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Office space in Business Bay rents for a median AED 127,050 a year, or AED 148 a sq ft, across 6,667 single-unit Ejari leases registered 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Half paid between AED 80,000 and AED 197,110. The median unit is 999 sq ft. Dubai-wide: AED 102 a sq ft.
Updated 21 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari commercial leases · Method
Medians of single-unit Ejari leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Not in these figures: 19,273 virtual office Ejaris (flexi desks and licence-only Ejaris, no size); 143 package units (batches of 25 or more identical units at one rent and size, typical of licence packages); 365 contracts for more than one unit or a whole building.
| Rent, AED a year | AED a sq ft a year | Size, sq ft | Leases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All single-unit leases | AED 127,050 | 148 | 999 | 6,667 |
| New leases | AED 130,000 | 162 | 3,142 | |
| Renewals | AED 120,000 | 135 | 3,036 | |
| Under 500 sq ft | AED 68,000 | 181 | 408 | 817 |
| 500 to 1,000 sq ft | AED 115,000 | 148 | 829 | 2,404 |
| 1,000 to 2,500 sq ft | AED 180,000 | 136 | 1,316 | 2,864 |
| 2,500 sq ft and over | AED 600,000 | 160 | 3,139 | 345 |
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Median AED a sq ft a year, single-unit leases starting in the quarter (30 or more)
Quarterly medians move with the mix of units let. Use the like-for-like change for direction.
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Same building, type and size band: the 12 months to 15 Oct 2026 against the 12 months before
The median office lease in Business Bay is AED 148 a sq ft a year now. Like for like compares the same buildings, so a change in which units were let does not move it.
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New lease against renewal: same building, same type, size within 15%
Renewals show what landlords accept from tenants they keep. If you renew, ask for the renewal level, not the new-lease level.
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AED a sq ft a year, all single-unit office leases
Business Bay: AED 148 a sq ft. Dubai: AED 102 a sq ft (53,811 leases).
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Buildings with 30 or more single-unit office leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026.
| Building | AED a sq ft | Rent, AED a year | Size, sq ft | Leases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Tower | 116 | 110,000 | 1,246 | 68 |
| Crystal Tower | 118 | 102,000 | 1,510 | 39 |
| Business Tower | 120 | 117,150 | 978 | 92 |
| Sobha Ivory | 120 | 150,000 | 1,245 | 60 |
| Executive Bay B | 121 | 109,625 | 978 | 56 |
| Silver Tower | 125 | 125,000 | 1,036 | 180 |
| Ontario Tower | 126 | 150,000 | 1,280 | 79 |
| Regal Tower | 126 | 153,300 | 1,345 | 185 |
| Xl Tower | 128 | 126,480 | 971 | 108 |
| Iris Bay | 132 | 175,700 | 1,518 | 142 |
| Westburry Tower | 134 | 160,000 | 1,340 | 140 |
| Citadel Tower | 135 | 130,000 | 1,076 | 242 |
| Clover Bay | 136 | 140,000 | 966 | 190 |
| Sobha Ivory - II | 137 | 165,036 | 1,219 | 51 |
| The Prism | 137 | 147,500 | 1,158 | 192 |
| The Exchange | 138 | 210,000 | 1,560 | 101 |
| Empire Heights | 139 | 190,000 | 1,460 | 123 |
| Opal Tower | 139 | 210,000 | 1,491 | 135 |
| The Mertopolis | 139 | 110,125 | 797 | 254 |
| 51@Business Bay | 144 | 150,000 | 1,154 | 129 |
| Churchill Tower | 145 | 115,000 | 865 | 462 |
| Sobha Sapphire | 145 | 172,500 | 1,110 | 84 |
| Al Manara | 147 | 148,468 | 1,101 | 206 |
| Bayswater | 155 | 140,000 | 837 | 171 |
| One Business Bay | 157 | 420,000 | 2,996 | 53 |
| Lake Central | 160 | 147,500 | 907 | 126 |
| Park Lane Tower | 162 | 80,000 | 515 | 284 |
| Prime Tower | 174 | 200,000 | 1,154 | 110 |
| Burlington Tower | 179 | 135,300 | 878 | 281 |
| Tamani Arts Offices | 182 | 69,998 | 428 | 652 |
| B2B Tower | 189 | 100,000 | 546 | 188 |
| The Court | 194 | 391,500 | 2,313 | 59 |
| Bay Square | 201 | 321,667 | 1,703 | 294 |
| The Binary By Omniyat | 204 | 170,000 | 815 | 236 |
| Oberoi Centre | 207 | 450,000 | 2,712 | 47 |
| U-Bora Towers | 212 | 520,226 | 2,403 | 46 |
| The Opus By Omniyat | 324 | 650,000 | 3,031 | 98 |
| Area | AED a sq ft | Rent, AED a year | Leases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umm Al Sheif | 132 | 112,185 | 144 |
| Nad Al Sheba 3 | 133 | 70,000 | 38 |
| Ras Al Khor Industrial 3 | 135 | 58,000 | 403 |
| Sheikh Zayed Road (Trade Centre 1) | 140 | 163,882 | 1,480 |
| Al Ras | 147 | 65,000 | 1,153 |
| Mirdif | 150 | 123,025 | 56 |
| Al Daghaya | 156 | 53,000 | 1,153 |
| Sufouh Gardens | 159 | 156,955 | 94 |
Office space in Business Bay rents for a median AED 127,050 a year, or AED 148 a sq ft, across 6,667 single-unit Ejari leases registered 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Half paid between AED 80,000 and AED 197,110. The median unit is 999 sq ft. Dubai-wide: AED 102 a sq ft.
AED 148 a sq ft a year, the median of 6,667 single-unit office leases (16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026). New leases: AED 162 a sq ft.
About AED 10,588 a month, from a median AED 127,050 a year. Most Dubai commercial leases are paid yearly, in cheques.
Under 500 sq ft: a median AED 68,000 a year (817 leases).
Office rent per sq ft in Business Bay rose 5% on the year, like for like.
A new office tenant in Business Bay pays 15% more than a renewing one for the same unit.
Oxford Tower: AED 116 a sq ft a year (68 leases). Dearest: The Opus By Omniyat, AED 324.
No. Counted apart, never in the medians: 19,273 virtual office Ejaris (flexi desks and licence-only Ejaris, no size); 143 package units (batches of 25 or more identical units at one rent and size, typical of licence packages); 365 contracts for more than one unit or a whole building.
Updated 21 Oct 2026. Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari rent contracts, commercial and industrial use, starting 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026 (the last 12 months in the data). Offices, shops, warehouses and showrooms are the Ejari property type. We count one physical unit for each contract: one line, one unit, an Ejari unit (not a virtual unit). Virtual units (flexi desks and licence-only Ejaris, with no size) and contracts for more than one unit or a whole building are counted apart and are never in a median. Annual rent from AED 5,000 to AED 50 million. "New" is a new contract of 6 to 13 months; "renewal" is a renewed contract. AED a sq ft is the annual rent over the Ejari unit size (square metres x 10.7639), from units inside a plausible size range for the type. Every rent is a median: half the leases are above it. A median needs 30 or more leases. Changes on the year are like for like: the same building, type and size band (15%) in both years, named buildings only. DIFC and most free-zone leases are registered outside Ejari, so they are not here.
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