Sky Central
- Completed 2016
- 28 floors
- 7 lifts
- 230 parking bays
- 1 pool
A studio in Sky Central costs a median AED 966,160.
Studio · typical price
966,160AED
AED 3,202/sqft · +0.3% on a year
- vs Barsha Heights
- 43% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.03M
- Price
- AED 966,160
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 38,646
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 20,289
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Sky Central a good investment?Little new supply nearby, with nothing to watch; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
- Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 3,191/sqft a year ago, 3,202 now+0.3%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 63,135 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 63,135
- Can I sell easily?36 sales in 12 months (23 the year before)36
- 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
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 23% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 14% down, before fees+23.4%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Sky Central prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 966,160
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Barsha Heights · area median AED 2,234/sqft
- 12-month change
- +0.3%
- 3 years
- +20.9% · +6.5%/yr
- 5 years
- +23.4% · +4.3%/yr
- vs area median
- +43.3%
- Off-plan price gain, 2013–2020
- -14.9% · -1.7%/yr
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: Nov 2013, AED 1,026,200; latest, Oct 2026, AED 990,506; peak, Oct 2014, AED 1,427,525.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 3,202 · before fees
- Launch, 2013–20
- 3,704
- −14%
- 49 sales
- 5 years ago
- 2,595
- +23%
- 31 sales
- 3 years ago
- 2,648
- +21%
- 21 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 3,191
- 0%
- 23 sales
- Last 12 months
- 3,202
- today
- 36 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.
36 resales in the last 12 months, against 26 a year on average over 2023–2025.
36 resales in the last 12 months.
Comparables in Barsha Heights
Every Barsha Heights building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Sky Central places 1st of 12; the nearest 4 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Sky Central (AED 3,202/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Sky Central has registered sale prices 43% above 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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.
Explore planned supplySupply 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 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 Sky Central
Sky Central is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Barsha Heights. 730 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 28
- Lifts
- 7
- Parking bays
- 230
- Pools
- 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 20 min · 18 km
- DXB Airport
- 26 min · 33 km
- DIFC
- 17 min · 21 km
- Dubai Marina
- 13 min · 7.7 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 19 min · 12 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Dubai Internet City
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Burj Al Arab
Sky Central: AED 3,202 per sq ft, 86% 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
- Sky CentralAED 3,202
- Barsha Heights, readyAED 1,584
- Barsha Heights, off-planAED 2,612
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Barsha Heights
Prices per sq ft around Sky Central, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Sky Central, on the map
The First Central
Barsha Heights · 20 sales, 12 months
868,055
AED, resale median · 2,199/sqft
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
Fahad 2
Barsha Heights · 11 sales, 12 months
1.11M
AED, resale median · 928/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
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Sky Central?
- No gross yield is published for Sky Central as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 36 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 Sky Central cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 966,160 (3,202 AED/sqft), from 36 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Sky Central selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Sky Central over the last 12 months have a median of 3,202 AED/sqft, across 36 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 Sky Central risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +0.3% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 36 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How do launch and resale median prices in Sky Central compare?
- The resale median is -14.9% against the all-history launch median (launches 2013–2020), at Studio, from 144 launch sales and 36 ready resales in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These are unpaired transaction groups, before costs, not realised buyer returns.
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Sky Central sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 36 registered sales 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
- /sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/sky-central
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Sky Central sale prices and yield.” Barsha Heights, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/barsha-heights/sky-central
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