Elite Residence 1 rents
- 96 new leases and 110 renewals in 12 months
- 248 units
- Dubai Sports City
- near Nakheel Metro Station
A studio here leases for about AED 40,000 a year, 4% below the typical Dubai Sports City studio. New tenants pay more than renewing ones, who pay AED 37,620.
Studio · typical new lease
40,000AEDa year
AED 88/sqft · 0.0% on a year
- A month, roughly
- AED 3,333
- Renewal
- AED 37,620
- vs Dubai Sports City studio
- 4% below the median
- New leases, 12 months
- 50
What should a lease in Elite Residence 1 cost?A studio leases for about AED 40,000 a year; new tenants pay 6.3% more than renewing 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 Dubai Sports City 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 studio here now costs about the same as a year earlier: AED 40,000 against 40,000.
Chart data, Studio: 2015, AED 45,000; latest, 2026, AED 38,000; peak, 2015, AED 45,000.
The rent figures on this page are pooled from this building’s project, so no individual contract can be attributed to this tower.
About Elite Residence 1A 13-floor tower in Dubai Sports City, a 17-minute drive from Dubai Marina
Elite Residence 1 is an apartment building completed in 2012 in Dubai Sports City with 248 registered units. 206 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 14.80/sqft a year
- Floors
- 13
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 23 min · 23 km
- DXB Airport
- 25 min · 32 km
- DIFC
- 21 min · 27 km
- Dubai Marina
- 17 min · 15 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 23 min · 20 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Nakheel Metro Station
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Sports City Swimming Academy
Letting a unit in Elite Residence 1?New tenants pay more than renewing ones
- New tenant vs renewal
- +14.3%
- New leases AED 48,000, renewals 42,000, all types
- Short-let instead, studio
- AED 329
- a night on Airbnb; nets 1.6× 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? Elite Residence 1 sale prices →Comparables in Dubai Sports City
Every Dubai Sports City building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Elite Residence 1 places 28th of 56; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Elite Residence 1.
At studio, Elite Residence 1 ranks 24th of 46 by rent per square foot and 4th of 37 by gross yield in Dubai Sports City.
Market context in Dubai Sports City
Registered sales activity
1,150 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+10.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,150 current and 1,496 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
415 known registered units across 2 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
6 projects had already passed their planned date; 2 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
2,542 apartments are planned in Dubai Sports City from 2026 to 2028, equal to 30% of the 8,361 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 26% of 73 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubai Sports City with sales in both years; the typical one moved +2.5%.
The pooled median moved +10.0%: 7.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 49% of 75 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved 0.0%.
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.
Nearby in Dubai Sports City
Prices per sq ft around Elite Residence 1, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Elite Residence 1, on the map
Elite 10 Sports Residence - 1
Dubai Sports City · 320 contracts, 12 months
50,000
AED a year median · 79/sqft
Elite 10 Sports Residence - 2
Dubai Sports City · 320 contracts, 12 months
50,000
AED a year median · 79/sqft
Hera Tower
Dubai Sports City · 198 contracts, 12 months
78,358
AED a year median · 121/sqft
Elite 8 Sports Residence
Dubai Sports City · 191 contracts, 12 months
50,000
AED a year median · 77/sqft
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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Elite Residence 1?
- The median new annual rent is AED 40,000, from 50 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
- Have registered rents in Elite Residence 1 risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed 0.0% 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 Elite Residence 1 pay more than sitting ones?
- A new tenant pays +6.3% against a renewing one, across 59 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 Elite Residence 1?
- 7 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 Elite Residence 1?
- Nakheel Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Marina Mall.
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Elite Residence 1 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/dubai-sports-city/elite-residence-1
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Elite Residence 1 rents and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/elite-residence-1
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