The Off Plan Guide
The Emirates Towers at dawn, beside the DIFC district

Hospitality houses

The Ritz-Carlton

The Ritz-Carlton Residences

  • Dubai International Financial Centre
  • Various
  • Ready
  • Hotel attached

The unglamorous one, and deliberately so. Hotel-operated, inside DIFC, aimed at the finance population that needs to walk to work and wants the building to handle everything else.

The Emirates Towers at dawn, beside the DIFC district

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The Emirates Towers at dawn, beside the DIFC district
The Downtown Dubai skyline

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The Downtown Dubai skyline
The Burj Khalifa at sunset — the Armani Residences occupy its lower floors

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The Burj Khalifa at sunset — the Armani Residences occupy its lower floors
Sheikh Zayed Road through Downtown Dubai

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Sheikh Zayed Road through Downtown Dubai

Photographs of the building and the area around it, not the developer’s renders. Each is freely licensed and credited to its photographer above; full list on the credits page. Where a scheme is not yet built, the images are of its location and the captions say so.

Who buys here

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.

What sets it apart

  • Inside DIFC — the shortest commute in the category
  • Hotel-operated with a full service layer
  • The deepest tenant pool of any scheme on this page

The numbers

Registered sale price

Price

AED ~4,342/sqft

Gross yield

~4.2–4.8% gross

Around 4.2–4.8% gross — the highest of the hospitality tier, because the tenant base is real.
Developer

Various

Sonal Kukreja’s read

The least glamorous entry on this list and, for exactly that reason, one of the more rentable. If you are buying branded for income rather than for the door, start here.

An opinion, not advice, and not a recommendation to buy. BRN 89032, PSI Real Estate L.L.C..

Others in hospitality houses

Figures are labelled by basis and sourced above. Yields are gross, before service charges, management fees and voids — all of which run higher in branded stock. Availability and pricing change; verify with the Dubai Land Department and the developer before committing. Nothing on this page is an offer of a specific unit.