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A studio in Grand Central costs a median AED 913,727.

Satellite view of Grand Central, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

Studio · typical price

913,727AED

AED 1,951/sqft · +5.8% on a year

vs Barsha Heights
13% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 973,665
Price
AED 913,727
DLD fee 4%
AED 36,549
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 19,189
Trustee
AED 4,200

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Grand Central a good investment?Prices rising and little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch; no record of the yield and the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
  2. Is it easy to let?None of the 184 units signed an annual lease in 12 months: owner-occupied, holiday homes or a hotel pool0%
  3. Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
  4. Are prices going up?Studio: AED 1,844/sqft a year ago, 1,951 now+5.8%Strength
  5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 59,938 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 59,938
  6. Can I sell easily?11 sales in 12 months, 6% of the tower (15 the year before)11Fair
  7. Is a lot being built nearby?752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today. Barsha Heights supply by year →14%Strength
  8. Did earlier buyers gain?Buyers 5 years ago still 24% down, before fees-24.0%Context

Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Grand Central prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 913,727

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
StudioAED 913,7271,951/sqftnot yet letnot yet let+5.8%10
1 bedAED 938,4691,713/sqftnot yet letnot yet letunder 5 sales in a year1
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Barsha Heights · area median AED 2,234/sqft

3 years
+6.5% · +2.1%/yr
5 years
-35.7% · -8.4%/yr
vs area median
-12.7%

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.

Median price paid, Studio, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, Studio: Apr 2015, AED 965,804; latest, Oct 2026, AED 666,003; peak, Jan 2018, AED 1,307,500.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,951 · before fees

5 years ago
2,568
−24%
3 years ago
1,537
+27%
Previous 12 months
1,780
+10%
Last 12 months
1,951
today

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.

11 resales in the last 12 months, against 12 a year on average over 2023–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
1 Oct 2026Studio342AED 666,0031,950
11 Aug 2026Studio493AED 955,9081,938
30 Jul 2026Studio492AED 959,5441,951
14 Jul 2026Studio383AED 895,4532,339
30 Jun 2026Studio291AED 567,5411,951
26 Jun 2026Studio425AED 830,0001,951
23 Mar 2026Studio379AED 950,0002,504
11 Mar 2026Studio385AED 932,0002,423
4 Mar 20261 bed548AED 938,4691,713
18 Feb 2026Studio488AED 895,0001,833

11 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Grand Central

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

70%
TypeNightly, AEDNet revenue at 70%Long-let rentUpliftNet yield
1 bed500 m cluster · 2+ listings seen2530.46/sqftAED 45,433———

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Comparables in Barsha Heights

Every Barsha Heights building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Grand Central places 5th of 12; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
1Sky CentralCompleted 2016 · off-plan 3,763/sqftAED 966,1603,202+64.1%—+0.3%36
2The Chedi Private Residences0% · Q1 2029 · off-plan 1,883/sqftAED 14.86M2,612+33.9%——3
3Franck Muller Vanguard28% · Q4 2027 · off-plan 2,662/sqftAED 1.86M2,535+29.9%3.5%-4.8%14
4The First CentralCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,920/sqftAED 868,0552,199+12.7%5.0%-10.2%20
5Grand Central · this buildingCompleted 2012AED 932,0001,951—+9.6%11
6Citadines Metro Central Hotel ApartmentsCompleted 2011 · off-plan 3,423/sqftAED 1.12M1,812-7.1%—-17.3%9
7Boutique 7 Hotel & SuitesAED 1.09M1,625-16.7%——4
8National Bonds PlazaAED 1.14M1,500-23.1%——29
9Two Towers ACompleted 2009 · off-plan 1,470/sqftAED 1.84M1,226-37.2%6.7%+9.5%6

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Grand Central (AED 1,951/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, Grand Central has registered sale prices 13% below the Barsha Heights median price per square foot of 2,234 AED, across 5 eligible buildings.

Market context in Barsha Heights

Registered sales activity

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

+19.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 156 current and 149 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

0 known registered units across 0 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

0 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

752 apartments are planned in Barsha Heights from 2026 to 2028, equal to 13% of the 5,585 homes let there today.

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.

About Grand Central

Grand Central is an apartment building completed in 2012 in Barsha Heights with 184 registered units. 245 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

The building, as registered

Floors
19

Drive times · typical

Downtown
17 min · 12 km
DXB Airport
10 min · 6.3 km
DIFC
13 min · 9.1 km
Dubai Marina
25 min · 30 km
Palm Jumeirah
31 min · 34 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Dubai Internet City
Mall
Mall of the Emirates
Landmark
Burj Al Arab

Grand Central: AED 1,951 per sq ft, 14% above the median Barsha Heights 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

  1. Grand CentralAED 1,951
  2. Barsha Heights, readyAED 1,584
  3. Barsha Heights, off-planAED 2,612
  4. Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Upcoming supply in Barsha Heights, by handover quarter

Nearby in Barsha Heights

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Prices per sq ft around Grand Central, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 10 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Grand Central is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps
Satellite view of The First Central, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

The First Central

Barsha Heights · 20 sales, 12 months

868,055

AED, resale median · 2,199/sqft

Satellite view of Madison Residency, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Madison Residency

Barsha Heights · 19 sales, 12 months

1.35M

AED, resale median · 1,187/sqft

Franck Muller Vanguard

Barsha Heights · 14 sales, 12 months

1.86M

AED, resale median · 2,535/sqft

Satellite view of Fahad 2, Barsha Heights, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.

Fahad 2

Barsha Heights · 11 sales, 12 months

1.11M

AED, resale median · 928/sqft

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Cash needed at purchase
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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Grand Central?
No gross yield is published for Grand Central as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 10 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Barsha Heights median is 5.5% gross.
How much does a studio in Grand Central cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 913,727 (1,951 AED/sqft), from 10 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Grand Central selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Grand Central over the last 12 months have a median of 1,951 AED/sqft, across 10 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in Grand Central risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved +5.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 10 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 Grand Central?
10 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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Grand Central sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
10 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/barsha-heights/grand-central
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Grand Central sale prices and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/grand-central

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