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Business Bay · Omniyat Properties
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Located in Business Bay, completed in 2023. Developer — Omniyat Properties.
Specifications for The Sterling per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
The Sterling is a residential complex of several buildings in Business Bay, completed in 2023.
The developer is Omniyat Properties.
The tallest tower rises 26 storeys.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 3,230,000 AED; 1 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 16%.
Twenty-six storeys by Omniyat on the Canal in Business Bay, handed over in 2023. Three lots in our stock from AED 3.4 to 4.9 million at AED 2,754/ft² (~$750/ft²) — below the district average.
The Sterling is a residential complex by Omniyat Properties, 26 storeys, in Business Bay, handed over in 2023.
Our stock has three listings: sizes around 1,479 ft², prices from AED 3.4 to 4.9 million, AED 2,754/ft².
Omniyat is known in Dubai for the top end of the market — it also owns Vela on the same stretch of canal, where the price runs to AED 6,213/ft² (~$1,690/ft²). The Sterling comes from a different part of the developer's portfolio.
Business Bay is a district with a very wide spread: from AED 1,844/ft² to 8,082 — a 4.4x range. The top is occupied by branded towers, the bottom by business-district buildings from the 2000s.
The Sterling sits in the lower half, and that is a useful benchmark: a new building by a well-known developer does not necessarily land near the top of the list.
| Project | AED / ft² | Lots | Avg. size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumena Alta | 8082 | 6 | 2578 ft² |
| Bugatti Residences | 7945 | 6 | 6415 ft² |
| Vela by Omniyat | 6213 | 3 | 6321 ft² |
| Burj Binghatti Jacob & Co | 5865 | 38 | 1924 ft² |
| Jumeirah Living Business Bay | 4926 | 9 | 3330 ft² |
| Peninsula Two | 3058 | 4 | 412 ft² |
| Mama Shelter | 3030 | 4 | 578 ft² |
| J One | 3029 | 4 | 2174 ft² |
| Al Habtoor City | 2967 | 8 | 1696 ft² |
| Trillionaire Residences | 2890 | 5 | 913 ft² |
| Peninsula Four B | 2819 | 4 | 612 ft² |
| Peninsula | 2817 | 9 | 1292 ft² |
| The Crestmark | 2770 | 5 | 1229 ft² |
| The Sterling | 2754 | 3 | 1479 ft² |
| Quayside | 2651 | 6 | 1070 ft² |
| Canal Crown | 2559 | 3 | 718 ft² |
| Binghatti Aquarise | 2540 | 3 | 955 ft² |
| Chic Tower | 2396 | 3 | 899 ft² |
| Aykon City | 2215 | 5 | 1313 ft² |
| Executive Towers | 1856 | 4 | 2158 ft² |
| Nobles Residential Tower | 1844 | 3 | 1265 ft² |
Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: 368 lots across the district, median AED 3.58 million, average AED 3,585/ft². Projects with three or more lots and a known area only — 123 lots with an area contradicting the bedroom count were excluded from the calculation.
Business Bay in our database: 368 lots, median AED 3.58 million (~$970K) at an average AED 3,585/ft² (~$975/ft²). The Sterling runs roughly a quarter below the average.
The comparison within Omniyat's own portfolio is stark: Vela, on the same stretch of canal, is AED 6,213/ft²; The Sterling is AED 2,754. That is a 2.3x difference within one developer and one district.
The takeaway for a buyer is simple: in Dubai, a developer's name alone doesn't set the price per square foot. What sets it is the class of the specific product, its position on the canal, and whether it carries a brand.
propsearch factsheet: 26 storeys, developer Omniyat Properties, handed over 2023. Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: 3 lots (sizes, prices, price per square foot), calculation across district projects, median and average for Business Bay.
Omniyat Properties.
26 — that is the tallest building of the complex.
Yes, the building was handed over in 2023. This is ready housing: you can move in or let it out right after the deal.
Business Bay. The canal district next to Downtown: conceived as offices, built mostly as apartments, now one of the most tenanted parts of the city.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 3,230,000 AED; 1 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 16%. The list changes daily — I will send a fresh selection for the building on request.
What has been written about the building, its developer and Business Bay
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In October 2024 Binghatti said it would lift its portfolio from about AED 40bn to AED 100bn ($27.2bn) in 18 months. In 2025 revenue reached AED 12.43bn, more than 17,000 units were sold, and the AED 30bn Binghatti City launched in Nad Al Sheba. What the growth means for buyers.
Downtown is Dubai's tourist and status core, around AED 2,433/sqft on our own data. Business Bay is the business district next door, home to 17,000+ companies, around AED 1,871/sqft. We compare lifestyle, rental economics and who should pick which.
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Three major office schemes are rising around DIFC and Business Bay: Immersive Tower ($300m, 58,573 sq m, 2027), Aldar's 88,000 sq m tower by Emirates Towers metro (Q4 2027), and an office park with a theatre on Business Bay's largest plot. Vacancy in central clusters sits at 2–5%.
The RTA and Dubai Holding signed an AED 6bn (about $1.6bn) road programme: four new JVC access points with interchanges, double the capacity and 70% shorter journeys. Hessa Street phase two adds a 780 m bridge and a 480 m tunnel out of JVC. What it means for owners and buyers.
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