The Quayside

Key facts

Handover (past)

Q1 2026

Status

Ready

Construction progress

28%

Ownership

freehold

Property types

apartment

Availability

Sold out

How The Quayside compares

Entry here is AED 3.6M, against a median of AED 2.0M across the 75 priced projects in Business Bay, which puts it above 57 of them and below 17. The plan opens at 20% down, against a Dubai median of 10%, so it asks 10% more up front than the typical plan. Handover lands in Q1 2026, alongside 82 other projects completing in the same quarter. Ellington has 73 projects in our catalogue, 3 of them in Business Bay.

Measured across our own catalogue of Dubai off-plan projects, refreshed with the source listings. Entry price is the lowest advertised unit price in a project, not an average transaction value.

Payment plan

Available units

Amenities

• Gymnasium
• Restaurants
• Shared Pool
• Children's Play Area

Location

The Quayside sits in Business Bay.

Master plan

The developer’s own site plan for The Quayside, showing how the buildings, roads and open space sit together.

What you pay, and when

The payment plan published at launch ran 20% on booking, 50% during construction and 30% at handover. The 50% due during construction fell in eight instalments of 5% to 10%, 30 days from booking, 150 days from booking, 90 days from booking, 240 days from booking, at 30% construction, at 40% construction, at 50% construction and at 60% construction. Buying now means a resale from a private owner, on whatever terms the two sides agree.

Registration with the Dubai Land Department adds 4% of the purchase price, roughly AED 146,000 at this entry price. That 20% booking payment does not go to Ellington directly: under Dubai's Law 8 of 2007 a registered project holds it in a RERA-supervised escrow account, drawn down against certified construction progress.

What the entry price works out at

The cheapest unit with a published size is 1,420 square feet at AED 3,637,828, which works out at AED 2,562 per square foot. Stated sizes run from 542 to 1,739 square feet.

Handover and construction

The handover on record for The Quayside is Q1 2026. Construction was last recorded at 28% complete.

Ownership and residency

Ownership at The Quayside is freehold: a buyer of any nationality can own a unit outright and hold the title deed. The 10 year UAE golden visa has a property threshold of AED 2,000,000, and the entry price is at or above it, so the cheapest unit in the development qualifies on its own.

What it costs to hold

Service charges in Business Bay run roughly 14 to 22 AED per square foot per year, on the Dubai Land Department service charge index. Towers inside one community can differ by a factor of two, so treat that as a range to check against the specific building rather than a quotation. On the 542 square foot entry unit that is about AED 8,000 to AED 12,000 a year.

Who it suits

The development is apartments in studio to 3 bedroom layouts. The developer has sold out, so anything available here is a resale from a private owner.

What is on site

The Quayside records the standard Dubai block of shared facilities: gymnasium, restaurants, shared pool and children's play area. 4 floor plans are published for it.

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