Dubai · Commercial · 24 districts

Every Dubai commercial district, priced by what was paid

A portal shows you the asking price. The Land Department records the transfer, and Ejari records the lease. Below is every district in Dubai with enough of both to say something honest — off-plan and ready priced separately, and the yield each one actually produces.

2,340 registered sales · 17,861 registered leases · 1 January – 14 July 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department

Offices

13 districts · median AED/sqft by completion status · gross yield against registered rent
DistrictDealsOff-planReadyGapRent/sqftGross yield
Business Bay →8624,8902,0472.39×1617.9% ready
Jumeirah Lakes Towers →3503,5531,6502.15×1448.7% ready
Barsha Heights →912,3002,0001.15×1386.9% ready
Dubai Maritime City →883,707——1433.9% off-plan
Trade Centre Second →764,772——2655.6% off-plan
Arjan →722,0021,0751.86×10810.1% ready
Dubai Silicon Oasis →68—1,051—979.3% ready
Jumeirah Village Circle →671,8051,5081.20×1097.3% ready
International City Phase 1 →481,541——805.2% off-plan
Trade Centre First →254,9815,3720.93×1512.8% ready
Motor City →201,900——1035.4% off-plan
Dubai Investment Park First →16—705—9713.8% ready
Jaddaf Waterfront →112,499——1094.4% off-plan

Retail

11 districts · median AED/sqft by completion status · gross yield against registered rent
DistrictDealsOff-planReadyGapRent/sqftGross yield
Jumeirah Village Circle →942,8002,1971.27×23210.6% ready
International City Phase 1 →79—1,076—11510.7% ready
Dubai South (Madinat Al Mataar) →673,927——1704.3% off-plan
Business Bay →644,5002,8801.56×2227.7% ready
Majan →642,4582,4371.01×1526.2% ready
Arjan →513,4141,6972.01×1539.0% ready
Motor City →504,700——2595.5% off-plan
Jumeirah Lakes Towers →35—1,967—1718.7% ready
Dubai Marina →16—2,108—22910.9% ready
Jumeirah Village Triangle →152,338——2088.9% off-plan
Al Satwa →113,878——2546.6% off-plan

Two things fall out of the table before you read a single page. Dubai Investment Park First produces 13.8% gross — the highest on this list — and almost nobody writes about it. Trade Centre First produces 2.8%, the lowest, and it is one of the most marketed addresses in the city. Price per foot and income are close to unrelated here.

Where a district shows a dash, the register did not carry enough of that side to publish a median: fewer than ten registered sales. That threshold is the whole point. A district without data does not get a number, and does not get a page.

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Methodology. Every figure is AED per square foot. The DLD export records area in square metres — median 79.0 across the file — and is converted at 10.764 sqft/m², with the unit decided once for the dataset rather than row by row. Commercial means PROP_TYPE Unit with sub-type Office or Shop: the sub-types labelled “Commercial” and “Industrial” in DLD data are almost entirely land, and mixing them in drags the commercial median from 3,302 to 1,919 across Dubai. USAGE_EN is not used to classify sales — every office in the file is tagged “Residential” in that column. Duplicate transaction numbers are collapsed after filtering to Sales; Mortgage and Gift registrations are excluded. Rent covers 1 January – 14 July 2026, from registered Ejari contracts above 200 sqft and AED 30,000 to strip flexi-desks and business addresses. Ejari carries no contract number, so lease records are never de-duplicated. DLD records sales under marketing district names and Ejari under official community names; the two are matched through shared project names, never by hand, and districts where one community serves several marketing names are excluded rather than guessed at. Medians throughout, never averages. Registered transactions only: this is what was paid, not what was asked.
Disclaimer. This analysis reflects the independent opinion of OSNOVA Property, based on publicly available Dubai Land Department data at the time of publication. It is not financial, legal, or investment advice, and does not constitute an offer, recommendation, or guarantee of returns, capital appreciation, or rental yield. Yield figures are gross and illustrative. Past registered transactions are not a reliable indicator of future prices. Property investment carries risk, including loss of capital. Verify all figures independently and take professional advice before committing funds. OSNOVA Property is a licensed brokerage and may act for a party to a transaction discussed here.