Business Bay vs Dubai Land Residence Complex
At the median, Business Bay asks AED 3,188 per sqft against AED 1,488 in Dubai Land Residence Complex, 114% dearer per sqft. Half of Business Bay inventory sits between AED 2,650 and AED 3,664 per sqft, against AED 1,331 to AED 1,691 in Dubai Land Residence Complex.
Dubai Land Residence Complex carries the larger pipeline: 95 tracked off-plan projects and 1,464 priced units, against 68 projects and 1,458 priced units in Business Bay.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai Land Residence Complex: the median plan asks 55% before keys across 155 published plans, against 60% across 124 plans in Business Bay.
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 Land Residence Complex1,488 1,464
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 1,464 in Dubai Land Residence Complex.
Side by side
| Metric | Business Bay | Dubai Land Residence Complex |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 68 | 95 |
| Priced units | 1,458 | 1,464 |
| Median AED per sqft | 3,188 | 1,488 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,650 to 3,664 | 1,331 to 1,691 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.61M | AED 1.03M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 650K | AED 363K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 55% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 20% | 37% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (29 projects) | 2027 (46 projects) |
| Active developers | 50 | 46 |
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 Land Residence Complex is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,488 against AED 3,188 in Business Bay, so Business Bay is 114% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.03M for a median 769 sqft home in Dubai Land Residence Complex, 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 Land Residence Complex leans to 1 BR units, 564 records at AED 1,377 per sqft and AED 1.12M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 650K in Business Bay and AED 363K in Dubai Land Residence Complex.
Supply and delivery
Business Bay peaks in 2027, when 29 of its 68 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai Land Residence Complex peaks in 2027 with 46 of 95. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 37% in Business Bay and 29% in Dubai Land Residence Complex 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 Land Residence Complex has 46, led by Imtiaz, Object 1, Samana.
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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.