Marina 101

A 101-storey tower in Dubai Marina, under construction. Two of our lots are priced at AED 1.25 million (~$340K) and AED 1.7 million (~$463K) at around AED 1,210 per square foot — the lowest in the whole Marina.

What it is

Marina 101 is a residential and hotel skyscraper in Dubai Marina developed by Sheffield Holding. 101 storeys, stage: under construction. The residence count isn't given in the building record; confirmed infrastructure runs to parking and dining.

A hundred-storey building belongs to the supertall class — the kind of height cluster more commonly associated with Manhattan or Hong Kong's skyline than with a mid-rise waterfront district. There are only a handful in the Marina: Princess Tower at 101 storeys and 23 Marina at 90 sit nearby, both completed and already covered elsewhere in this series.

The cheapest square foot in the district

Our two lots are priced at AED 1.25 million and AED 1.7 million, at around AED 1,210 per square foot (~$330/ft²). The Dubai Marina average is around AED 2,625 (~$715/ft²), meaning the square foot here runs at half the district rate — the lowest figure among all Marina buildings in our database.

A number like that in a supertall tower calls for an explanation, not celebration. It usually comes down to one of three things: hotel apartments under mandatory management, units carrying an encumbrance, or a drawn-out construction timeline pushing sellers to discount.

This needs establishing before any deposit: exactly what's being sold, on what basis, and what physical stage the building is actually at. For an object with an "under construction" status and a hundred-storey height, that second question matters especially.

The Marina

Dubai Marina in our database — 214 lots, median AED 3.8 million, around AED 2,625 per square foot. The city's second-deepest market: metro, tram, promenade, an established environment.

From a hundred storeys up, the view of the marina, the sea and the Palm has nothing left to be built in front of it — everything around is already up. That's the advantage supertall buildings in the district are bought for.

Height and construction history

Marina 101 stands 425 metres tall, the second-tallest building in Dubai after Burj Khalifa. The lower part of the tower — about 33 floors — is set aside for a hotel; the Hard Rock agreement announced in 2014 lapsed in 2019.

Construction dragged on for almost two decades: the structure was finished in 2024, with unit handovers expected in 2025. That history is the key context for the low price per foot in our stock.

propsearch building record (storeys, developer, stage, infrastructure) and our own stock as of 27 August 2026 (two lots in the building, price per square foot for the building and for Dubai Marina). Height, hotel component and construction timeline — review of Dubai's tallest buildings, April 2024; hotel brand status and completion timing — public sources (Wikipedia, Gulf News), 2024–2025.