−12% Dubai Science Park
A life-sciences business park that grew housing around itself: here the tenant works across the road, which is rare in the mid-market.
10 units in stock. 10 with a confirmed status: 6 ready, 4 under construction. 67th most expensive of 84 districts by median price.
- a tenant who works across the road
- mid-market yield
- relatively new stock
Median price $817K AED 3,000,000
Entry price $272K AED 1,000,000 — cheapest unit
Per square foot $554 AED 2,034 / sq ft, median
Ready stock 60% 5 units discounted, up to −12%
What this area is actually like
What the district is
Dubai Science Park is a business district operated by Tecom, built around companies in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and laboratory work. It sits in Al Barsha South, between Arjan, Motor City and Al Barsha.
It began as a working cluster rather than a residential one. The offices, labs and headquarters came first; the apartment buildings arrived afterwards, around the employment that was already there.
That order of events is the whole point of the district and the reason it behaves differently from its neighbours in the rental market.
The residential stock is comparatively new, mostly mid-rise, and still expanding — several buildings have been delivered in recent years and more are under construction.
Why the employment matters to an owner
Most mid-market districts in Dubai are dormitories: the tenant lives there and works somewhere else, so demand depends on how tolerable the commute is that year.
Here a meaningful share of tenants works inside the district or within a few minutes of it. That shortens the decision for them and shortens the vacancy for you.
The tenant profile that follows is specific — laboratory and healthcare staff, corporate employees of the resident companies — and it is generally salaried, stable and unspectacular. Exactly what a landlord wants.
It also means renewals rather than moves. A tenant who walks to work does not relocate to save a few per cent on rent.
What the housing is like
Mid-rise apartment buildings, mostly studios through two-bedrooms, built to current standards rather than to the standards of Dubai's 2000s stock.
Because the buildings are recent, the mechanical plant is young: the first heavy maintenance cycle on chillers and lifts is still ahead rather than behind, which is not true of the older mid-market districts.
Layouts are practical rather than generous. This is not a district where you buy square metres; it is one where you buy a working tenant nearby.
Finishes vary between developers more than between buildings of the same developer, so the individual project matters more than the address.
Getting around and what surrounds it
No metro, and none planned nearby. Tenants either walk to work or drive, and that binary defines the demand pool precisely.
Road access runs through Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Umm Suqeim Road, which puts Marina, Media City and Al Barsha within a manageable drive off-peak.
Arjan is immediately adjacent with its own retail and the Miracle Garden; Motor City and Sports City are a few minutes further. Everyday shopping and clinics are close, larger malls are a drive.
The surroundings are still under construction in places. What is beside your building today is not necessarily what will be beside it in three years.
What to check before buying
How far the building actually is from the working part of the district. The whole thesis rests on walkability, and a building at the far edge does not deliver it.
The developer and the service charge, together. In newer mid-market stock the charge is often set optimistically at launch and rises once the building is fully occupied.
Occupancy and how quickly units let. In a district this specific, the honest measure of demand is how long neighbouring flats sit empty.
And what is permitted on the plots around you. This is an actively developing area, and a construction site next door affects both rent and quality of life.
Who it suits and who it does not
Suits: an investor who wants mid-market yield with a demand story that can be stated in one sentence; a buyer who prefers newer stock and a young maintenance cycle.
Does not suit: anyone who needs a metro station; anyone buying to live in who wants an established, finished neighbourhood; anyone looking for large family layouts.
And a sober caveat: an employer next door is an advantage and a concentration of risk at the same time. While the cluster grows, demand is assured; if a major resident scales down, this district feels it faster than a neighbour with a mixed tenant base.
An asset like this sits best in a portfolio alongside something that does not depend on the same cluster.
What to compare it against
Arjan next door — cheaper entry, denser building, no employment anchor of its own.
Motor City — more mature, greener, more family-oriented, and priced accordingly.
TECOM and Barsha Heights — the older version of the same idea, where offices and housing sit together and the metro actually reaches.
Each of these is covered with median prices and current stock composition in the areas section.
How the district is likely to develop
The cluster is still being built out, both on the commercial side and the residential one, so the balance between the two is not yet settled.
That matters for an owner in a specific way: more housing without more employment weakens the very thing that makes this district different from Arjan next door.
Watch what is actually under construction around you rather than what the masterplan shows, and weight new office and laboratory space more heavily than new apartment towers.
The healthy signal is commercial occupancy: if the resident companies keep expanding, the rental thesis holds regardless of how many flats get delivered.
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The market, per the Land Department
Residential price index 167.33 IV квартал 2025
Quarter on quarter +3.32% QoQ
Year on year +8.9% YoY
Full year 2025 +9.81% index 162.51
This is the official index for the whole emirate, not for Dubai Science Park: the Dubai Land Department does not publish a district breakdown publicly. Treat it as background — it tells you whether the market is rising or flat while you read the prices above. Transaction data for a specific building I pull separately, on request. Source: Dubai Land Department, read 07/08/2026.
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