Al Habtoor Tower

About Al Habtoor Tower

Al Habtoor Tower is the Al Habtoor Group’s landmark residential building: a tower on the bank of the Dubai Water Canal, inside Al Habtoor City on Sheikh Zayed Road, holding 1,740 apartments across one, two and three-bedroom layouts plus a collection of large Ultra Residences on the top floors. It is the group’s own project in its own masterplan, developed through Al Habtoor City Real Estate Development LLC — which is why the hotels, the theatre and the boulevard are not marketing promises but buildings that have been open for years.

Where the build stands. The structure was topped out in April 2026, and the group described the remaining work as façade completion, interior finishes and amenity delivery. Its own announcement said the phased handover would begin with more than 1,300 apartments that summer. A year earlier the same company had said that more than 40% of the building would be handed over in Q4 2025 — a date that has passed — so the programme has moved, as large programmes do. Ask for the current handover schedule by floor band and the notice period before you commit.

What has already sold. By April 2025 the group reported more than 90% of the 1,740 units sold and released a final batch. The remaining stock included a handful of the 41 Ultra Residences — three-bedroom simplex homes from floor 76 up, with private pools and large terraces. If you are buying now, the realistic route is a resale or an assignment rather than developer stock, and both come with their own paperwork: a statement of account, the remaining schedule and the developer’s consent to transfer.

What to weigh. First, the size. This is not a boutique building: 1,740 homes across 82 floors means a managed, high-turnover community, a large service-charge pool and a rental market that will be tested by its own supply. Ask how many apartments are investor-owned and whether short-term letting is permitted.

Second, the numbers you are quoted. The portal’s entry price of AED 2,411,703 is tied to a 860 sq ft one-bedroom, which sits inside the developer’s published one-bedroom range of 841–1,548 sq ft. That range is unusually wide — a 1,548 sq ft one-bedroom is a different product from an 841 sq ft one — so always price per square foot and by floor, not by “from” price.

Third, the amenity at scale. Three amenity floors at the 8th, 47th and 70th levels, each with pools and decks, a residents’ library, padel courts, spa and gyms is a serious offer; it also has to be staffed and maintained for 1,740 households. The service charge is the number that decides whether the building lives up to its brochure.

Fourth, the location’s double edge. Al Habtoor City is genuinely walkable to three five-star hotels, La Perle’s aqua theatre, a boulevard of restaurants and a medical clinic, and it is minutes from Downtown. It is also on Sheikh Zayed Road, which means traffic at peak times and a Business Bay market with a great deal of new supply around it.

Compiled November 2026 from Al Habtoor Real Estate’s Al Habtoor Tower page and factsheet (floor count, unit size ranges, payment plan, three amenity floors, building features, amenity list and drive times), the Al Habtoor Group’s releases of 24 April 2025 (90% sold, final batch, 41 Ultra Residences, lift count and the Q4 2025 handover statement) and 22 April 2026 (topping out at 86 floors, 1,740 units, phased handover of more than 1,300 homes, Al Habtoor City amenities), the group’s about and real-estate pages, and the listing portal’s record (entry price, unit size, handover date and payment plan).

Homes, sizes and price

The developer publishes a size range for each bedroom count, which is more than most Dubai launches do. What it does not publish is a current price list, because the building is almost entirely sold.

At AED 2,411,703 for 860 sq ft the entry price is roughly AED 2,800 per square foot. The same money buys very different things inside this building: a compact one-bedroom low down, or a large one-bedroom with a canal or Burj Khalifa view higher up. Ask for the unit’s floor, view and orientation before comparing it with anything.

The three-bedroom range is the family product, from 1,715 sq ft to 3,065 sq ft. Above that sit the Ultra Residences on floors 76 and up — simplex three-bedrooms with private pools and terraces, of which 41 exist in the whole building. That is genuine scarcity in a 1,740-unit tower, and it is priced accordingly.

Because the primary market is effectively closed, the useful comparators are registered resales in this tower and new stock elsewhere in Business Bay. Compare price per square foot, service charge per square foot, and what the view is likely to be in three years.

Price and payment plan

Two descriptions of one plan. The developer’s factsheet states 60% during construction and 40% on handover. The portal sets out the same split in detail: 10% on reservation, then 50% across eight instalments, then 40% at handover, with the 4% Dubai Land Department fee separate.

The 10% plus the 50% across construction is the 60% in the factsheet — the two sources are describing the same structure, not disagreeing. What matters is the 40% due at handover: on the entry price that is roughly AED 965,000 in one payment, before furnishing and fees.

On a building at this stage the plan is also the lever you have least control over: if your floor is handed over on a different date from your neighbour’s, the final payment moves with it. Ask for the handover date and the payment trigger to be written into the sale and purchase agreement, not just the brochure.

Amenities

The amenity programme is arranged on three floors — the 8th, 47th and 70th — each with infinity pools and leisure decks. The 8th floor also has a 270-degree outdoor pool and a separate indoor tranquillity pool, which is the unusual piece: a swimming pool that works in August.

Around that sit kids play areas and a kids centre, multiple gyms and fitness spaces, padel tennis courts, a spa with steam and sauna, licensed resident cafés and restaurants, a residents’ library and quiet spaces, event and networking rooms, and retail at ground level. The group’s 2025 release also references an Al Habtoor Sports Hub and the highest terraced gardens in the tower.

Building services matter as much at this scale: private and secured residents’ parking with visitor spaces, EV charging, controlled 24-hour access, a staffed lobby and reception. The factsheet lists 18 high-speed elevators; the group’s 2025 release says 24. For 82 floors, the lift count is not a detail — ask which figure applies to the finished building and how the lifts are zoned, because a tower this tall lives or dies on vertical transport.

All of it is shared across 1,740 apartments. That is the trade: an extraordinary amenity set, funded by a large service-charge pool, with the usual risk that not everyone who pays uses it. Ask for the estimated service charge per square foot and what it includes.

Where it is

Al Habtoor Tower stands on Sheikh Zayed Road in Business Bay, on the bank of the Dubai Water Canal, inside Al Habtoor City. The developer’s own drive times: Dubai Mall 9 minutes, Downtown 8, Dubai World Trade Centre 10, Mall of the Emirates 10, Burj Al Arab 12, Dubai Marina 15, Palm Jumeirah 15, the airport 15, Dubai Creek 20 and Al Maktoum 35.

What is genuinely different about this address is what is inside the masterplan rather than beside it: three five-star hotels — Al Habtoor Palace, V Hotel and Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City — La Perle, the region’s only permanent aqua theatre, a boulevard of restaurants and retail, a supermarket, a medical clinic and a tennis academy. Residents can use hotel restaurants and services without leaving the site.

The trade-off is the road. Sheikh Zayed Road is at the door, which is excellent for the airport and Downtown, and slow at 8am and 6pm. The canal promenade is the compensation: a jogging and cycling route that connects towards Jumeirah and Downtown without traffic.

Business Bay itself now has substantial new residential supply. That is good for services and rents in the district, and it means your apartment is competing with a lot of similar product when you come to let it. Compare with the wider market in the Business Bay community guide.

At a glance

• 82 storeys on the Dubai Water Canal, inside Al Habtoor City, Business Bay.
• 1,740 apartments: 1, 2 and 3-bedroom homes, plus 41 Ultra Residences on floors 76+.
• Topped out in April 2026; phased handover starting with more than 1,300 homes.
• Portal-listed from AED 2,411,703 for a 860 sq ft one-bedroom.
• 60% before handover — 10% down plus eight instalments — and 40% on handover.
• Three amenity floors at levels 8, 47 and 70, each with infinity pools and decks.
• Padel courts, spa, gyms, library, kids centre, residents’ cafés and retail.
• Walk to three five-star hotels, La Perle and the Al Habtoor City boulevard.

What we verify before you reserve

• The handover date for your floor band, and the trigger for the 40% final payment.
• Whether the unit is developer stock, a resale or an assignment, and the developer’s transfer fee.
• The statement of account and remaining schedule, if it is an assignment.
• The service charge estimate per square foot, itemised and capped.
• The final floor count and lift count, since the developer has published two versions of each.
• How the amenity floors are staffed and whether residents pay separately for anything.
• The view from your unit, and what is permitted on the plots between you and it.
• Whether short-term letting is permitted, and what the building’s occupancy rules say.
• The escrow account and project registration number.
• Registered resale prices and rents in the tower rather than district averages.