Downtown Dubai is the district around Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, and it is all apartments: every one of its 1,319 completed ready sales in the 12 months to 19 October 2026 was a flat. At a median of AED 2,471 per square foot, it is the most expensive of the city's four busiest apartment markets, about 30% above Dubai Marina.
What Downtown apartments sold for
Median completed prices, 12 months to 19 October 2026:
| Apartment type | Sales | Median price (AED) | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 76 | 1,150,000 | 2,294 |
| One-bed | 496 | 2,046,500 | 2,284 |
| Two-bed | 552 | 3,390,000 | 2,558 |
| Three-bed | 170 | 5,605,000 | 3,030 |
| All apartments | 1,319 | 2,800,000 | 2,471 |
"All apartments" includes 25 sales of four bedrooms or more, too few to show on their own.
In JVC and Dubai Marina, studios carry the highest rate per foot. Downtown runs the other way: studios and one-beds sit level, and from there the rate climbs with size, so a three-bed costs about a third more per foot than a one-bed.
The tower matters
The busiest Downtown buildings over the past 12 months:
| Building | Sales | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa | 115 | 2,936 |
| Burj Crown | 48 | 2,728 |
| Imperial Avenue | 46 | 2,262 |
| Grande | 44 | 3,443 |
| Forte T1 | 37 | 2,835 |
| The Signature | 36 | 1,528 |
| The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2 | 35 | 3,489 |
| Boulevard Point | 33 | 2,791 |
| BURJ VISTA Tower 1 | 33 | 2,772 |
| The Dubai Mall Residences | 32 | 3,208 |
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2 sells for more than twice The Signature's rate per foot, inside the same postcode. Burj Khalifa, the busiest tower by a wide margin, is mid-table among these ten at AED 2,936.
A softer Q3
Downtown's median apartment price per foot was AED 2,477 in Q3 2025 and AED 2,378 in Q3 2026, down 4.0%.
Before reading a move like that, we check whether it is just a change in which towers sold, the mix effect behind Dubai Marina's headline rise. Here it is not. Leaving Burj Khalifa out, the rest of Downtown went from AED 2,405 to AED 2,333 per foot, down 3.0%. And of the 17 towers with at least five sales in both quarters, 11 sold for less per foot in Q3 2026 and 6 for more.
So the softening is spread across buildings rather than driven by one. It is one quarter against the same quarter a year earlier, through September 2026; it is not a forecast.
See every Downtown sale
The Downtown Dubai community page on KhaleejKeys lists every registered sale, tower by tower. Free, no sign-up.
Data used in this post
- Downtown Dubai
- Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai
- Burj Crown, Downtown Dubai
- Imperial Avenue, Downtown Dubai
- Grande, Downtown Dubai
- The Signature, Downtown Dubai
- The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2, Downtown Dubai
- The Dubai Mall Residences, Downtown Dubai
- Dubai Marina
Source: DLD completed ready-sale transactions, 400,000+ records. Medians over the 12 months to 19 October 2026 unless stated; quarterly figures compare July to September 2025 with July to September 2026. This guide is general information, not investment advice.