Dubai Festival City rental guide
Creekside mixed-use
Typical annual rent
All rent checks| Bedroom | Typical | Range | DLD sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | We only have 2 DLD leases for Dubai Festival City studio units in the last 24 months, which is not enough for a reliable estimate. | ||
| 1-bedroom | AED 95,000 | AED 92,000 to AED 101,000 | Based on 170 leases in this community |
| 2-bedroom | AED 158,000 | AED 145,000 to AED 171,000 | Based on 261 leases in this community |
| 3-bedroom | AED 242,000 | AED 204,000 to AED 270,000 | Based on 124 leases in this community |
| 4-bedroom | AED 347,000 | AED 300,000 to AED 377,500 | Based on 19 leases in this community |
| 5-bedroom | We only have 2 DLD leases for Dubai Festival City 5-bedroom units in the last 24 months, which is not enough for a reliable estimate. | ||
Source: Dubai Land Department · last 24 months · Dubai Festival City
DLD lease facts
Of 578 DLD leases for studio to 5-bedroom homes in Dubai Festival City, with contract dates from 1 October 2024:
| Bedroom | Share of leases |
|---|---|
| Studio | under 1% |
| 1-bedroom | 30% |
| 2-bedroom | 45% |
| 3-bedroom | 22% |
| 4-bedroom | 3% |
| 5-bedroom | under 1% |
Leases with no bedroom count in the DLD record are not included.
Of 578 DLD leases in Dubai Festival City, with contract dates from 1 October 2024, 98% were apartments and 2% were villas.
Source: Dubai Land Department · Dubai Festival City
About this creekside mixed-use community
Dubai Festival City is a mixed-use community on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek, developed by Al-Futtaim Real Estate, the real estate development and operations arm of Al-Futtaim Group. The developer describes it as blending residential, commercial and lifestyle uses, with residences, shopping, dining, leisure, hotels, schools, a golf course, an automotive park and office space, arranged across three districts with a creekside promenade. In June 2012, The National reported that Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate had begun selling freehold townhouses at Al Badia Residences. The developer describes a mix of villas and apartments that blend traditional and contemporary architecture. Al Badia Residences has Mediterranean-style townhouses and apartments, with gardens and covered parking or garages for the townhouses and private terraces and balconies for the apartments. Al Badia Hillside is an apartment development inspired by Mediterranean hillside villages. Al Badia Living has one to four bedroom apartments. In January 2026, Al-Futtaim Real Estate announced Al Badia Villas, a leasing project of 107 homes with three to five bedrooms set among three hectares of parks, with a children's play area, an outdoor fitness park, cycling tracks and dog-friendly walking trails. The RTA Bus Route List, retrieved 2026-09-21, shows routes F08 and 24 each running between Dubai Festival City and Al Nahda 2.
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