Business Bay apartments: Deyaar’s DWTN Residences — 445-metre twin towers planned around Maslow’s pyramid

In June 2025 Deyaar, a listed developer with banking roots, announced the most ambitious project in its history: DWTN Residences, also marketed as Downtown Residences. It is a pair of 445-metre, 111-storey towers in Business Bay, where the district meets Downtown and Sheikh Zayed Road. At that height it would rank among the tallest residential developments in the world. Construction started in January 2026.

Inside: 522 homes and Maslow’s pyramid

The concept is unusual. The towers are divided vertically into themed levels modelled on Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, from everyday services at the bottom to spaces for “self-actualisation” at the top. In practice that means shared amenities with different purposes on different floors: wellness, club lounges, sensory gardens and an observation deck.

Type	Units	Size
1–3-bed apartments	432	764–2,203 sq ft
Duplexes	76	1,410–5,540 sq ft
Penthouses	13
Royal Palace at the top	1	18,330 sq ft

Launch prices started at around AED 1.86m (about USD 506,000). The plan is a 10% deposit, 40% in equal instalments until 2028 and 50% on handover. Completion dates differ between sources: broker listings say Q4 2029, an industry database says Q4 2030.

What it means for a buyer

A supertall tower is its own product with its own risks. Building 111 storeys takes longer and costs more than an ordinary residential block, so a one-year discrepancy in completion dates should be taken seriously and yields modelled with a margin. Then there is the service charge: high-speed lifts, multi-level amenities and façade maintenance at this height are expensive, and owners pay for them every year. Ask for the projected rate before you buy.

The strengths are clear too. Business Bay remains one of the most liquid rental districts in the city, with the metro, offices and Dubai Mall nearby. The 50/50 structure allows the second half to be mortgaged. And the developer has a long history and public reporting, which for a scheme of this scale matters more than a striking concept.

For comparison, another large residential tower with 621 homes launched in Downtown in autumn 2025, Binghatti Skyblade; for Deyaar’s more modest recent product, see Eleve by Deyaar.

Who stands behind the developer and how it manages what it builds — read our Deyaar developer profile.