14 schemes
Hospitality houses
A hotel company runs the building. Housekeeping, concierge, room service and the spa are the same operation that serves the hotel next door.
The trade-off. The service is real and it is the part of the premium most likely to survive resale. You pay for it every year in service charges whether you use it or not.
- AED 4,200–17,067per sqft across this tier
- 13 of 14have a working hotel in the building
Every scheme, cheapest entry first.
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Downtown Dubai · Dubai
W Hotels
W Residences
AED 4,200–5,800/sqftPortal asking price
Younger buyers who want a serviced Downtown apartment with a recognisable name and are not paying Bvlgari money for it.
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Dubai International Financial Centre · Dubai
The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton Residences
AED 4,342/sqftRegistered sale price
Investors, more than end users. This is the branded residence you buy to let to a bank’s managing director on a two-year package.
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Palm Jumeirah / The Palm · Dubai
Six Senses
Six Senses Residences
AED 4,879/sqftRegistered sale price
The buyer for whom the amenity list matters more than the address — health-led, often a second home, often somebody who has done a Six Senses retreat and wants to live in one.
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Palm Jumeirah / Za’abeel · Dubai
One&Only
One&Only Private Homes
AED 5,155/sqftRegistered sale price
Owners who want the place to earn when they are not in it, and who are willing to hand it to the operator to do that. The income case is unusual for this price bracket.
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Saadiyat Cultural District, Saadiyat Island · Abu Dhabi
Mandarin Oriental
Mandarin Oriental Residences, Saadiyat Cultural District
AED 5,200–7,000/sqftPortal asking price
Buyers who want the museum district rather than a marina, and who read Abu Dhabi’s slower supply pipeline as protection rather than as dullness. It also suits Mandarin Oriental owners from Asia, where the brand’s residential record is longest.
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Downtown Dubai / Business Bay · Dubai
Baccarat
Baccarat Hotel & Residences
AED 5,400–7,211/sqftRegistered sale price
The buyer who finds the fashion brands too loud and the hotel brands too corporate. Baccarat is a collector’s name rather than a status one, and it attracts people who already own the glassware.
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The Crescent, Palm Jumeirah · Dubai
Dorchester Collection
ORLA, Dorchester Collection
AED 6,426–7,577/sqftRegistered sale price
Buyers who want Palm beachfront and hotel-grade service but actively do not want to live above a hotel lobby. The minimum unit is roughly 3,276 sqft, so it self-selects for people buying a main home rather than a pied-à-terre.
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Jumeirah / DIFC · Dubai
Four Seasons
Four Seasons Private Residences
AED 6,829/sqftRegistered sale price
Families who live in the building most of the year and want it running whether they are there or not. The least speculative buyer base on this page.
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Marasi Bay, Business Bay · Dubai
Dorchester Collection
The Lana Residences
AED 7,539/sqftRegistered sale price
Buyers who want a hotel-run building but a city address rather than an island one — five minutes from Downtown, on the canal, with the restaurants on the doorstep.
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Eastern Crescent, Palm Jumeirah · Dubai
Dorchester Collection
The Alba Residences, Dorchester Collection
AED 8,200/sqftLaunch / quoted price
The buyer who looked at ORLA and wanted the hotel after all, plus the collector who buys the architect. A Zaha Hadid building on the Palm with a Dorchester attached is a combination that will not be repeated.
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Palm Jumeirah · Dubai
Atlantis
Atlantis The Royal Residences
AED 9,387/sqftRegistered sale price
People who want the resort as an extension of the home and are untroubled by the crowd that comes with it. It is the least private trophy address in Dubai and the most serviced.
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Jumeirah Beach Peninsula, Jumeirah 2 · Dubai
Aman
Aman Dubai Hotel & Residences
AED 11,783–17,067/sqftRegistered sale price
People who already own an Aman somewhere else. The brand has an unusually loyal owner base that buys the next one on the strength of the last, largely sight-unseen, and it converts into the Aman Club membership network. Almost never a first UAE purchase.
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DIFC · Dubai
Janu
Janu Dubai Hotel & Residences
Price not publishedNo price published
Someone who wants the Aman group’s standard of operation but lives in the city rather than escaping it — DIFC finance, and Aman owners buying a weekday base to go with a weekend house.
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Naïa Island, off the Jumeirah coast · Dubai
Cheval Blanc
Cheval Blanc Maison, Naïa Island
Price not publishedLand price only
The buyer who wants to commission a house rather than choose a unit, and wants LVMH-standard hospitality attached to it. This is a land-and-build proposition dressed as a branded residence, which is a different transaction and a different risk.
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