About Dubai Marina:

• Property Types Available: Apartments, Offices, Hotels, Hotel Serviced Apartments
• Location: Sheikh Zayed Road
• Status: Ready, Under Construction
• Year Launched: 2003
• Developer: Emaar Title
• Type: Freehold
• Life Cycle: Mature
• Special Classification: Water-front Community

Dubai Marina is fast reaching a stage of maturity

Dubai Marina is the most popular place to rent or buy a home in Dubai. It consistently ranks number 1 in terms of real estate searches and number of properties available for sale and rent on various property finder portals.

Whilst the Palm Jumeirah and Downtown Burj Dubai might be more spectacular developments, the Marina is the real symbol of new Dubai having tens of thousands of expatriate white collar professionals, business people, holiday makers, retirees and other high net-worth individuals.

The facts are well known. This project has the worlds largest man-made Marina and the current 100 odd completed buildings are built around this infrastructure. It appears that over 90% of the plots available for development have been completed; the community has matured and there are few projects under-construction.

The current population estimate of Dubai Marina is between 55 70,000 residents and this has caused a strain on the infrastructure of the development. While residents of the buildings are provided between one and two parking spots, there is severe shortage of parking for visitors and there are quite a few traffic choke points during rush hours and weekends. With a few new buildings between 80 100 stories being handed over recently, we can only expect these problems to be exacerbated.

This is, however, a common problem faced now across Dubai as the citys population expands and these trends are hardly any different from any other major metropolis around the world.

The Dubai tramline is now a reality and it will be interesting to see how this transforms the community's fabric. A state of the art tram system through this bustling community will add more character - and will certainly start creating new realities on the way we judge value in this community.

The last few months have seen new project launches such as the Sparkle Towers or the Marina Gate project located in what was probably the best remaining lot in the Marina.

Classifying the residential buildings by quality

In the sub-communities section, there is a list of all the buildings in Dubai Marina which you can filter using certain criteria (height, quality, status etc.). In the Performance and Property Types section, you can track prices and other indicators over a period of time.

In order to deliver as accurate a picture of the pricing of real estate in the area, we have classified the residential buildings by quality and given them a tag of either 'Mid-end, 'High-end', 'Luxury' or Ultra-Luxury.

Examples of Mid-end buildings:

• Marina Diamond 1 - 6
• Manchester Tower
• Marina Wharf
• Marina Crown
• Marina Park & Marina Pearl
• ARY Marina
• Zumurud

Examples of High-end buildings:

• Iris Blue
• Trident buildings
• Marina Terrace
• The Torch
• Princess Tower
• Ocean Heights
• Marina Heights

Examples of Luxury Buildings:

• Emaar First Six Towers (Marina Towers)
• Marina Promenade

Ultra-Luxury building:

• Address Dubai Mall

Positives:

• Symbol of new Dubai. Quality of life expanded by luxury community feel. Lots of retail and recreation activity.
• Community is very mature, very few buildings under-construction or planned for the future. Most of the plots have been built up.