Khan Market established in 1951 and named in honour of Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (brother of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan), has been ranked as the costliest retail location in India. In 2010, it was rated as the world's 21st most expensive retail high street by real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield and is consistently ranked as one of the costliest high-end streets.
Khan Market is almost in the heart of the city, close to India Gate. It is surrounded by residential complexes — government owned and private — including Golf Links, Lodhi Estate, Shahjahan Road, Pandara Road. Its environs are home to a significant number of bureaucrats from the central government, and famous people like the satiric author Khushwant Singh. It is one of the greenest pockets of the city, very close to the famed Lodhi Gardens. Also in proximity are the India International Centre, the India Habitat Centre, offices of the World Wide Fund for Nature, and other organizations.Today it has grown to become one of the most expensive commercial real estate locations in the city. It has a wide variety of stores, including modern showrooms of most of well-known brands, like Nike, Puma, Reebok, Ogaan, Goodearth and others. Silver jewellery stores Amrapali, Safeera, Silverline, etc., delicatessens, bookstores, paints and hardware stores, electronics, kitchenware, and fabric stores mingle with some of the better restaurants.
Some of the stores and eating joints include FabIndia, Raj stores, Anokhi, Vera Moda, Zingrin, Sanjiv Mehra's Allied Stores, Cooptex, Allied Party Xpress, Aamayo, Route 04, The Kitchen, Market Cafe, Cafe Turtle, Albake, Big Chill Cafe, Cafe Zaffiro, Barista, McDonald's, Subway, Kriti Creations, and a general store, National Cloth House and Khadi Gramodyog. The cuisines available at the restaurants include American, Italian, Thai, Mexican, Continental, Malaysian, Burmese, Lebanese & Indian etc
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