Corridor Profile

DIFC: The commercial capital · at record rents

537AED psf · prime office rents

<5%Grade A vacancy

2028No meaningful new supply until

The corridor

DIFC is the financial district: prime office rents at AED 537 per sqft and Grade A vacancy under 5%. Family offices, hedge funds and regional HQs keep arriving; the supply pipeline is effectively empty until 2027-28.

Who it suits

Commercial investors; family offices wanting income-producing strata offices; residential buyers targeting the district's executive tenant pool.

The off-plan angle

The AED 13.1B record off-plan office market is anchored here · new DIFC-adjacent launches with credible completion dates are the commercial off-plan story of 2026-28.

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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%