1 bedroom off-plan in Dubai Design District
45 priced 1 BR unit records across 3 off-plan projects in Dubai Design District, Dubai. The median asking price is AED 2,100,000 for a median 818 sqft, which is AED 2,567 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 2,100,000 to AED 2,397,000, so half of what a buyer will be shown sits inside that spread rather than at the headline number.
Against the same rung across Dubai, which asks AED 1,916 per sqft, this address is 34% dearer. Against Dubai Design District as a whole it is 19% below the community median rate, which is what the rung mix does to an address level average. 50 of the 62 other communities deep enough to benchmark this rung ask less per square foot.
What the rung costs here
| Universe | Records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom in Dubai Design District | 45 | AED 2.10M | 818 | 2,567 |
| Every rung in Dubai Design District | 151 | AED 4.88M | 1,551 | 3,167 |
| 1 bedroom across Dubai | 15,866 | AED 1.50M | 754 | 1,916 |
| 1 bedroom across the UAE | 19,139 | AED 1.46M | 771 | 1,888 |
Each row is a median over unit records carrying both a price and a floor area, so a tower publishing 400 rows weighs 400 times. The full 1 bedroom range in Dubai Design District runs AED 2,100,000 to AED 2,533,000 on price and 741 to 1,139 sqft on area. All 45 records on this page are apartments.
Which projects sell it
| Project | Developer | 1 bedroom records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft | Handover | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atelis | Meraas | 26 | AED 2.10M | 922 | 2,278 | Q3 2029 | Sold out |
| Artistry One Residences | Select Group | 12 | AED 2.40M | 741 | 3,234 | Q1 2029 | On sale |
| Artistry Two Residences | Select Group | 7 | AED 2.47M | 741 | 3,334 | Q1 2029 | On sale |
Every figure in a row is a median over that project's own 1 BR records, so a scheme with three records is not being compared like one with three hundred. 2 of the 3 projects were not marked sold out at the last observation. Handover dates are the developer's published target and move often.
The other rungs in Dubai Design District
| Bedrooms | Records | Projects | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 45 | 3 | AED 2.10M | 818 | 2,567 |
| 2 bedroom | 61 | 4 | AED 4.88M | 1,551 | 3,124 |
| 3 bedroom | 27 | 5 | AED 6.97M | 2,019 | 3,310 |
Only rungs carrying 25 records across two or more projects in Dubai Design District are listed, which is the floor for a benchmark worth printing. The whole address, every rung pooled, is on the Dubai Design District page.
1 bedroom elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Dubai | 1,621 | AED 1.29M | 765 | 1,667 |
| Dubai South | Dubai | 1,305 | AED 1.28M | 731 | 1,744 |
| Nad Al Sheba | Dubai | 755 | AED 2.67M | 710 | 3,746 |
| Al Marjan Island | Ras Al Khaimah | 733 | AED 2.63M | 907 | 2,937 |
| Sobha Central | Dubai | 708 | AED 2.12M | 743 | 2,924 |
| Bukadra | Dubai | 660 | AED 2.21M | 820 | 2,425 |
| Majan | Dubai | 660 | AED 1.16M | 724 | 1,551 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | Dubai | 644 | AED 1.40M | 755 | 1,859 |
| Dubai Islands | Dubai | 603 | AED 2.31M | 891 | 2,530 |
| Dubailand | Dubai | 586 | AED 1.35M | 712 | 1,972 |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | Dubai | 564 | AED 1.12M | 801 | 1,377 |
| Dubai Investments Park | Dubai | 557 | AED 961K | 541 | 1,758 |
| Jebel Ali | Dubai | 544 | AED 2.09M | 744 | 2,825 |
| Business Bay | Dubai | 468 | AED 2.54M | 826 | 2,864 |
Ranked by how much 1 BR inventory each address publishes, not by price, so the list is what a buyer can actually shop rather than a leaderboard. The full ladder for this rung is on the 1 bedroom page.
Terms on these projects
A plan counts once per project and only where its stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent. Model any of them against a real 1 BR ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How much is a 1 BR in Dubai Design District?
- Across 45 off-plan unit records in 3 projects, the median asking price is AED 2,100,000 for a median 818 sqft, or AED 2,567 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 2,100,000 to AED 2,397,000.
- How big is a 1 BR in Dubai Design District?
- Median 818 sqft, with the middle half between 741 and 937 sqft and the full range running 741 to 1,139 sqft.
- Is a 1 BR in Dubai Design District expensive for Dubai?
- At AED 2,567 per sqft it asks 34% more than the 1 BR median across Dubai, which is AED 1,916. Comparing a rung with the same rung is the only fair read, since bedroom count drives the rate on its own.
- What payment plan is offered on a 1 BR in Dubai Design District?
- Across 3 published plans from these projects the median booking deposit is 20%, with 50% due before handover and 0% of plans carrying a post-handover tail.
Why the address moves the rate further than the bedroom count does, measured across every pair like this one: address beats bedroom count. The whole rung across the UAE is on the 1 bedroom page, and the same ticket cut by budget rather than by rooms is in off-plan by budget.
The full report: every community, every developer, ranked.
1 BR in Dubai Design District in context: price per sqft by community and developer, payment plan structures ranked by cash due before handover, the 2026 to 2029 delivery pipeline, and the CSV behind every table. PDF plus data, delivered instantly.
Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-09-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). A pair is published only where the corpus carries 25 or more priced records across two or more projects. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.