Business Bay vs Dubai Investments Park
At the median, Business Bay asks AED 3,188 per sqft against AED 1,699 in Dubai Investments Park, 88% dearer per sqft. Half of Business Bay inventory sits between AED 2,650 and AED 3,664 per sqft, against AED 1,415 to AED 1,773 in Dubai Investments Park.
Dubai Investments Park carries the larger pipeline: 72 tracked off-plan projects and 1,982 priced units, against 68 projects and 1,458 priced units in Business Bay.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Business Bay: the median plan asks 60% before keys across 124 published plans, against 70% across 102 plans in Dubai Investments Park.
Price per sqft, and the band around it
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the priced units.
- Business Bay3,188 1,458
- Dubai Investments Park1,699 1,982
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 1,458 priced units in Business Bay and 1,982 in Dubai Investments Park.
Side by side
| Metric | Business Bay | Dubai Investments Park |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 68 | 72 |
| Priced units | 1,458 | 1,982 |
| Median AED per sqft | 3,188 | 1,699 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,650 to 3,664 | 1,415 to 1,773 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.61M | AED 987K |
| Lowest starting price | AED 650K | AED 465K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 70% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 20% | 1% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (29 projects) | 2029 (48 projects) |
| Active developers | 50 | 5 |
Every figure is computed by OffplanIndex over developer-published unit inventories and payment plans. Rows a community cannot answer are left out rather than filled in. Not investment advice.
Price
Dubai Investments Park is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,699 against AED 3,188 in Business Bay, so Business Bay is 88% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 987K for a median 590 sqft home in Dubai Investments Park, against AED 3.61M for a median 1,209 sqft home in Business Bay.
Inventory is weighted differently. Business Bay is dominated by 2 BR units, 609 priced records at a median AED 2,969 per sqft and AED 3.76M a unit. Dubai Investments Park leans to 1 BR units, 557 records at AED 1,758 per sqft and AED 961K a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 650K in Business Bay and AED 465K in Dubai Investments Park.
Supply and delivery
Business Bay peaks in 2027, when 29 of its 68 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai Investments Park peaks in 2029 with 48 of 72. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 37% in Business Bay and 24% in Dubai Investments Park are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
50 developers are active in Business Bay, led by DAMAC, Select Group, Omniyat. Dubai Investments Park has 5, led by DAMAC, Emaar, Reportage.
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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). All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.