The Central Downtown
The record
- Developer
- Aqua
- Community
- Arjan
- City
- Dubai
- Sale status
- On sale
- Construction
- Under construction
- Classification
- Off-plan
- Property types
- Not stated
- Bedrooms offered
- Studio, 1, 2, 3
- Priced unit records
- 34
- Payment plans listed
- 2
- Furnishing
- Kitchen fitted only
- Floors
- G + 2P + 28 + 19 + 25 + 24 floors
- Service charge, developer-stated
- 14 AED/sqft
StatedProject facts, developer-published inventory, as published by the developerread 2026-07-30
Blank means the developer published nothing, not that the answer is zero. The service charge is the figure the developer published, not the RERA service charge index.
Where this price sits
SourceOffplanIndex corpus, July 2026n = 34 priced unit records for this projectMethod
AED 1,588 per sqft, 5% below the Arjan median, and 21% below the Dubai median.
AED per sqft of built-up area, measured the same way for every project in the corpus so the three readings above are comparable. Asking prices, not transactions.
SourceOffplanIndex corpus, July 2026n = 34 priced records for this projectMethod
Cite this: OffplanIndex, The Central Downtown price per sqft, AED 1,588, July 2026, https://offplanindex.com/projects/aqua-the-central-downtown
What each bedroom count asks
| Bedrooms | Priced units | From | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 9 | AED 943K | AED 1.03M | 470 | 2,252 |
| 1 BR | 3 | AED 1.51M | AED 1.57M | 730 | 2,065 |
| 2 BR | 5 | AED 2.01M | AED 3.39M | 1,455 | 1,741 |
| 3 BR | 17 | AED 3.04M | AED 3.32M | 2,204 | 1,513 |
From the developer's published unit inventory as read on the corpus date, asking prices not transactions. A bedroom count with fewer than three priced units shows its count and lowest price only.
2 payment plans on offer
| Plan | Down payment | During construction | On handover | After handover | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment Plan PH 24 months for 2br and 3br | 1% | 24% | 51% | 24% | Post-handover |
| Payment Plan for Studios and 1br | 5% | 20% | 75% | none | 20/80 |
Only plans whose stages add up to the whole price are listed. The structure column files each plan the way the payment plan pages do, so a link shows every other project offering the same shape. Its handover quarter has a payment calendar page for Q2 2028: what every tracked project owes in that quarter.
The payment plan
This plan spreads the price over the months to handover and beyond, and money you have not paid yet is money you still have. Valuing every instalment on the day it actually falls due, at 5.0% a year, this schedule is worth 8.42% less than the headline, or AED 79,382 on the published entry price. It is not a discount anyone will give you at the counter, and the total you sign for does not change. It is what the timing is worth, and it is the number to compare against another project handing over at the same time.
Computed from the published schedule and the stated handover date, at a 5.0% annual cost of money compounded monthly. It credits no rent, no capital growth and no allowance for a handover delay. Definition and the reason for the rate: methodology. Where this project sits against every other: the plan discount ranking.
On the published entry price of AED 943,272 that is AED 235,818 before handover and AED 226,385 after the keys. Run other prices through the payment plan calculator.
Booking, construction and handover are three independent medians, so they are normalised to 100 before drawing and the handover share carries the remainder. 22% of plans in Arjan schedule instalments after the keys.
More in Arjan
The same slice of Arjan: starting under AED 1M 23, handing over in 2028 6.
- AED/sqft
- n/a
- From
- AED 860K
- Handover
- Q3 2023
- Before keys
- 30%
- AED/sqft
- 1,732
- From
- AED 878K
- Handover
- Q1 2028
- Before keys
- 50%
- AED/sqft
- n/a
- From
- AED 931K
- Handover
- Q2 2025
- Before keys
- 100%
- AED/sqft
- 1,679
- From
- AED 949K
- Handover
- Q4 2028
- Before keys
- 40%
- AED/sqft
- 1,883
- From
- AED 970K
- Handover
- Q2 2029
- Before keys
- 48%
- AED/sqft
- 2,258
- From
- AED 975K
- Handover
- Q2 2027
- Before keys
- 40%
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OffplanIndex is an independent index. We are not the developer, not the agent and not a party to any sale. Figures are developer-published asking prices as read on 2026-07-30, not transaction records. Back to the project index.