Ciel Vignette Collection

Eighty-two storeys and 1,042 residences in Dubai Marina by The First Group, complete. Price per square foot on our lots runs around AED 5,731 (~$1,560/ft²) — double the district rate.

What it is

Ciel Vignette Collection is a hotel skyscraper in Dubai Marina developed by The First Group. 82 storeys, 1,042 residences, complete. The pool and dining are confirmed in the building record.

Vignette Collection is an IHG brand — a model that isn't unique to Dubai, since branded hotel-residence programmes run on the same logic in Miami, London and other major hotel markets. This matters for understanding the product: this is a hotel first and foremost, and the units for sale are hotel apartments, not ordinary residences.

Why the square foot runs double the district rate

Our four listings run from AED 572,000 (~$156K) to AED 3.1 million (~$844K), at a price per square foot around AED 5,731. The Dubai Marina average is AED 2,625, meaning the square foot here runs double the district rate.

The answer is the format. A hotel room is a compact area at a high price per foot: a low sticker price, a small footprint, and an expensive square foot. A lot at AED 572,000 in the Marina is possible precisely because of that.

Units like this can't be compared directly with district apartments. Their economics don't run on a rental rate you set yourself, but on the operator's management scheme and the hotel's occupancy.

What to establish before the deal

A hotel apartment almost always comes with mandatory participation in a management programme: you receive a share of income under the operator's scheme and have limited freedom to use the unit yourself.

That leaves three questions to ask before any deposit: what the income-distribution scheme looks like, how many days a year the owner can occupy the unit themselves, and how an exit from the programme works on resale.

Liquidity for a product like this has its own logic: the buyer here is an investor pricing the hotel's yield, not someone choosing an apartment to live in.

propsearch building record (storeys, residence count, developer, stage, infrastructure) and our own stock as of 27 August 2026 (four lots, price per square foot for the building and for Dubai Marina).