Business Bay vs Majan
Verdict: Majan runs AED 1,600 per sqft against AED 3,188 for Business Bay, 99% cheaper, across 1,354 priced units, and both carry the same 60% cash load before handover.
At the median, Business Bay asks AED 3,188 per sqft against AED 1,600 in Majan, 99% dearer per sqft. Half of Business Bay inventory sits between AED 2,650 and AED 3,664 per sqft, against AED 1,478 to AED 1,814 in Majan.
Business Bay carries the larger pipeline: 68 tracked off-plan projects and 1,458 priced units, against 49 projects and 1,354 priced units in Majan.
Payment plans sit level: the median plan on both sides asks 60% before keys, from 124 published plans in Business Bay and 74 in Majan. On the median priced unit that is AED 2.17M due before handover in Business Bay, against AED 729K in Majan.
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
- Majan1,600 1,354
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 1,354 in Majan.
Side by side
| Metric | Business Bay | Majan |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 68 | 49 |
| Priced units | 1,458 | 1,354 |
| Median AED per sqft | 3,188 | 1,600 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,650 to 3,664 | 1,478 to 1,814 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.61M | AED 1.21M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 650K | AED 475K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 60% |
| Cash due before handover, median unit | AED 2.17M | AED 729K |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 20% | 18% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (29 projects) | 2027 (17 projects) |
| Active developers | 50 | 34 |
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
Majan is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,600 against AED 3,188 in Business Bay, so Business Bay is 99% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.21M for a median 827 sqft home in Majan, 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. Majan leans to 1 BR units, 660 records at AED 1,551 per sqft and AED 1.16M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 650K in Business Bay and AED 475K in Majan.
Supply and delivery
Business Bay peaks in 2027, when 29 of its 68 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Majan peaks in 2027 with 17 of 49. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 37% in Business Bay and 19% in Majan 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. Majan has 34, led by Samana, Meraki Developers, Binghatti.
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Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-10-02 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.