Business Bay vs Dubailand
At the median, Business Bay asks AED 3,188 per sqft against AED 2,189 in Dubailand, 46% dearer per sqft. Half of Business Bay inventory sits between AED 2,650 and AED 3,664 per sqft, against AED 1,900 to AED 2,355 in Dubailand.
Dubailand carries the larger pipeline: 108 tracked off-plan projects and 2,507 priced units, against 68 projects and 1,458 priced units in Business Bay.
Payment plans sit level: the median plan on both sides asks 60% before keys, from 124 published plans in Business Bay and 112 in Dubailand.
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
- Dubailand2,189 2,507
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 2,507 in Dubailand.
Side by side
| Metric | Business Bay | Dubailand |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 68 | 108 |
| Priced units | 1,458 | 2,507 |
| Median AED per sqft | 3,188 | 2,189 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,650 to 3,664 | 1,900 to 2,355 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.61M | AED 895K |
| Lowest starting price | AED 650K | AED 396K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 60% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 20% | 7% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (29 projects) | 2028 (33 projects) |
| Active developers | 50 | 23 |
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
Dubailand is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,189 against AED 3,188 in Business Bay, so Business Bay is 46% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 895K for a median 471 sqft home in Dubailand, 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. Dubailand leans to studios, 1,271 records at AED 2,351 per sqft and AED 796K a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 650K in Business Bay and AED 396K in Dubailand.
Supply and delivery
Business Bay peaks in 2027, when 29 of its 68 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubailand peaks in 2028 with 33 of 108. 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 Dubailand 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. Dubailand has 23, led by Aldar, DAMAC, Azizi.
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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.