center; heart; core

There are many hotels downtown.

The novel is centered on the Civil War.

Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

The bus will take you to the center of the city.

Citizens of higher social status were permitted to live closer to the center.