Area guide
Motor City
Autodrome and green low-rise · Dubai
- AED 1,742
- Median per sq ft, 3 months
- 3,708
- Registered sales, 12 months
- 9
- Off-plan projects
- AED 799K
- Priced from
Motor City is a Union Properties community in Dubailand, built around the Dubai Autodrome between Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Khail Road. It is one of the few inland districts of its generation that was completed largely as planned, which is why it feels finished in a way its neighbours do not.
The stock is mostly low-rise. Uptown Motor City is a grid of four to seven storey apartment buildings around landscaped courtyards, with studios through three-bedrooms and unusually generous room sizes for the price. Green Community Motor City adds villas and townhouses on mature, heavily planted streets. There are almost no towers here, and the height limit is a large part of the district's character.
It suits a family or a couple who want space, greenery and quiet at a mid-market price, and who do not need to be near the sea. It suits less well anyone who wants a Metro, a beach, or a nightlife district: Motor City is a residential suburb with a racetrack attached, and its evenings are quiet.
What Motor City sells for
Motor City sells at AED 1,742 per square foot, the median of registered sales, Dubai Land Department, as of 2 September 2026, 555 sales in the last three months, on a median price of AED 1.10M. That is 0.6 percent above the three months before them. The register holds 3,708 sales here in the last twelve months and 10,555 over three years, across 88 buildings with a page of their own. One-bedroom units are the commonest, at 1,759 of the 3,708 sales registered in the last twelve months.
AED 1,742per sqft
Median registered sale price in Motor City over the last three months, the 32nd most expensive of the 73 Dubai communities the sold register covers. Measured across 3,708 sales the Dubai Land Department recorded in the last twelve months, up 0.6% on the previous quarter. Transactions, not asking prices, as of 2 September 2026. Sold prices in Motor City, building by building.
| Busiest buildings | Sales, 12 months | Median per sq ft, 3 months | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra by Iman | 518 | AED 1,673 | 25 August 2026 |
| Binghatti Skyterraces | 418 | AED 1,824 | 2 September 2026 |
| Rabdan | 229 | AED 1,182 | 26 August 2026 |
| Sobha Solis Tower B | 220 | AED 3,250 | 1 September 2026 |
| 15 Cascade | 177 | AED 1,990 | 31 July 2026 |
| Sobha Solis Tower C | 171 | AED 4,250 | 11 August 2026 |
New developments in Motor City
9 off-plan projects from 7 developers, priced from AED 799K with a median entry price of AED 878K, handing over 2025 to 2029. 0 complete, 9 under construction.
Living in Motor City
Motor City is one of the more walkable inland communities. Uptown's courtyards, pavements and shaded street retail mean residents genuinely walk to a supermarket, a cafe or a gym. Traffic inside the community is light; the pressure points are the exits onto Hessa Street and Mohammed Bin Zayed Road at peak, and Autodrome event days, when the racetrack draws crowds and the noise carries to the nearer buildings.
Service charges are moderate and the community management is stable, with mature landscaping that has been maintained rather than allowed to slide. The district is essentially complete, so there is very little construction disruption, which is unusual in this part of Dubailand and worth something. What it lacks is scale of retail: First Avenue Mall covers the basics, but anything larger means a drive to Dubai Hills or Al Barsha.
Schools
- GEMS Metropole School (in Motor City)
- Nurseries within the community
- Victory Heights Primary School (nearby, in Dubai Sports City)
- Further schools in Al Barsha South, a short drive away
Getting around
- Al Khail Road (E44) north of the community, the route into the city
- Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) on the western edge, with open Dubailand to the east
- Hessa Street towards Al Barsha and the Marina
- No Metro station; the Red Line is a drive away
Shopping and dining
- First Avenue Mall
- Uptown Motor City street retail and supermarkets
- Dubai Hills Mall (nearby, in Dubai Hills Estate)
- Mall of the Emirates (nearby, in Al Barsha)
Leisure
- Dubai Autodrome and its karting circuit
- Community parks and the Uptown courtyards
- Cycle and running routes through the district
- Dubai Miracle Garden (nearby, in Arjan)
Who buys in Motor City
Motor City has an unusually high proportion of owner-occupiers for a mid-market inland district. The buyers are British, European, Indian, Lebanese and South African families and couples, often people who rented here first and stayed because of the green streets and the low-rise scale. Investors are active on the smaller Uptown apartments, and the tenant market is steady and long-staying, which matters more to net return than headline rent.
Resale is consistent rather than fast. The community's fixed size and finished state work in a seller's favour, since there is no wave of new supply undercutting existing stock the way there is in JVC or Arjan. Ground-floor apartments with private terraces, courtyard-facing units, and the villas in Green Community are the products that attract competing offers.
Motor City: common questions
What is the price per square foot in Motor City?+
Motor City sells at AED 1,742 per square foot, the median of registered sales, Dubai Land Department, as of 2 September 2026, 555 sales in the last three months, on a median price of AED 1.10M. That is 0.6 percent above the three months before them. The register holds 3,708 sales here in the last twelve months and 10,555 over three years, across 88 buildings with a page of their own. One-bedroom units are the commonest, at 1,759 of the 3,708 sales registered in the last twelve months.
What does a typical unit in Motor City sell for?+
The median registered price over the last three complete months is AED 1.10M, across 10,555 registered sales in three years. The register is as of 2 September 2026.
How many off-plan projects are there in Motor City?+
9 off-plan projects from 7 developers are catalogued in Motor City, priced from AED 799K, with handovers from 2025 to 2029. 0 are complete and 9 are under construction.
Is Motor City freehold?+
Yes. Motor City is a designated freehold community, so buyers of any nationality can own apartments, townhouses and villas outright with a title deed registered at the Dubai Land Department. Owners belong to an owners' association that levies an annual service charge covering the landscaping, shared pools, car parks and community maintenance.
Is the Autodrome noisy for residents?+
It depends where you buy. On race and track days you hear engines in the buildings closest to the circuit, and event traffic adds to the exits for a few hours. Most of Uptown and Green Community are far enough away that it registers as background noise rather than a nuisance. If you are sensitive to it, view on an event day before deciding.
What do I lose by choosing Motor City over a coastal district?+
The sea, the Metro and the restaurant choice. Everything here is a drive, and the community's own retail is limited to the essentials plus a small mall. In exchange you get low-rise streets with real trees, larger apartments for the money, a school inside the community, and a district that is finished rather than half built.
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