What is the rental yield in City Center Residences?

No gross yield is published for City Center Residences as of 2026-10-12: fewer than 5 new Ejari contracts were registered in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months it had 15 registered sales and 2 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Downtown Dubai median is 5.5% gross.

How much does a 1 bedroom in City Center Residences cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.85M (2,383 AED/sqft), from 15 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Have prices in City Center Residences risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -5.0% 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in City Center Residences?

The median new annual rent is AED 132,500, from 2 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

How many apartments change hands in City Center Residences?

15 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 2 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

City Center Residences

Under construction · 72% built · handover Q3 2026
59 floors
7 lifts
418 parking bays
1 pool
Master developer Dar Global

A 1 bed in City Center Residences costs a median AED 1.85M and rents long-let for AED 132,500/yr.

1 bed · typical price

1.85MAED

AED 2,383/sqft · -5.0% on a year

Rent a year: AED 132,500
vs Downtown Dubai: 1% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.97M

Price: AED 1.85M
DLD fee 4%: AED 74,161
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 38,934
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent11 months

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Is City Center Residences a good investment?Few units are let and prices are slipping; no record of the yield and the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?Too few leases or sales to divide one by the otherNo record
Is it easy to let?2% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Downtown Dubai building manages 27%2%Watch
Downtown Dubai median 27% · top tenth from 64%City Center Residences · 2%
Across 28 Downtown Dubai buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 27% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 64% or more; City Center Residences is at 2%.
Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 2,508/sqft a year ago, 2,383 now-5.0%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 117,295 in fees to buy a 1 bed; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
Can I sell easily?32 sales in 12 months, 8% of the tower (47 the year before)32Fair
Is a lot being built nearby?3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today. A further 348 are past their planned date. Downtown Dubai supply by year →38%Fair
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 8% for launch buyers, before fees+7.8%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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City Center Residences prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.85M and rents for about AED 132,500 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed196 units · 777 sqft	AED 1.85M2,383/sqft	under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	-5.0%	15
2 bed129 units · 1,162 sqft	AED 3.13M2,807/sqft	under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	+5.6%	11
3 bed52 units · 1,463 sqft	AED 4.85M3,300/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	-6.3%	5
4+ bed6 units · 2,780 sqft	AED 22.00M2,813/sqft	not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Downtown Dubai · area median AED 2,407/sqft

12-month change: -5.0%
3 years: -7.6% · -2.6%/yr
vs area median: -1.0%
Rank by price per sqft: 42nd of 82

Rental income

1 bed · Downtown Dubai

Median new rent: AED 132,500/yr
Renewal rent: AED 131,500/yr

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,685 · before fees

Launch, 2022–26: 2,491; +8%; 381 sales
3 years ago: 2,460; +9%; 39 sales
Previous 12 months: 2,803; −4%; 47 sales
Last 12 months: 2,685; today; 32 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 Downtown Dubai

Every Downtown Dubai building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. City Center Residences places 45th of 116; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
41	Boulevard PointCompleted 2019 · off-plan 2,062/sqft	AED 3.25M	2,791+4.0%	4.9%	-12.0%	35
42	Burj CrownCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,960/sqft	AED 2.60M	2,761+2.8%	5.0%	-3.8%	51
43	BURJ VISTA Tower 2Completed 2017 · off-plan 1,904/sqft	AED 4.00M	2,754+2.6%	4.5%	+19.4%	5
44	Residences_W3	AED 3.85M	2,725+1.5%	—	+1.8%	9
45	City Center Residences · this building72% · Q3 2026 · off-plan 2,552/sqft	AED 2.37M	2,685	—	-4.2%	32
46	Yansoon 2	AED 3.50M	2,683-0.1%	—	—	5
47	Yansoon 6	AED 3.15M	2,665-0.7%	—	—	3
48	Attareen	AED 5.20M	2,636-1.8%	—	+31.0%	7
49	Altajer	AED 3.75M	2,624-2.3%	—	+7.7%	15

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against City Center Residences (AED 2,685/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, City Center Residences has registered sale prices 1% below the Downtown Dubai median price per square foot of 2,407 AED, across 82 eligible buildings. It ranks 42nd of 82 by price per square foot in Downtown Dubai.

Market context in Downtown Dubai

Registered sales activity

1,759 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+0.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 1,759 current and 2,575 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

2,186 known registered units across 5 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

1 projects had already passed their planned date; 1 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 49% of 109 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Downtown Dubai with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.

New-lease rents fell in 76% of 54 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.7%.

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 City Center Residences

City Center Residences is an under-construction (72% built) apartment building by Dar Global in Downtown Dubai. 557 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 59
Lifts: 7
Parking bays: 418
Pools: 1
Master developer: Dar Global

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Downtown Dubai

City Center Residences: AED 2,685 per sq ft, 10% above the median Downtown Dubai 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

City Center ResidencesAED 2,685
Downtown Dubai, readyAED 2,665
Downtown Dubai, off-planAED 3,819
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 Downtown Dubai, by handover quarter

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Prices per sq ft around City Center Residences, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 94 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · City Center Residences is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Binghatti Skyblade

Downtown Dubai · 472 sales, 12 months

1.97M

AED, resale median · 3,909/sqft

Burj Khalifa

Downtown Dubai · 115 sales, 12 months

5.00M

AED, resale median · 2,929/sqft

Imperial Avenue

Downtown Dubai · 65 sales, 12 months

3.18M

AED, resale median · 2,385/sqft

Grande

Downtown Dubai · 61 sales, 12 months

5.45M

AED, resale median · 3,539/sqft

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

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
2 new and 2 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
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Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
City Center Residences: not recorded complete, 72.3% built, planned 2026-09-30 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Dar Global · delivery record
On record
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

Rent or buy

What owning a 1 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from City Center Residences’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

More assumptions

Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage: 8,244AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 11,042AED; AED 132,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 509,640AED; 20% down plus AED 138,835 in fees

Owning costs AED 502,377 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in City Center Residences?: No gross yield is published for City Center Residences as of 2026-10-12: fewer than 5 new Ejari contracts were registered in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months it had 15 registered sales and 2 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Downtown Dubai median is 5.5% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in City Center Residences cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.85M (2,383 AED/sqft), from 15 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Have prices in City Center Residences risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -5.0% 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in City Center Residences?: The median new annual rent is AED 132,500, from 2 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
How many apartments change hands in City Center Residences?: 15 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 2 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.

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City Center Residences sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 15 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/downtown-dubai/city-center-residences
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “City Center Residences sale prices and yield.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/city-center-residences

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