Opera Grand rents
- 88 new leases and 49 renewals in 12 months
- 295 units
- Downtown Dubai
- near Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
A two-bed here leases for about AED 197,561 a year, 17% above the typical Downtown Dubai two-bed. Renewing tenants pay more than new ones: AED 210,000.
2 bed · typical new lease
197,561AEDa year
AED 123/sqft · -16.8% on a year
- A month, roughly
- AED 16,463
- Renewal
- AED 210,000
- vs Downtown Dubai 2 bed
- 17% above the median
- New leases, 12 months
- 50
What should a lease in Opera Grand cost?A two-bed leases for about AED 197,561 a year; renewing tenants pay 6.3% 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 Downtown Dubai median for the type.
Ask an agent about this rent →Rent history and contracts
Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.
A two-bed here now costs 16.8% less than a year earlier: AED 197,561 against 237,500.
Chart data, 2 bed: Jul 2012, AED 108,541; latest, Oct 2026, AED 211,250; peak, Nov 2025, AED 265,000.
Showing the 60 most recent of 137 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.
About Opera GrandA 73-floor tower in Downtown Dubai, an 8-minute drive from DIFC
Opera Grand is an apartment building completed in 2021 by Emaar Properties in Downtown Dubai. 137 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- Paid by the landlord · AED 21.89/sqft a year
- Floors
- 73
- Lifts
- 14
- Parking bays
- 450
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Emaar Properties
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 7 min · 1.4 km
- DXB Airport
- 17 min · 16 km
- DIFC
- 8 min · 5.0 km
- Dubai Marina
- 21 min · 21 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 27 min · 25 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Burj Khalifa
Letting a unit in Opera Grand?46% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, above the Downtown Dubai median
- Units on a yearly lease
- 46%Fair
- Downtown Dubai median 27%; top tenth from 64%
- Short-let instead, two-bed
- AED 2,001
- a night on Airbnb; nets 2.0× the yearly rent at 70% occupancy, after fees, cleaning and utilities
Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026 · Airbnb asking rates for the next 12 months; occupancy is an assumption, not a measurement
Thinking of selling? Opera Grand sale prices →Comparables in Downtown Dubai
Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Opera Grand places 18th of 63; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Opera Grand.
At 2 bed, Opera Grand ranks 31st of 56 by rent per square foot and 42nd of 43 by gross yield in Downtown Dubai.
Market context in Downtown Dubai
Registered sales activity
1,759 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+0.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,759 current and 2,575 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
2,186 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 49% of 109 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Downtown Dubai with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.
New-lease rents fell in 76% of 54 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.7%.
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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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a 2 bedroom in Opera Grand?
- The median new annual rent is AED 197,561, from 50 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.
- Have registered rents in Opera Grand risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed -16.8% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 50 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
- Do new tenants in Opera Grand pay more than sitting ones?
- A new tenant pays -5.9% against a renewing one, across 35 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 Opera Grand?
- 15 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 50 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Opera Grand?
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.
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Opera Grand rental record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 50 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/downtown-dubai/opera-grand
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Opera Grand rents and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/opera-grand
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