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Rented · Natural Light · Mid Floor · Unfurnished
Horizon Tower, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
4 beds4 baths2,450 sq ftAED 3,600,000
Two adjacent places that trade as one market and should be understood as two. Marina is where you buy liquidity; Beachfront is where you buy scarcity.
At a glance
- Emaar Beachfront gross yield
- 4.5–5.5%
- zeyadeid.com, Emaar Beachfront review 2026
- Emaar Beachfront residential towers
- 27
- opr.ae, Emaar Beachfront area guide
02 / The area
What it is actuallylike to live here.
Two adjacent places that trade as one market, and should be understood as two. Dubai Marina is the dense, mature, twenty-year-old one: two hundred-odd towers around a three-kilometre artificial canal, a walk-everything promenade, and the deepest rental pool in the city. Emaar Beachfront is the new gated island inside Dubai Harbour next door, twenty-seven towers on reclaimed land between the Marina mouth and Palm Jumeirah, with a private beach and no through traffic.
The difference matters commercially. Marina is where you buy liquidity—something always sells, something always lets, and the tenant profile renews itself every two years. Beachfront is where you buy scarcity: a finite island, one developer, a controlled product, and a resale market that is still forming.
Marina’s weakness is its age and its density. The early towers have small balconies, single-glazed west elevations and service charges that reflect twenty years of deferred maintenance. Its strength is that you can live there without a car, which is close to unique in Dubai.
Beachfront’s weakness is that everything faces something else. Only about a third of the units have an unobstructed sea line, and the difference between those and the rest is far larger than the price difference suggests. That is the single thing we check first on any Beachfront enquiry.
Why here
Emaar Beachfront pricing starts near AED 2.5m for a one-bedroom, with AED 2,200 to over AED 4,500 per sq ft for premium high-floor Address-branded stock. (aigentsrealty.com)
Emaar Beachfront runs a gross rental yield of roughly 4.5 to 5.5% at about AED 3,000 per sq ft. (zeyadeid.com)
The island is 10 million sq ft with twenty-seven residential towers and around 10,000 units, including podium villas and penthouses. (opr.ae)
Handovers are live in the area now: Address The Bay and Beachgate by Address target Q4 2026, and Marina Shores in Dubai Marina from AED 1,506,888 targets Q4 2026. (opr.ae; aigentsrealty.com)
What it is like to live here
Marina Walk, JBR beach and The Beach retail, Marina Mall, Bluewaters over the bridge, and the tram. Beachfront has its own private beach, a residents-only promenade and almost no retail—it is deliberately quiet. Schools are off-site in both cases.
Getting around
Marina has two metro stations plus the tram. Sheikh Zayed Road access at Interchange 5 is the constraint at both ends of the day. Emaar Beachfront has one causeway in and out, calm on weekdays and slow on Saturday afternoons.
The stock
Marina studio to four-bed tower apartments, Marina duplexes and penthouses, Beachfront one to four-bed apartments, Beachfront podium villas and branded serviced residences.
About these price bands
Bands are indicative market ranges as at Q3 2026, not a valuation. For a figure on your own property, ask for a Frank valuation.
03 / Available now
Homes in Dubai Marina.
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Top Floor · Full Marina View · Unfurnished
Al Majara 2, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
1 bed1 bath841 sq ftAED 110,000 / yearPhotograph 1 of 4
Above the marina
Dubai Marina, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
3 beds3 baths1,630 sq ftAED 4,850,000Photograph 1 of 4
Marina one-bedroom, Marina Gate
Marina Gate II, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
1 bed1 bath780 sq ftAED 115,000 / yearPhotograph 1 of 4
Beachfront two-bedroom, Sunrise Bay
Emaar Beachfront, Sunrise Bay, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
2 beds3 baths1,340 sq ftAED 280,000 / year
04 / Under construction
New developments in Dubai Marina.
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Marina Shores
Emaar PropertiesDubai Marina, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
- Starting from
- AED 1,506,888
- Handover
- Q4 2026 estimated
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Sobha Seahaven Tower C
Sobha RealtyDubai Harbour, Dubai Marina & Emaar Beachfront
- Starting from
- AED 3,200,000
- Handover
- Q2 2028 estimated
05 / The numbers and the map
What it costs,and how far it is.
Apartment for saleDubai Marina, early towers low, Marina Shores and Vida at the top. Q3 2026.AED 1,500 to AED 2,600 per sq ft
Apartment for saleEmaar Beachfront. The sea line is the whole spread. Q3 2026.AED 2,200 to AED 4,500 per sq ft
Apartment for saleMarina one-bedrooms. Q3 2026.AED 1,250,000 to AED 2,400,000
Apartment for saleEmaar Beachfront one-bedrooms. Q3 2026.AED 2,500,000 to AED 3,900,000
Apartment to rentMarina, studio to four-bed. Q3 2026.AED 70,000 to AED 320,000 a year
Apartment to rentEmaar Beachfront. Q3 2026.AED 180,000 to AED 650,000 a year
Dubai Media City8 minutes by car
DIFC25 minutes by car
Downtown Dubai28 minutes by car
Dubai International (DXB)40 minutes by car
Where Dubai Marina is
06 / Before you commit
Questions people ask about Dubai Marina.
Marina or Emaar Beachfront?
Marina for liquidity and letting; Beachfront for scarcity and the beach. Beachfront runs 4.5 to 5.5% gross; Marina typically runs higher on smaller units. They are different investments and they are not interchangeable.
How important is the sea line at Beachfront?
It is the whole spread. Roughly a third of the island’s units have an unobstructed sea view and the rest look at each other. The price difference does not reflect the experience difference, which is why we check it first.
Are the older Marina towers a problem?
Only if you buy without reading the building’s service-charge history and reserve fund. Small balconies and single-glazed west elevations are visible on a viewing; a failing owners’ association is not.
07 / Nearby
Communities peoplecompare this one with.
08 / Selling here
Thinking of sellingin Dubai Marina?
A Frank valuation is evidence rather than flattery: the comparable sales in Dubai Marina, what is listed against you now, and a range instead of a single number.