Creek Waters

52 storeys and 450 residences by Emaar on Creek Island. Floor areas 10–15% larger than neighbouring buildings on the island, four-bedroom apartments, and a single penthouse.

What kind of building this is

Creek Waters is an Emaar skyscraper on Creek Island in Dubai Creek Harbour. The property passport lists 52 storeys and 450 residences; confirmed amenities include a gym, a kids' area, sports courts and landscaped grounds.

What sets the project apart from its neighbours on the island is floor area. Apartments here run 10–15% larger than in other Creek Island buildings: the smallest format starts at around 750 square feet. On a densely built island of largely uniform projects, that's a noticeable difference.

The second difference is the unit mix. The building has four-bedroom apartments — apartments, not townhouses — and a single penthouse. Regular projects on the island have neither, with the exception of the Address-branded buildings.

What that means for price

An important point: despite the larger floor areas and rarer unit mix, the price per square foot in the project didn't differ from ordinary buildings in the district. In other words, buyers got more space and a rarer format for the same money per foot — at launch, that was the main selling point.

Prices for different layouts started from AED 1.6 million. The payment plan was 90/10 — nine-tenths of the amount paid before handover. That's a strict structure, typical of Emaar projects, where the developer doesn't need to stimulate demand with an instalment plan.

The finish included fitted kitchen appliances — a detail that wasn't universal in island projects of that period and that in practice saves a buyer a noticeable sum on move-in.

How to read this address today

Dubai Creek Harbour was built in waves, and buildings on the island mainly differ by handover year and view. At 52 storeys, Creek Waters lands in the upper tier: some apartments have a panorama over Downtown and the bay itself.

The practical check for the secondary market is comparing the price per foot with neighbouring island buildings from the same period. If the project's original edge was floor area at an equal price per foot, that's exactly the ratio to look at on resale too.

Separately, assess transport. Creek Island is connected to the city by a limited number of exits, and travel time to Downtown at rush hour differs from what the map suggests. For a tenant, this matters, and it affects the rent.

The propsearch property passport (storeys, number of residences, developer, district, amenities) and public project materials dated 11 April 2023 — floor-area comparison with neighbouring island buildings, unit mix, kitchen fit-out, launch prices and payment plan.