Ontario Tower

1. Does it pay a good rent?7.3% gross, 5.7% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.3%Fair
2. Is it easy to let?66% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Business Bay building manages 41%66%Strength

   Across 82 Business Bay buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 41% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 69% or more; Ontario Tower is at 66%.

3. Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 75,000 a year ago, AED 74,159 now-1.1%Fair
4. Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,147/sqft a year ago, 1,263 now+10.1%Strength
5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 65,975 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
6. Can I sell easily?32 sales in 12 months, 18% of the tower (37 the year before)32Strength
7. 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
8. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 69% for buyers 5 years ago; up 21% for launch buyers, before fees+68.6%Context

32 resales in the last 12 months, against 32 a year on average over 2023–2025.

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

At 1 bed, Ontario Tower has registered sale prices 36% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 113th of 121 by price per square foot and 10th of 76 by gross yield in Business Bay.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · 1 bed
  15 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · 1 bed
  40 new and 20 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
  On record
• Service charge
  AED 19.95/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.7% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
  On record
• Project register
  Ontario Tower: recorded complete 2010-08-23 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Short-term assumption
  Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 45 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
  Read with care
• Building record
  DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
  On record
• Costs not included
  4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
  Not in the yield

What is the rental yield in Ontario Tower?

Ontario Tower returns 7.3% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 74,159 a year (40 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.01M (median of 15 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Ontario Tower cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.01M (1,263 AED/sqft), from 15 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Ontario Tower selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Ontario Tower over the last 12 months have a median of 1,263 AED/sqft, across 15 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 Ontario Tower risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +10.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 15 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Ontario Tower compare with Business Bay?

Its 7.3% gross yield sits +0.7 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.6%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.