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The Jewels
Dubai Marina · The Cayan Group
Project factsheet
Storeys 21
Units in the building 122
Developer The Cayan Group
Status Completed
Completed 2007
District Dubai Marina
About the building
Located in Dubai Marina, completed in 2007. Developer — The Cayan Group. Architect — RMJM Dubai.
What the building has
- Shops
Specifications for The Jewels per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
About the project
The Jewels is a residential complex of several buildings in Dubai Marina, completed in 2007.
The developer is The Cayan Group. The architecture is by RMJM Dubai.
The complex holds 122 apartments in total. The tallest tower rises 21 storeys.
No lots from this project are in our database today. It is topped up every night, so listings for the building can turn up on any day.
A Cayan complex in Dubai Marina: 21 storeys, only 122 residences total, complete. Designed by RMJM — the firm whose work defines 2000s Dubai architecture.
What it is
The Jewels is a multi-building residential complex in Dubai Marina by The Cayan Group, designed by RMJM Dubai. 21 storeys, 122 residences, complete. The only confirmed amenity in the building record is a retail arcade.
122 apartments across two blocks and 21 storeys works out to around three units per level. For Marina, where 500- and 800-unit towers are routine, that's rare low density: few neighbours, elevators rarely queued, spacious layouts.
Marina: liquidity at a reasonable price per square foot
Dubai Marina in our database is 214 lots, with a median of AED 3.8 million (~$1.03M) and roughly AED 2625 per square foot (~$715/ft²). Price per square foot here runs noticeably cheaper than Business Bay and Downtown at comparable liquidity — the district is old and established, with a metro, tram and promenade.
214 listings means a deep market: an apartment in Marina sells faster than in newer districts, and that's part of the value that doesn't show up in the asking price.
Our single Jewels listing is priced at AED 7.5 million (~$2.04M) — twice the district median. For a low-density waterfront complex with large layouts that's expected, but it means the buyer here is a different type: not an investor after a compact studio, but someone moving in to live.
A complete building in a twenty-year-old district
Marina was mostly built out in the 2000s and early 2010s, and most of its buildings today are resale stock with a history. The upside: everything is visible up front, nothing has to be taken on faith. The downside: engineering age and an accumulated backlog of capital-works plans.
In a 122-unit complex, any major façade or elevator work is split among a small number of owners, so the charge history and repair plans here deserve especially close attention.
propsearch building record (storeys, residence count, developer, designer, stage, amenities) and our own stock as of 27 August 2026 (one lot in the complex, the Dubai Marina median and price per square foot).
What the complex has
Shops
Where it is
Nothing in the stock for this project right now
Listings for The Jewels do not turn up every day. Message me — I will check the closed bases and suggest similar options nearby, in Dubai Marina.
Ask about this projectFrequently asked about The Jewels
Who is the developer of The Jewels?
The Cayan Group. The architecture is by RMJM Dubai.
How many floors does The Jewels have?
21 — that is the tallest building of the complex. The complex has 122 apartments.
Has The Jewels been handed over?
Yes, the building was handed over in 2007. This is ready housing: you can move in or let it out right after the deal.
Where is The Jewels?
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 The Jewels cost?
No open lots for the building today. I will check the price of the layout you are after in the closed databases and send it with every cost of the deal worked out.
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
I will send the available layouts, the real entry price and what owners and tenants actually say about the building — without the brochure language.
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