Business Bay vs Meydan
At the median, Business Bay asks AED 3,188 per sqft against AED 2,425 in Meydan, 31% dearer per sqft. Half of Business Bay inventory sits between AED 2,650 and AED 3,664 per sqft, against AED 2,151 to AED 2,844 in Meydan.
Business Bay carries the larger pipeline: 68 tracked off-plan projects and 1,458 priced units, against 51 projects and 720 priced units in Meydan.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Meydan: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 88 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
- Meydan2,425 720
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 720 in Meydan.
Side by side
| Metric | Business Bay | Meydan |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 68 | 51 |
| Priced units | 1,458 | 720 |
| Median AED per sqft | 3,188 | 2,425 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 2,650 to 3,664 | 2,151 to 2,844 |
| Median asking price | AED 3.61M | AED 2.58M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 650K | AED 480K |
| Median paid before handover | 60% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 20% | 6% |
| Peak handover year | 2027 (29 projects) | 2023 (24 projects) |
| Active developers | 50 | 35 |
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
Meydan is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 2,425 against AED 3,188 in Business Bay, so Business Bay is 31% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 2.58M for a median 1,007 sqft home in Meydan, 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. Meydan leans to 1 BR units, 375 records at AED 2,403 per sqft and AED 2.00M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 650K in Business Bay and AED 480K in Meydan.
Supply and delivery
Business Bay peaks in 2027, when 29 of its 68 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Meydan peaks in 2023 with 24 of 51. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 37% in Business Bay and 48% in Meydan 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. Meydan has 35, led by Azizi, Binghatti, Gulf Land.
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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.