Dolphin Tower
- Completed 2020
- 23 floors
- 5 lifts
- 144 parking bays
- 1 pool
A studio in Dolphin Tower costs a median AED 1.47M and returns 5.7% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
Studio · typical price
1.47MAED
AED 3,358/sqft · +1.2% on a year
- vs Business Bay
- 42% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.56M
- Price
- AED 1.47M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 58,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 30,765
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Dolphin Tower a good investment?Lots of new supply is coming; 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 3,317/sqft a year ago, 3,358 now+1.2%Fair
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 93,565 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 93,565
- Can I sell easily?11 sales in 12 months (17 the year before)11
- Is a lot being built nearby?11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today. A further 2,730 are past their planned date. Business Bay supply by year →64%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Buyers 5 years ago still 13% down; launch buyers still 4% down, before fees-13.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Dolphin Tower prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 1.47M
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 2,363/sqft
- 12-month change
- +1.2%
- 3 years
- +1.5% · +0.5%/yr
- 5 years
- -1.7% · -0.3%/yr
- vs area median
- +42.1%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 6th of 79
- Off-plan price gain, 2019–2023
- +4.5% · +0.9%/yr
Short-term income
Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m
- Median nightly rate
- AED 419
- Net revenue
- AED 83,144/yr
- Listings seen
- 8+
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: Jan 2019, AED 1,462,500; latest, Sep 2026, AED 1,334,972; peak, May 2025, AED 1,882,500.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,960 · before fees
- Launch, 2019–23
- 3,070
- −4%
- 54 sales
- 5 years ago
- 3,404
- −13%
- 38 sales
- 3 years ago
- 3,309
- −11%
- 18 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 3,301
- −10%
- 17 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,960
- today
- 11 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.
11 resales in the last 12 months, against 17 a year on average over 2023–2025.
11 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Dolphin Tower
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly rate through the year
Comparables in Business Bay
Every Business Bay building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Dolphin Tower places 19th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Dolphin Tower (AED 2,960/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Dolphin Tower has registered sale prices 42% above the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,363 AED, across 79 eligible buildings. It ranks 6th of 79 by price per square foot in Business Bay.
Market context in Business Bay
Registered sales activity
2,705 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+5.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,705 current and 3,581 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
10,312 known registered units across 12 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
10 projects had already passed their planned date; 6 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 131 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Business Bay with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.1%.
The pooled median moved +5.4%: 5.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 79% of 124 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.6%.
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 Dolphin Tower
Dolphin Tower is an apartment building completed in 2020 in Business Bay. 329 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 23
- Lifts
- 5
- Parking bays
- 144
- Pools
- 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 13 min · 5.7 km
- DXB Airport
- 16 min · 16 km
- DIFC
- 11 min · 11 km
- Dubai Marina
- 19 min · 21 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 26 min · 25 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Downtown Dubai
Dolphin Tower: AED 2,960 per sq ft, 45% above the median Business Bay 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
- Dolphin TowerAED 2,960
- Business Bay, readyAED 1,869
- Business Bay, off-planAED 2,685
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Business Bay
Prices per sq ft around Dolphin Tower, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Dolphin Tower, on the map
Peninsula Four
Business Bay · 215 sales, 12 months
2.04M
AED, resale median · 2,517/sqft
Al Habtoor Tower
Business Bay · 205 sales, 12 months
3.44M
AED, resale median · 2,733/sqft
Peninsula Three
Business Bay · 164 sales, 12 months
1.74M
AED, resale median · 2,656/sqft
Regalia By Deyaar
Business Bay · 105 sales, 12 months
1.28M
AED, resale median · 1,782/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
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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What owning a studio here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Dolphin Tower?
- No gross yield is published for Dolphin Tower 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 Business Bay median is 6.8% gross.
- How much does a studio in Dolphin Tower cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 1.47M (3,358 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 Dolphin Tower selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Dolphin Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 3,358 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 Dolphin Tower risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +1.2% 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.
- Does Dolphin Tower earn more short-term than long-let?
- A night asks a median of AED 419, which models to 5.7% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.
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Dolphin Tower 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; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/dolphin-tower
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dolphin Tower sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/dolphin-tower
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