Downtown Dubai · Emaar Properties
Located in Downtown Dubai, completed in 2023. Developer — Emaar Properties. Architect — Aecom.
Specifications for Forte per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
Forte is a residential complex of several buildings in Downtown Dubai, completed in 2023.
The developer is Emaar Properties. The architecture is by Aecom.
The tallest tower rises 74 storeys.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 3 000 000 AED; 1 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 10%.
74 storeys by Emaar in Downtown's Opera District, handed over in 2023, designed by Aecom. Our own eleven lots average AED 3,034 per square foot — well below the district average.
Forte is a residential complex by Emaar Properties, 74 storeys, in Downtown Dubai's Opera District, handed over in 2023. Designer: Aecom.
Our own stock: eleven lots averaging 1,392 sq ft, priced from AED 3 million to AED 5.25 million, at AED 3,034 per square foot.
Eleven lots in a single building is a good sample depth — there is enough here to compare within the building itself, and an overpriced unit stands out immediately.
Downtown carries the widest price-per-square-foot spread of any district we track: from AED 1,720 to AED 9,046, a factor of 5.3×. The address alone means almost nothing here — the specific building is what determines the number.
Forte sits in the bottom third of that range, despite being only three years old and standing in the Opera District, next to Dubai Opera itself.
| Tower | AED / ft² | Lots | Avg. size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baccarat Hotel & Residences | 9046 | 7 | 4156 ft² |
| Society House | 3233 | 3 | 1484 ft² |
| Address Downtown | 4897 | 3 | 777 ft² |
| Address Residences Dubai Opera | 4756 | 11 | 1367 ft² |
| Burj Royale | 3701 | 4 | 1007 ft² |
| Address Dubai Mall | 4475 | 7 | 1491 ft² |
| Kempinski The Boulevard | 4361 | 7 | 1657 ft² |
| Vida Dubai Mall | 4308 | 14 | 1115 ft² |
| Address Residence Sky View | 4158 | 11 | 1721 ft² |
| Opera District | 4003 | 19 | 1512 ft² |
| St. Regis T1 | 3865 | 6 | 1263 ft² |
| Burj Khalifa | 3459 | 12 | 1756 ft² |
| W Downtown | 3410 | 14 | 1053 ft² |
| Burj Vista | 3388 | 7 | 1620 ft² |
| The Residences | 3303 | 8 | 1603 ft² |
| Forte | 3034 | 11 | 1392 ft² |
| Burj Crown | 2935 | 4 | 1356 ft² |
| Imperial Avenue | 2926 | 18 | 2316 ft² |
| Old Town Island | 2844 | 9 | 2054 ft² |
| Boulevard Central | 2656 | 6 | 1349 ft² |
| South Ridge | 2586 | 8 | 1796 ft² |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard | 1720 | 3 | 1301 ft² |
Our own stock as of 28 August 2026, towers with three or more lots and a known area. District-wide: 366 lots, median AED 4.5 million, average AED 3,720/ft²; 210 of 366 lots are ready.
Downtown Dubai in our data — 366 lots, median AED 4.5 million, average AED 3,720 per square foot. Forte, at AED 3,034, runs roughly a fifth below that average.
The explanation is not build quality but category. The top of the table is occupied by branded residences — Baccarat, Address, Vida, St. Regis, W — where the price is for hotel-standard management and a name. Forte is an ordinary Emaar residential building carrying no hotel brand.
The practical takeaway is straightforward: if you are buying to live in it rather than for the name on the door, an unbranded tower from the same developer in the same quarter costs roughly a quarter less per square foot.
Factsheet: 74 storeys, developer Emaar Properties, designer Aecom, handed over 2023. Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: 11 lots (size, price, price per square foot), price-per-square-foot table across 22 Downtown towers, district median and average.
Emaar Properties. The architecture is by Aecom.
74 — that is the tallest building of the complex.
Yes. Forte was handed over in 2023 — it is ready housing you can live in or let straight after the deal.
Downtown Dubai. The Burj Khalifa district — the most recognisable address in the emirate and the densest piece of it.
The database currently holds 1 lot in this project, from 3 000 000 AED; 1 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 10%. Prices in the base are live and update every day; ask for the current list for the building before deciding.
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