The First Central rents
- 6 new leases and 6 renewals in 12 months
- 1 units
- Barsha Heights
- near Dubai Internet City
A studio here leases for about AED 43,852 a year. Renewing tenants pay more than new ones: AED 50,400.
Studio · typical new lease
43,852AEDa year
AED 125/sqft
- A month, roughly
- AED 3,654
- Renewal
- AED 50,400
- New leases, 12 months
- 6
What should a lease in The First Central cost?A studio leases for about AED 43,852 a year; renewing tenants pay 14.9% more than new ones
Median annual rent, AED a year, on Ejari leases starting in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026. Renewal is blank where too few were registered; “typical” is the Barsha Heights median for the type.
Ask an agent about this rent →Rent history and contracts
Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Nov 2013, AED 39,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 43,000; peak, Dec 2025, AED 61,000.
12 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.
About The First CentralA 31-floor tower in Barsha Heights, a 14-minute drive from Dubai Marina
The First Central is an apartment building completed in 2011 in Barsha Heights with 1 registered units. 12 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 31
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 21 min · 18 km
- DXB Airport
- 27 min · 33 km
- DIFC
- 17 min · 21 km
- Dubai Marina
- 14 min · 7.8 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 20 min · 12 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Dubai Internet City
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Burj Al Arab
Letting a unit in The First Central?100% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months; new tenants pay less than renewing ones
- Units on a yearly lease
- 100%Strength
- 12 leases, new and renewed, across 1 units
- New tenant vs renewal
- -13.0%
- New leases AED 43,852, renewals 50,400, all types
Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026
Thinking of selling? The First Central sale prices →Market context in Barsha Heights
Registered sales activity
156 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+19.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 156 current and 149 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today.
How these are countedDirect locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.
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Prices per sq ft around The First Central, on the mapPrices per sq ft around The First Central, on the map
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70,000
AED a year median · 93/sqft
Two Towers A
Barsha Heights · 70 contracts, 12 months
122,500
AED a year median · 81/sqft
Two Towers B
Barsha Heights · 70 contracts, 12 months
122,500
AED a year median · 81/sqft
Fahad 2
Barsha Heights · 53 contracts, 12 months
115,000
AED a year median · 90/sqft
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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a studio in The First Central?
- The median new annual rent is AED 43,852, from 6 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
- Do new tenants in The First Central pay more than sitting ones?
- A new tenant pays -13.0% against a renewing one, across 6 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.
- How many apartments change hands in The First Central?
- 11 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 6 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to The First Central?
- Dubai Internet City, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Mall of the Emirates.
- What is the rental yield in The First Central?
- The First Central returns 5.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 43,852 a year (6 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 799,000 (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
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The First Central rental record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 6 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /rent/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/the-first-central
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The First Central rents and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/the-first-central
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