Urban Life residences

Key facts

Handover (past)

Q2 2026

Status

Ready

Ownership

freehold

Property types

apartment

Availability

Limited availability, confirm with us

Payment plan

Available units

Amenities

• Cinema
• Business centre
• Well-being and Fitness
• Landscaped Gardens
• Shared Pool
• Shared Gym
• Children's Play Area
• Barbecue Area

Location

Urban Life residences sits in Urban Life.

Master plan

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

How Urban Life residences compares

Entry here is AED 1.0M, against a median of AED 1.3M across the 2 priced projects in Urban Life, the lowest entry price in the community. The plan opens at 10% down, against a Dubai median of 10%, in line with the market. Handover lands in Q2 2026, alongside 105 other projects completing in the same quarter. Urban Properties Development has 2 projects in our catalogue, 2 of them in Urban Life.

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.

What you pay, and when

The published payment plan is 10% on booking, 35% during construction, 20% at handover and 35% after handover. The 35% due during construction falls in two instalments of 10% to 25%. At the AED 1,000,000 entry price, that is AED 100,000 to reserve a unit, AED 350,000 across the build, and AED 200,000 due on completion.

Dubai Land Department registration is charged at 4% of the purchase price on top, which is about AED 40,000 at this entry price. That 10% booking payment does not go to Urban Properties Development 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 417 square feet at AED 1,000,000, which works out at AED 2,398 per square foot. Stated sizes run from 417 to 1,761 square feet.

Handover and construction

Urban Life residences handed over in Q2 2026.

Ownership and residency

Urban Life residences is a freehold development, so a buyer of any nationality can own a unit outright and hold the title deed. The entry price is below the AED 2,000,000 property threshold for the 10 year UAE golden visa, though 2 bedroom units here start at AED 2,800,000 and clear it on their 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 417 square foot entry unit that is about AED 6,000 to AED 9,000 a year.

Who it suits

The development is apartments in studio to 2 bedroom layouts.

What is on site

Shared facilities recorded for Urban Life residences lead with cinema, business centre, well-being and fitness and shared gym, alongside the landscaped gardens, shared pool, children's play area and barbecue area that most Dubai developments carry. 11 floor plans are published for it.

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