Sports City · The First Group
34-storey residential building in Sports City, completed in 2014. Developer — The First Group. Architect — John R. Harris & Partners и Brewer Smith Brewer Group.
Specifications for The Matrix per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
The Matrix is a 34-storey residential building in Sports City, completed in 2014.
The developer is The First Group. The architecture is by John R. Harris & Partners и Brewer Smith Brewer Group.
The building holds 381 apartments in total.
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 34-storey tower by The First Group in Sports City with 381 residences, completed. Designed by John R. Harris & Partners — a firm that has worked in Dubai since before the city's skyscraper era.
The Matrix is a residential skyscraper in Dubai Sports City by The First Group. Design was led by John R. Harris & Partners together with Brewer Smith Brewer Group. 34 storeys, 381 residences, completed. Confirmed by the passport — a pool and 24/7 security.
John R. Harris & Partners is a firm with an unusual history for Dubai: it prepared the city's first master plan in 1960, back when there were no skyscrapers or paved roads here yet. That's not a reason to buy, but it's a detail that explains why the building is designed rationally rather than for effect.
In our database, Dubai Sports City has 14 lots, with a median of AED 5.9 million at a price of about AED 1,903 per square foot. The gap comes down to composition: the district's median is driven by villas and townhouses, not apartments.
Fourteen listings for the whole district — the market is thin. It takes longer to sell here than in the Marina or Business Bay: there are fewer buyers, and they take their time choosing. On the other hand, there's almost no competition when selling.
The district itself was built around sports infrastructure — stadiums, academies, courses. The tenant base here is family-oriented and sporty, and demand is stable but not premium.
The building is completed, so everything is visible: finishes, condition of common areas, the actual view from a specific floor, parking load on a weekday evening. That's an advantage worth using — go and look.
381 apartments across 34 floors works out to about eleven units per level: a mid-range unit mix, neither rental-scale micro-units nor large layouts. The format is versatile, which is more of a plus for resale.
The propsearch property passport (storeys, number of residences, developer, designers, stage, amenities) and our own stock as of 27 August 2026 (the median and price per square foot for Dubai Sports City).
Listings for The Matrix do not turn up every day. Message me — I will check the closed bases and suggest similar options nearby, in Sports City.
Ask about this projectThe First Group. The architecture is by John R. Harris & Partners и Brewer Smith Brewer Group.
34. The building has 381 apartments.
Yes, the building was handed over in 2014. This is ready housing: you can move in or let it out right after the deal.
Dubai Sports City. Dubai Sports City: stadiums, an academy cluster and a golf course, surrounded by some of the cheapest new apartments in the city.
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 has been written about the building, its developer and Sports City
Emirates Golf Club, Montgomerie, Dubai Creek, The Els Club, Dubai Hills, Arabian Ranches and Jumeirah Golf Estates: when each opened, who designed it and which communities surround it. A buyer's guide for people choosing the home, not the membership.
In a district of stadiums, academies and a golf course, housing demand comes not from spectators but from the people who train and study here.
A master development built around sports venues and academies. Themed districts age in a specific way, and this one is old enough to show how — which makes it unusually easy to assess.
A developer selling rooms in operating hotels rather than apartments. What a hotel unit is legally and financially, and the questions that decide whether it makes sense.
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