Vida Residences +117%: what the Dubai Marina project statistics actually show
The largest developer’s return to Dubai Marina prompted a look at its earlier projects there. The valuable number in that statistic is not the growth percentage.
Dubai Marina · Emaar Properties and Prime Marina Property Developers
Located in Dubai Marina, completed in 2005. Developer — Emaar Properties and Prime Marina Property Developers. Architect — Core Architects Inc. и HOK Canada, Inc..
Specifications for Al Majara Towers per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
Al Majara is a residential complex of several buildings in Dubai Marina, completed in 2005.
The developer is Emaar Properties and Prime Marina Property Developers. The architecture is by Core Architects Inc. и HOK Canada, Inc..
The complex holds 1 100 apartments in total. The tallest tower rises 35 storeys.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 1 800 000 AED.
An Emaar complex in Dubai Marina: 35 storeys, 1,100 residences, complete. Seven lots in our own stock — AED 1.8 to 3.7 million (~$490K–$1.01M), the whole range below the district median.
Al Majara is a multi-building residential complex in Dubai Marina by Emaar Properties together with Prime Marina Property Developers. Designed by Core Architects and HOK Canada. 35 storeys, 1,100 residences, complete.
The building record confirms a pool, gym, spa, round-the-clock security and landscaping — five amenities across 1,100 apartments. That's favourable arithmetic: the infrastructure is split among a large number of owners, and charges in complexes this size tend to run more moderate than in smaller projects with the same amenity list.
Al Majara sits on Marina's front row, where the development runs right up to the water. That defines the main price factor within the complex: which side the building faces. A marina view and a courtyard view in the same block price very differently, and the gap is bigger than the one between floors.
Our seven listings run from AED 1.8 to 3.7 million against a district median of AED 3.8 million (~$1.03M) — the whole range sits below the median. For a complex this size that's normal: it holds both compact units and spacious ones, and the compact ones turn up on the resale market more often.
Seven lots in one complex is a rare chance to compare offers directly, without needing to correct for the building. Use that when negotiating.
Dubai Marina in our database is 214 lots, with a median of AED 3.8 million (~$1.03M) and roughly AED 2625 per square foot (~$715/ft²). Price per square foot runs cheaper than Business Bay and Downtown at comparable liquidity — the district is old and established, with a metro, a tram and a promenade. It's a price level international buyers might place closer to a well-regarded secondary European capital than to prime London or Manhattan — accessible relative to the skyline, not cheap in absolute terms.
Emaar was a first-wave developer here — Marina was built out in the 2000s, and its blocks are among the earliest. Building age is the main question for any Marina purchase today, and it has to be checked on site.
propsearch building record (storeys, residence count, developers, designers, stage, amenities) and our own stock as of 27 August 2026 (seven lots in the complex, the Dubai Marina median and price per square foot).
Emaar Properties and Prime Marina Property Developers. The architecture is by Core Architects Inc. и HOK Canada, Inc..
35 — that is the tallest building of the complex. The complex has 1 100 apartments.
Yes, the building was handed over in 2005. This is ready housing: you can move in or let it out right after the deal.
Dubai Marina. The original high-rise waterfront: a dense forest of towers around a man-made marina, and still the busiest rental market in the city.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 1 800 000 AED. The list changes daily — I will send a fresh selection for the building on request.
Swimming pool, Gym, Spa and sauna, 24/7 security, Park and landscaping. The list comes from the project description and covers the whole complex.
What has been written about the building, its developer and Dubai Marina
The largest developer’s return to Dubai Marina prompted a look at its earlier projects there. The valuable number in that statistic is not the growth percentage.
A district designed from nothing on a Vancouver waterfront model, built between 2003 and 2008. The numbers behind it, and what a fully man-made location tells you about how value is created in Dubai.
A developer with buildings on both sides of Sheikh Zayed Road. The two districts look interchangeable on a map and behave differently — here is what the price gap actually buys.
A Dubai Marina tower from 2011. In buildings owned mostly by absent investors, decisions stop being made — and the symptoms are visible in an afternoon if you know them.
A Dubai Marina tower completed in 2023. Much of the stock in a newly delivered building is sold on by off-plan investors — and buying from one is its own transaction.
A Dubai Marina tower completed a few years ago. Buildings at this age go through a predictable event that shapes their prices — and it is a buying opportunity if you can see it.
A tall branded tower under construction in Dubai Marina. Infill development in a built-out district has a particular economics — for the buyer and for the neighbours.
The property arm of a large regional engineering and contracting group, with towers in the Marina and on the Palm. What an engineering parent means in a delivered building.
A smaller developer with a mid-2000s Dubai Marina building. Most towers are not landmarks, and valuing an ordinary one is a different exercise — here is how it works.
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