Areas guide · Dubai
Where should your office be?
53 spaces are live across 14 areas — 24 of them added in the last 30 days. Pick where your team, clients and deliveries have to reach, and see which areas sit closest, what they ask in rent, and what is free today.
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Area · #2 of 14 closest to Downtown
Business Bay
Dubai · 8 listings live
Business Bay
1.6 kmto Downtown Dubai
The canal-side business district beside Downtown — the widest choice of Grade A and B offices.
7 new in the last 30 days
- For rent
- 5
- spaces
- For sale
- 3
- spaces
- Asking rent
- AED 125
- per ft² a year
- Sizes
- 950–11,500
- ft²
- Rent from
- AED 99,750
- a year
- Asking price
- AED 2,190
- per ft²
Distances, closest first
- Downtown Dubai1.6 km
- DIFC3.4 km
- Dubai International Airport (DXB)12 km
- Dubai Marina17 km
- Jebel Ali Port28 km
- Al Maktoum Airport (DWC)34 km
Start from what matters
The three areas that fit best
- 010.0 km
DIFC
to Downtown / DIFC · 5 listings live
The financial free zone with its own courts — banks, funds, law and advisory.
- 020.3 km
Downtown Dubai
to Downtown / DIFC · 5 listings live
Boulevard towers at the foot of the Burj Khalifa — prestige addresses with retail below.
- 030.6 km
Sheikh Zayed Road
to Downtown / DIFC · 5 listings live
The arterial strip of towers between Trade Centre and Al Barsha — visibility and the metro.
Side by side
Every area with live space
From today’s listings. Rent is the median asking rent per square foot a year; “new” counts spaces listed in the last 30 days.
| Area | Live | New, 30 days | Asking rent | Sizes, ft² | Downtown | DXB | Marina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business BayDubai | 8 | +7 | AED 125 | 950–11,500 | 1.6 km | 12 km | 17 km |
| DIFCDubai | 5 | +2 | AED 300 | 1,350–9,800 | 1.7 km | 9.6 km | 20 km |
| Downtown DubaiDubai | 5 | +2 | AED 250 | 1,180–12,600 | 0.3 km | 11 km | 19 km |
| Jumeirah Lake TowersDubai | 5 | +3 | AED 123 | 980–8,600 | 19 km | 30 km | 1.1 km |
| Sheikh Zayed RoadDubai | 5 | +3 | AED 180 | 1,450–10,200 | 2.1 km | 9.7 km | 20 km |
| Al QuozDubai | 4 | +3 | AED 65 | 3,200–12,000 | 7.1 km | 18 km | 12 km |
| Al WaslDubai | 3 | — | — | 4,900–7,400 | 1.8 km | 12 km | 18 km |
| Barsha HeightsDubai | 3 | +1 | — | 1,240–3,400 | 15 km | 26 km | 4.2 km |
| Dubai Investment ParkDubai | 3 | — | — | 18,000–38,000 | 26 km | 35 km | 12 km |
| Dubai Media CityDubai | 3 | +2 | — | 1,300–2,700 | 17 km | 28 km | 2.0 km |
| Jebel Ali Free ZoneDubai | 3 | — | AED 48 | 1,900–22,500 | 30 km | 41 km | 12 km |
| DeiraDubai | 2 | — | — | 850–1,600 | 9.4 km | 4.6 km | 28 km |
| Dubai Silicon OasisDubai | 2 | — | — | 1,050–2,500 | 14 km | 15 km | 25 km |
| Dubai SouthDubai | 2 | +1 | — | 1,350–54,000 | 35 km | 44 km | 21 km |
Blue marks the closest area in each distance column. Distances are straight-line, from the middle of each area.
Asking rents
What landlords ask, area by area
The median asking rent per square foot a year across our live listings for rent. An area needs three listings to be priced.
- DIFCAsksAED 300
- Downtown DubaiAsksAED 250
- Sheikh Zayed RoadAsksAED 180
- Business BayAsksAED 125
- Jumeirah Lake TowersAsksAED 123
- Al QuozAsksAED 65
- Jebel Ali Free ZoneAsksAED 48
AED per sq ft a year, from live listings for rent.
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