What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Riah Towers?

The median new annual rent is AED 74,799, from 17 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 Riah Towers risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed -0.3% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 17 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 Riah Towers pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +29.0% against a renewing one, across 16 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 Riah Towers?

1 sale was registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 17 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

Which metro station is closest to Riah Towers?

Creek Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.

Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026

Riah Towers rents

41 new leases and 43 renewals in 12 months
156 units
Jaddaf Waterfront
near Creek Metro Station

A one-bed here leases for about AED 74,799 a year, 3% below the typical Jaddaf Waterfront one-bed. New tenants pay more than renewing ones, who pay AED 58,000.

1 bed · typical new lease

74,799AEDa year

AED 77/sqft · -0.3% on a year

A month, roughly: AED 6,233
Renewal: AED 58,000
vs Jaddaf Waterfront 1 bed: 3% below the median
New leases, 12 months: 17

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What should a lease in Riah Towers cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 74,799 a year; new tenants pay 29.0% more than renewing ones

Type	New lease	vs Jaddaf Waterfront	Leases
Studio	58,00086/sqft	—	in linetypical 57,845	5
1 bedmost leased	74,79977/sqft	58,00016 renewals	3% lesstypical 77,250	17
2 bed	100,00067/sqft	77,17519 renewals	in linetypical 100,000	13
3 bed	147,50066/sqft	132,7507 renewals	5% lesstypical 155,750	6

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 Jaddaf Waterfront 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 about the same as a year earlier: AED 74,799 against 75,000.

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

Start	Type	Sqft	Annual rent	Contract
1 Oct 2026	1 bed	867	AED 78,000	90	Renewal
1 Oct 2026	1 bed	945	AED 62,000	66	New
1 Oct 2026	2 bed	1,419	AED 95,000	67	New
1 Oct 2026	1 bed	945	AED 75,000	79	Renewal
30 Sept 2026	1 bed	1,106	AED 80,000	72	New
22 Sept 2026	Studio	669	AED 57,839	86	New
20 Sept 2026	1 bed	614	AED 64,000	104	New
18 Sept 2026	1 bed	867	AED 69,000	80	New
15 Sept 2026	2 bed	1,473	AED 98,000	67	New
14 Sept 2026	1 bed	614	AED 53,240	87	Renewal

Showing the 60 most recent of 84 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.

About Riah TowersA 17-floor tower in Jaddaf Waterfront, a 10-minute drive from DXB Airport

Riah Towers is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Jaddaf Waterfront with 156 registered units. 84 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 14.58/sqft a year
Floors: 17
Lifts: 4
Parking bays: 311
Pools: 1

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 17 min · 10 km
DXB Airport: 10 min · 7.2 km
DIFC: 12 min · 9.3 km
Dubai Marina: 25 min · 30 km
Palm Jumeirah: 32 min · 34 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Creek Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Dubai International Airport

Letting a unit in Riah Towers?54% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, above the Jaddaf Waterfront median; new tenants pay more than renewing ones

Units on a yearly lease: 54%Fair; Jaddaf Waterfront median 10%; top tenth from 63%
New tenant vs renewal: +10.1%; New leases AED 85,000, renewals 77,175, all types
Short-let instead, one-bed: AED 570; a night on Airbnb; nets 1.4× 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 Jaddaf Waterfront

Every Jaddaf Waterfront building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Riah Towers places 14th of 16; the nearest 6 are shown.

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Rank	Building	Median rent	12-month change	Contracts
10	La Boutique	AED 100,000	92+31.4%	—	6
11	Manazel Al Khor	AED 100,000	87+23.7%	+11.1%	79
12	Dubai Wharf Tower 2	AED 75,000	80+14.0%	+4.2%	59
13	Dubai Wharf Tower 3	AED 106,000	80+13.4%	+17.4%	61
14	Riah Towers · this building	AED 85,000	70	-10.5%	41
15	Art Bay East	AED 75,000	68-3.2%	+11.1%	7
16	Niloofar Tower	AED 62,000	67-4.8%	-8.8%	53

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Riah Towers.

At 1 bed, Riah Towers ranks 12th of 14 by rent per square foot in Jaddaf Waterfront.

Market context in Jaddaf Waterfront

Registered sales activity

114 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+17.8% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 114 current and 159 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

641 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; 4 have unknown timing.

Explore planned supply

Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

733 apartments are planned in Jaddaf Waterfront from 2026 to 2028, equal to 53% of the 1,395 homes let there today.

New-lease rents fell in 52% of 25 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −0.3%.

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.

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Prices per sq ft around Riah Towers, on the map

Pills show median annual rent, AED. 15 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Riah Towers is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Satellite view of D1, Jaddaf Waterfront, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

D1

Jaddaf Waterfront · 129 contracts, 12 months

125,000

AED a year median · 106/sqft

Dubai Wharf Tower 3

Jaddaf Waterfront · 61 contracts, 12 months

106,000

AED a year median · 80/sqft

Dubai Wharf Tower 2

Jaddaf Waterfront · 59 contracts, 12 months

75,000

AED a year median · 80/sqft

Boutique XII

Jaddaf Waterfront · 53 contracts, 12 months

68,000

AED a year median · 164/sqft

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Common questions

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Riah Towers?: The median new annual rent is AED 74,799, from 17 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 Riah Towers risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed -0.3% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 17 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 Riah Towers pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +29.0% against a renewing one, across 16 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 Riah Towers?: 1 sale was registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 17 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
Which metro station is closest to Riah Towers?: Creek Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.

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Riah Towers rental record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 13 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/jaddaf-waterfront/riah-towers
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Riah Towers rents and yield.” Jaddaf Waterfront, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/jaddaf-waterfront/riah-towers

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