practitioners of Transcendental Meditation who began settling there in the early 1970's.
