Business Bay is a prime-tier Dubai submarket with average asking rent around AED 60/sqft/yr · ≈ $16.3 PSF/yr USD.
Business Bay is a prime-tier Dubai submarket with average asking rent around AED 60/sqft/yr · ≈ $16.3 PSF/yr USD.
Business Bay averages around AED 60/sqft/yr · ≈ $16.3 PSF/yr USD for Class A, against a citywide Class A index of 145. As a prime submarket, rent runs at or above city average with mostly tight availability.
Central mixed-use Class A spine adjacent to Downtown. Real estate developers, tech, marketing, holding companies.
| city | Dubai |
|---|---|
| submarket | Business Bay |
| tier | prime |
| averageRentLocal | AED 60/sqft/yr · ≈ $16.3 PSF/yr USD |
| cityClassARentUsd | $39/sqft/yr |
| cityVacancyPct | 5.8% |
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.