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1 bedroom apartments for rent in Business Bay

Business Bay's typical building yields 7.20% gross — +0.2 pts vs the Dubai median, across 88 buildings with enough registered activity to report.

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Edition DWI-AREA-BUSINESS-BAY
Median rent
AED 101,500
Median AED/yr/sqft
111AED/yr/sqft
Median gross yield
7.20%
≈ 14 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
+0.0%

This record covers the 88 Business Bay buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything; 2 more have recorded activity but too little to report. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.88% to 14.74%, so the 7.20% median says much less about any one building than the table below does. The Dubai median for comparison is 6.98%, over the same 24-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.

Rents in Business Bay

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median
Monthly median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in Business Bay, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Buildings with 1 bedroom apartments in Business Bay

Sorted by gross yield. Click any column to re-sort.

Mayfair ResidencyAED 70,00010914.74%+7.5 pts-3.1%130
SLS DubaiAED 160,0001419.41%+2.2 pts-3.8%191
NoblesAED 115,0001398.98%+1.8 pts-4.3%224
Bay Square - 03AED 120,000978.89%+1.7 pts+4.3%104
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (D)AED 110,0001128.80%+1.6 pts-4.5%356
Prive by DAMAC (A)AED 120,0001258.66%+1.5 pts-1.3%150
Park CentralAED 75,0001068.62%+1.4 pts-0.3%37
Zada TowerAED 78,0001628.52%+1.3 pts-6.3%687
Bay Square - 08AED 120,000978.45%+1.3 pts+4.3%104
Reva ResidencesAED 75,0001598.33%+1.1 pts+0.0%434
Peninsula Five - 1AED 135,0001648.29%+1.1 pts+3.9%102
Clayton ResidencyAED 76,650968.23%+1.0 pts-3.9%93
The VogueAED 85,0001108.10%+0.9 pts+0.0%40
J One - 1AED 107,5001258.10%+0.9 pts+9.5%38
MeranoAED 78,0001188.08%+0.9 pts-3.8%365
CourtAED 95,0001118.06%+0.9 pts+7.3%41
The Paragon by IGOAED 103,0001448.02%+0.8 pts+0.5%149
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business BayAED 100,0001028.00%+0.8 pts+5.3%44
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (A)AED 110,0001127.95%+0.8 pts-4.5%356
Bay Square - 11AED 120,000977.89%+0.7 pts+4.3%104
Bays EdgeAED 94,5001117.88%+0.7 pts+3.3%44
Hamilton ResidencyAED 75,0001017.82%+0.6 pts-9.9%96
The Sterling West HouseAED 145,0001427.80%+0.6 pts-3.5%59
15 Northside - Tower 2AED 110,0001707.75%+0.6 pts-9.1%137
The CosmopolitanAED 85,0001037.73%+0.5 pts+0.0%85
Capital Bay AAED 86,000887.64%+0.4 pts+5.9%16
Urban OasisAED 105,0001437.62%+0.4 pts+0.0%150
Peninsula Five - 3AED 135,0001647.61%+0.4 pts+3.9%102
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (B)AED 110,0001127.59%+0.4 pts-4.5%356
Mayfair TowerAED 70,0001137.53%+0.3 pts+0.0%143
Bay Square - 07AED 120,000977.50%+0.3 pts+4.3%104
Aykon City (2) -Tower CAED 78,3751427.46%+0.3 pts-6.3%146
Ontario TowerAED 75,000937.41%+0.2 pts+0.0%81
Capital Bay BAED 85,000867.39%+0.2 pts+1.3%26
Safeer Tower 1AED 77,892857.35%+0.2 pts+2.1%34
Binghatti CanalAED 110,0001577.33%+0.1 pts-1.8%92
Trillionaire Residences by BinghattiAED 127,5001827.29%+0.1 pts-5.9%28
Vera TowerAED 75,0001587.28%+0.1 pts+0.0%275
MajestineAED 95,0001027.28%+0.1 pts+0.0%117
Bay Square - 06AED 120,000977.27%+0.1 pts+4.3%104
Peninsula OneAED 120,0001857.20%+0.0 pts—117
U-Bora Tower 1AED 90,000927.20%+0.0 pts+5.9%79
15 Northside - Tower 1AED 110,0001707.19%-0.0 pts-9.1%137
Bay Square - 02AED 120,000977.14%-0.1 pts+4.3%104
The Sterling East HouseAED 150,0001357.14%-0.1 pts-6.6%67
Luxury Family Residence IIAED 100,0001637.14%-0.1 pts+0.0%58
Executive Bay-AAED 74,8991087.13%-0.1 pts+1.4%34
Peninsula Five - 2AED 135,0001647.11%-0.1 pts+3.9%102
Ag TowerAED 85,000967.08%-0.1 pts+0.0%116
Windsor ManorAED 85,000777.08%-0.1 pts+0.0%76
Prive by DAMAC (B)AED 120,0001257.06%-0.1 pts-1.3%150
Terraces Marasi DriveAED 140,0001196.96%-0.2 pts+6.6%42
MAG 318AED 120,0001376.93%-0.3 pts-2.9%47
Water'S EdgeAED 90,0001036.92%-0.3 pts+4.2%41
Safeer Tower 2AED 74,000846.92%-0.3 pts+15.1%20
The PadAED 100,0001546.90%-0.3 pts-3.5%123
Noura TowerAED 113,0001266.89%-0.3 pts-4.3%275
FairviewAED 77,285946.87%-0.3 pts-1.9%94
Avanti TowerAED 85,000966.69%-0.5 pts+0.0%42
Bay Square - 09AED 120,000976.67%-0.5 pts+4.3%104
Paramount Tower Hotel & ResidencesAED 120,0001476.67%-0.5 pts+0.0%81
The Scala TowerAED 80,000966.61%-0.6 pts-2.7%73
Bayz TowerAED 85,0001096.60%-0.6 pts-1.7%83
The Residences at Business CentralAED 80,000946.59%-0.6 pts+0.0%89
Elite Business Bay ResidenceAED 82,500946.55%-0.6 pts+2.4%91
Atria RaAED 95,0001056.55%-0.6 pts-0.2%53
Atria SaAED 95,0001056.55%-0.6 pts-0.2%53
West WharfAED 95,0001066.44%-0.8 pts+8.6%21
The Opus By OmniyatAED 190,0002046.42%-0.8 pts+14.7%13
Ahad ResidencesAED 120,4581516.34%-0.9 pts-1.8%160
Meera TowerAED 113,0001266.28%-0.9 pts-4.3%275
Bay Square - 13AED 120,000976.25%-0.9 pts+4.3%104
Amna TowerAED 113,0001266.17%-1.0 pts-4.3%275
West Five Businessbay ResidenceAED 95,0001226.01%-1.2 pts-1.6%51
Peninsula FourAED 130,0001436.00%-1.2 pts—6
Peninsula ThreeAED 100,0001495.91%-1.3 pts—215
Churchill Tower 2-ResidentialAED 85,000935.79%-1.4 pts-5.9%114
Marquise Square TowerAED 110,0001295.79%-1.4 pts-4.3%52
Upside LivingAED 125,0001915.74%-1.5 pts-2.9%95
Peninsula TwoAED 91,2501405.60%-1.6 pts—22
CenturyAED 80,0001085.54%-1.7 pts—16
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (C)AED 110,0001125.50%-1.7 pts-4.5%356
Sol BayAED 95,0001065.00%-2.2 pts+2.1%118
Royal RegencyAED 100,0001034.88%-2.3 pts—46
Bay Square - 01AED 120,00097—+4.3%104
Bay Square - 12AED 120,00097—+4.3%104
Bay Square - 10AED 120,00097—+4.3%104
J One - 2AED 107,500125—+9.5%38

Yield deltas are vs the Business Bay median (7.20%).

Common questions

What rental yield do apartments in Business Bay return?
The median building in Business Bay returns 7.20% gross, +0.2 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 88 buildings with enough registered activity to report.
What does an apartment in Business Bay cost per square foot?
The median is 111 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.
Are prices in Business Bay rising?
The median building moved +0.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 88 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Business Bay yields most?
Mayfair Residency, at 14.74% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Business Bay does this record cover?
88. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-08-26.

1 bedroom apartments rental record for Business Bay

Record type
Area-level property market record
Data date
Evidence base
10,584 registered rental contracts represented across 88 eligible buildings
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record
/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/business-bay
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “1 bedroom apartments for rent in Business Bay.” Data to 2026-08-26. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/business-bay.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above, not a separate calculation.