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The Medalist rents

  • 34 new leases and 40 renewals in 12 months
  • 154 units
  • Dubai Sports City
  • near Nakheel Metro Station

A one-bed here leases for about AED 69,500 a year, 16% above the typical Dubai Sports City one-bed. New tenants pay more than renewing ones, who pay AED 60,000.

1 bed · typical new lease

69,500AEDa year

AED 79/sqft · +6.9% on a year

A month, roughly
AED 5,792
Renewal
AED 60,000
vs Dubai Sports City 1 bed
16% above the median
New leases, 12 months
18
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What should a lease in The Medalist cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 69,500 a year; new tenants pay 15.8% more than renewing ones

TypeNew leaseRenewalvs Dubai Sports CityLeases
Studio52,00087/sqft—25% moretypical 41,5003
1 bedmost leased69,50079/sqft60,00026 renewals16% moretypical 60,00018
2 bed100,00067/sqft106,00010 renewals23% moretypical 81,00012
4+ bed125,00042/sqft——1

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.

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Rent history and contracts

Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.

A one-bed here now costs 6.9% more than a year earlier: AED 69,500 against 65,000.

Median annual rent, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, 1 bed: Jun 2014, AED 71,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 47,500; peak, May 2017, AED 75,500.

StartTypeSqftAnnual rentAED/sqftContract
8 Oct 20261 bed909AED 60,00066Renewal
2 Oct 20262 bed1,675AED 110,00066New
1 Oct 20261 bed847AED 65,00077New
1 Oct 20261 bed847AED 65,00077New
29 Sept 20261 bed946AED 30,00032New
26 Sept 20261 bed847AED 60,00071Renewal
9 Sept 20261 bed910AED 54,69260Renewal
7 Sept 20262 bed1,371AED 95,00069New
1 Sept 20262 bed1,675AED 115,00069New
1 Sept 20261 bed946AED 62,82766Renewal

Showing the 60 most recent of 74 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.

About The MedalistA 13-floor tower in Dubai Sports City, an 18-minute drive from Dubai Marina

The Medalist is an apartment building completed in 2014 in Dubai Sports City with 154 registered units. 74 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.

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The building, as registered

Service charge
Paid by the landlord · AED 21.76/sqft a year
Floors
13

Drive times · typical

Downtown
24 min · 24 km
DXB Airport
26 min · 33 km
DIFC
22 min · 27 km
Dubai Marina
18 min · 16 km
Palm Jumeirah
24 min · 20 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Nakheel Metro Station
Mall
Marina Mall
Landmark
Sports City Swimming Academy

Letting a unit in The Medalist?48% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, above the Dubai Sports City median; new tenants pay more than renewing ones

Units on a yearly lease
48%Fair
Dubai Sports City median 47%; top tenth from 71%
New tenant vs renewal
+16.1%
New leases AED 72,000, renewals 62,000, all types
Short-let instead, one-bed
AED 453
a night on Airbnb; nets 1.2× 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

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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. The Medalist places 29th of 56; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian rentAED/yr/sqft12-month changeContracts
25Elite 10 Sports Residence - 2AED 50,00079+3.9%+8.7%320
26Elite 9 Sports ResidenceAED 53,00078+2.4%-3.6%117
27Elite 8 Sports ResidenceAED 50,00077+1.2%0.0%191
28Elite Residence 1AED 48,00077+1.0%+9.1%96
29The Medalist · this buildingAED 72,00076+2.9%34
30Elite Residences 7AED 60,00076-0.1%+5.3%45
31Global Golf Residence 2AED 50,00076-0.1%-9.1%158
32The MatrixAED 60,00076-0.2%0.0%118
33Ice Hockey TowerAED 49,00075-0.4%+8.9%40

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Medalist.

At 1 bed, The Medalist ranks 13th of 54 by rent per square foot and 16th of 49 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.

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Planned 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 supply

Supply 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 counted
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Direct 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 The Medalist, on the map
Pills show median annual rent, AED. 56 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · The Medalist is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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Common questions

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in The Medalist?
The median new annual rent is AED 69,500, from 18 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 The Medalist risen or fallen?
The median new annual rent changed +6.9% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 18 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 The Medalist pay more than sitting ones?
A new tenant pays +15.8% against a renewing one, across 26 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 Medalist?
8 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 18 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
Which metro station is closest to The Medalist?
Nakheel Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Marina Mall.

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The Medalist rental record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
18 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/the-medalist
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Medalist rents and yield.” Dubai Sports City, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/dubai-sports-city/the-medalist

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