Corridor Profile

Business Bay: Where residential meets the office shortage

2,547AED psf — H1 2026 avg

<5%Grade A office vacancy

7–8%Small office yields (prime)

The corridor

Business Bay is Dubai's mixed-use workhorse: residential towers beside a Grade A office district that is effectively full. H1 2026 average pricing of AED 2,547 psf buys canal-side product minutes from Downtown at a discount to it.

Who it suits

Investors wanting both residential yield and commercial exposure in one district; owner-occupiers upgrading from renting in the same towers they work in.

The off-plan angle

Strata office units under 1,500 sqft are the corridor's quiet best-seller — Q2 office sales nearly tripled year-on-year citywide, and Business Bay is a prime beneficiary with no meaningful new Grade A supply until 2027–28.

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Twenty years in banking. Own-money investor in three countries. Now at Strada UAE.

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Sources: Dubai Land Department · DXB Interact — H1 2026 · City median AED 1,710 psf (week of Jul 20) · Average yield 6.58%