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Emerald Residence
Dubai Marina
Project factsheet
Storeys 7
Status Completed
Completed 2008
District Dubai Marina
About the building
7-storey residential building in Dubai Marina, completed in 2008.
What the building has
- Swimming pool
- Gym
- Spa and sauna
- Park and landscaping
Specifications for Emerald Residence per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
About the project
Emerald Residence is a 7-storey residential building in Dubai Marina, completed in 2008.
The database has nothing for this project at the moment: lots come and go here, and it refreshes nightly.
Seven storeys in Dubai Marina, handed over in 2008. Our listing runs around 4870 square feet at AED 8.5 million (~$2.31M) — a large lot in a low-rise building.
What it is
Emerald Residence is a residential building of 7 storeys in Dubai Marina, handed over in 2008. The developer and residence count are not listed in the building record.
Our own stock carries a lot of around 4868 square feet at AED 8.5 million, AED 1,746 per square foot (~$475/ft²).
Seven storeys is a rare height for Marina, where the average building runs three times taller.
Price per square foot by district tower
Emerald Residence sits in the lower part of the list, on a floor area three times the district average.
| Tower | AED / ft² | Lots | Avg. size | Avg. price, AED m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six Senses Residences | 7000 | 3 | 13,788 ft² | 85.67 |
| Vida Residences | 3685 | 4 | 1882 ft² | 6.85 |
| LIV Marina | 3534 | 6 | 1527 ft² | 5.43 |
| Marina Shores | 3301 | 11 | 1201 ft² | 3.85 |
| Marina Gate | 3284 | 5 | 1875 ft² | 6.00 |
| Stella Maris | 2874 | 3 | 3066 ft² | 9.06 |
| LIV Residence | 2626 | 3 | 1764 ft² | 4.63 |
| Al Majara | 2583 | 6 | 1365 ft² | 3.52 |
| Dubai Marina Towers | 2427 | 11 | 2424 ft² | 5.78 |
| Damac Heights | 2351 | 6 | 1761 ft² | 3.96 |
| Cayan Tower | 2325 | 3 | 3549 ft² | 7.67 |
| Marina Promenade | 2272 | 6 | 1748 ft² | 3.86 |
| Princess Tower | 1958 | 4 | 1952 ft² | 3.91 |
| Dorra Bay | 1685 | 3 | 1867 ft² | 3.11 |
| Emirates Crown | 1414 | 6 | 3469 ft² | 4.87 |
| Marina Crown | 1412 | 6 | 2739 ft² | 3.89 |
| Al Seef Tower | 1377 | 7 | 3553 ft² | 4.89 |
| Horizon Tower | 1327 | 3 | 2499 ft² | 3.32 |
Our own stock as of 28 August 2026, towers with three or more lots and a known area. District average — AED 2,588/ft², median lot AED 3.7 million out of 266 lots.
Five thousand square feet in a district of towers
Dubai Marina in our database is 266 lots, median AED 3.7 million at an average price of AED 2,588 per square foot.
Almost five thousand square feet is villa-sized floor area that ended up in an apartment format. Lots like this are rare in Marina: the district was built for compact apartments and investment turnover.
The price per square foot is lower than the average even so — AED 1,746 against AED 2,588 (~$705/ft²). Large lots are almost always cheaper per foot, and here that's pronounced.
For a buyer who needs floor area in Marina, this format gives more square feet for the money than any tower. The cost is liquidity: buyers for a five-thousand-square-foot apartment in a district of studios are few.
propsearch building record: 7 storeys, handed over 2008. Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: the project's lot (size, price, price per square foot), the district tower breakdown, and the Dubai Marina median and average.
What the complex has
Swimming pool
Gym
Spa and sauna
Park and landscaping
Where it is
Nothing in the stock for this project right now
Lots for this project come and go, and the stock is topped up nightly. Message me — I will look through the closed bases and find the closest alternatives in Dubai Marina.
Ask about this projectFrequently asked about Emerald Residence
How many floors does Emerald Residence have?
7.
Has Emerald Residence been handed over?
Yes. Emerald Residence was handed over in 2008 — it is ready housing you can live in or let straight after the deal.
Where is Emerald Residence?
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.
How much does an apartment in Emerald Residence cost?
There are no open listings for this building in the database right now. I will check the price for a particular layout against the closed databases and send it with the deal costs worked out.
What is on site at Emerald Residence?
Swimming pool, Gym, Spa and sauna, Park and landscaping. The list comes from the project description and covers the whole complex.
In the news
What has been written about the building, its developer and Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina: five of the ten tallest residential buildings in the world
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.
Orra Real Estate Development: JLT or the Marina, two districts a road apart
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.
Halcon Real Estate: how to spot a building where nobody is in charge
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.
Condor Group: buying a just-finished flat from someone who never lived in it
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.
Scope Investment: a 2022 tower, and the first wave of resales
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.
ABA Real Estate Development: building on the last plots of a finished district
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.
ETA Star: an engineering group that built apartments
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.
32Group: how to value a Marina tower nobody has heard of
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.
Where this project stands today
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