Franklin Street is a main street in the CBD

Central business district

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 of the centre

Adelaide city centre

The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...

 of Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

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. It is the location of Eynesbury College

Eynesbury College

Eynesbury Senior College is a private co-educational high school on Franklin Street in the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The college comprises a modern, five-storey, multi-function complex and caters for Year 10, 11 and 12 students. Eynesbury allowed admission for Year 10...

, the Adelaide Post Office, and the interstate bus terminals of various companies.

The street was named on 23 May 1837 in honour of John Franklin

John Franklin

Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

, Arctic

Arctic

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 explorer and Governor of Tasmania.

As of 2011 the street is undergoing a mid-scale redevelopment, with four major buildings either currently under construction or confirmed. These are:

• 50m 71-83 Franklin Street [Approved-2014]
• 67m 42-56 Franklin Street [Approved-2013]
• 72m City Central 8 [U/C- 2012]
• 73m 58-76 Franklin Street [U/C-2014]