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Marina Quays
Dubai Marina · Emaar Properties
Project factsheet
Storeys 11
Developer Emaar Properties
Status Completed
Completed 2012
District Dubai Marina
About the building
Located in Dubai Marina, completed in 2012. Developer — Emaar Properties. Architect — Arif & Bintoak.
What the building has
- Swimming pool
- Parking
- 24/7 security
- Shops
- Sports courts
Specifications for Marina Quays per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
About the project
Marina Quays is a residential complex of several buildings in Dubai Marina, completed in 2012.
The developer is Emaar Properties. The architecture is by Arif & Bintoak.
The tallest tower rises 11 storeys.
The database has nothing for this project at the moment: lots come and go here, and it refreshes nightly.
An eleven-storey Emaar building by the water, handed over in 2012, architecture by Arif & Bintoak. A low-rise format in a district of skyscrapers.
What it is
Marina Quays is an Emaar residential complex of 11 storeys, handed over in 2012. The architect is Arif & Bintoak.
Our own stock carries two listings: two-bedrooms around 1561 square feet at AED 3.0 million and AED 3.1 million (~$820K–$840K), both ready.
Eleven storeys is a rarity in Dubai Marina. The district's average height runs far higher, and low-rise buildings here are few — the kind of low-rise counterpoint occasionally tucked among the towers of Miami's Brickell or Vancouver's Coal Harbour.
Emaar's buildings in Marina
Marina Quays is the shortest building in the developer's portfolio here. The height range among its projects in the district runs fivefold.
| Building | Storeys | Residences | Handover | Our lots | Range, million |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marina Shores | 53 | 433 | under construction | 19 | 1.95–8.5 |
| JW Marriott Hotel Marina | 38 | — | 2013 | — | — |
| Marina Tower | 33 | 202 | 2006 | 2 | 5.2–6.99 |
| Marina Cove | 32 | 226 | Oct 2029 | 2 | 3.2–3.3 |
| Marina Quays | 11 | — | 2012 | 2 | 3.0–3.1 |
| Dubai Marina Towers | — | — | complete | 11 | 3.38–14.0 |
Storeys and residence counts — propsearch building records; lots and ranges — our own stock as of 28 August 2026. Dubai Marina Towers is the developer's first phase in the district, listed as separate towers in the building records.
Why a low-rise building in a district of towers
Dubai Marina in our database is 266 lots, median AED 3.7 million (~$1.01M). Both Marina Quays listings sit just below it.
The practical difference between eleven storeys and forty isn't the view — it's daily life: less load on the elevators, fewer people in the common areas, quieter courtyards. For full-time living that's noticeable.
The trade-off is the view. From the eleventh floor in a densely built district, it almost certainly runs into the neighbouring towers. Check it from the specific unit, not by the floor number.
propsearch building record: 11 storeys, developer Emaar Properties, architect Arif & Bintoak, handed over 2012. Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: 2 listings (sizes, bedrooms, prices), Emaar's building portfolio in the district, and the Dubai Marina median.
What the complex has
Swimming pool
Parking
24/7 security
Shops
Sports courts
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 Marina Quays
Who is the developer of Marina Quays?
Emaar Properties. The architecture is by Arif & Bintoak.
How many floors does Marina Quays have?
11 — that is the tallest building of the complex.
Has Marina Quays been handed over?
Handed over: 2012. The property is complete, so after the deal you can move in or put it on the rental market at once.
Where is Marina Quays?
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 Marina Quays cost?
Our database has no open listings for Marina Quays at the moment. I will check the price of the layout you want against the closed databases and send it together with the deal costs.
What is on site at Marina Quays?
Swimming pool, Parking, 24/7 security, Shops, Sports courts. 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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