Empire Estates
- Under construction · 60% built · handover Q4 2026
- 10 floors
- 4 lifts
- 359 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Empire
A studio in Empire Estates costs a median AED 856,045.
Studio · typical price
856,045AED
AED 1,914/sqft · +6.8% on a year
- vs Arjan
- 26% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 912,464
- Price
- AED 856,045
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 34,242
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 17,977
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Empire Estates a good investment?Prices rising and easy to sell; few units are let and rents are slipping
- Does it pay a good rent?6.4% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)6.4%Fair
- Is it easy to let?6% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Arjan building manages 47%6%Watch
Arjan median 47% · top tenth from 78%Empire Estates · 6% Across 56 Arjan buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 47% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 78% or more; Empire Estates is at 6%.
- Are rents going up?New leases: AED 83,000 a year ago, AED 80,000 now-3.6%Watch
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,792/sqft a year ago, 1,914 now+6.8%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 56,419 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 56,419
- Can I sell easily?94 sales in 12 months, 28% of the tower (116 the year before)94Strength
- Is a lot being built nearby?4,562 apartments are planned in Arjan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 33% of the 13,783 homes let there today. A further 1,697 are past their planned date. Arjan supply by year →33%Fair
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 6% for launch buyers, before fees+6.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Empire Estates prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 856,045
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Arjan · area median AED 1,522/sqft
- 12-month change
- +6.8%
- vs area median
- +25.8%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 7th of 73
Rental income
Studio · Arjan
- Yield rank, all unit types
- 34th of 44
Read with care
- No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Jun 2024, AED 794,271; latest, Sep 2026, AED 882,000; peak, Jun 2026, AED 980,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,716 · before fees
- Launch, 2024–26
- 1,619
- +6%
- 194 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,620
- +6%
- 116 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,716
- today
- 94 sales
The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Comparables in Arjan
Every Arjan building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Empire Estates places 10th of 100; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Empire Estates (AED 1,716/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Empire Estates has registered sale prices 26% above the Arjan median price per square foot of 1,522 AED, across 73 eligible buildings. It ranks 7th of 73 by price per square foot in Arjan.
Market context in Arjan
Registered sales activity
1,328 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+9.0% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,328 current and 1,211 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
2,007 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
6 projects had already passed their planned date; 3 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
4,562 apartments are planned in Arjan from 2026 to 2028, equal to 33% of the 13,783 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 25% of 52 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Arjan with sales in both years; the typical one moved +4.1%.
The pooled median moved +9.0%: 4.9 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 58% of 64 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −2.0%.
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.
About Empire Estates
Empire Estates is an under-construction (60% built) apartment building by Empire in Arjan. 312 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 10
- Lifts
- 4
- Parking bays
- 359
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Empire
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 24 min · 24 km
- DXB Airport
- 25 min · 32 km
- DIFC
- 21 min · 27 km
- Dubai Marina
- 17 min · 16 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 23 min · 20 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Sharaf Dg Metro Station
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Motor City
Empire Estates: AED 1,716 per sq ft, 24% above the median Arjan building, and a 6.4% gross yield, below the area's median building
The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.
Price per sq ft
Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months
- Empire EstatesAED 1,716
- Arjan, readyAED 1,354
- Arjan, off-planAED 1,668
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Empire EstatesArjan median building
- Arjan6.4% vs 7.9%
Nearby in Arjan
Prices per sq ft around Empire Estates, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Empire Estates, on the map
Samana Imperial Garden
Arjan · 322 sales, 12 months
971,500
AED, resale median · 1,912/sqft
Skyz by Danube
Arjan · 101 sales, 12 months
680,000
AED, resale median · 1,516/sqft
Al Madar Siraj Tower
Arjan · 74 sales, 12 months
800,000
AED, resale median · 1,168/sqft
48 Parkside
Arjan · 68 sales, 12 months
1.12M
AED, resale median · 1,353/sqft
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- DeveloperOn record
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Empire Estates?
- No gross yield is published for Empire Estates as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 45 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Arjan median is 8.1% gross.
- How much does a studio in Empire Estates cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 856,045 (1,914 AED/sqft), from 45 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Have prices in Empire Estates risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +6.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 45 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How many apartments change hands in Empire Estates?
- 45 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Empire Estates?
- Sharaf Dg Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Mall of the Emirates.
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Empire Estates sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 45 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/arjan/empire-estates
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Empire Estates sale prices and yield.” Arjan, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/arjan/empire-estates
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