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City Walk

What apartments in City Walk cost, how prices and rents have moved since 2016, every building with its figures, and what it is like to live there. All of it from Dubai Land Department records.

City Walk · last 12 monthsUpdated 11 November 2026
Typical price per sqftAED 2,675Down 0.1% on the year
Typical saleAED 4.05M276 sales
Typical rentAED 220K /yrAED 143 per sqft
Typical yield5.3%1-beds 5.7% · 4-bed+s 4.3%
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About City Walk

City Walk is a mixed-use district in central Dubai, on Al Wasl Road close to Downtown Dubai. It was developed by Meraas and brings together apartment buildings, hotels and an open-air street of shops and restaurants laid out along pedestrian walkways. The area has 36 buildings with 2,826 apartments. The first buildings were completed in 2016, and the most recent completions are in 2026. Meraas is the main developer, and Rove Hospitality also has a presence. Among the largest buildings are Rove City Walk, Laurel and Castleton at Central Park. The fountain area of the City Walk retail street is within walking distance, and Al Khazan Park is about 300 m away. The nearest metro stop is Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro Station, about 1000 m away.

City Walk is an apartment district of about 2,826 apartments, built from 2016 onwards. 36 buildings are complete. A typical building here has about 53 homes; the tallest, Castleton at Central Park, has 20 floors. The buildings come from two developers, led by Meraas and Rove Hospitality .

Over the last 12 months 274 apartments changed hands in City Walk at a median of AED 2,676 per sqft, up 0.1% on the year before. The typical sale was AED 4.1M for a 1,466 sqft apartment. Two-beds are the largest share of the apartments at 34%, followed by one-beds at 28%; three-beds are 18% and studios are 17%. Rents run at AED 142 per sqft a year, a gross yield of 5.3% at today's prices, below the Dubai-wide 6.0%.

693 rental contracts were registered in the same 12 months, 38% of them renewals, and a typical apartment rents for AED 220,000 a year.

Buildings
36
Homes
about 2,826
First completions
2016

In this guide

  1. About City Walk
  2. Average prices by type
  3. What is in City Walk
  4. Prices and rents over time
  5. Every sale: the chart and the table
  6. Every building, with figures
  7. Rents and yields
  8. Who builds in City Walk
  9. Buying or renting in City Walk
  10. Living in City Walk
  11. Nearby areas compared
  12. Questions about City Walk

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Average prices in City Walk

In City Walk, typical sale prices over the last 12 months were around AED 615,000 for studios, AED 2.6M for one-beds, AED 4.4M for two-beds, AED 6.5M for three-beds and AED 10M for four-beds and larger. Per square foot the larger homes cost more too: four-beds and larger at about AED 3,379 against AED 2,464 for studios. Sales ranged from AED 550,000 to AED 29.5M, and 98 of the 274 were two-beds, the most traded type.

Off-plan sales were 22% of the last 12 months (60 of 274), down from 36% the year before. Buyers paid AED 2,919 per sqft off-plan against AED 2,673 for completed homes, a 9% premium for new stock and payment plans.

TypeTypical pricePer sqftSales
StudioAED 615,341AED 2,46410
1-bedAED 2,600,000AED 2,48793
2-bedAED 4,399,955AED 2,749101
3-bedAED 6,500,000AED 2,77159
4-bed+AED 10,000,000AED 3,37913
Off-plan share
22% · 60 of 276
Off-plan /sqft
AED 2,919
Completed /sqft
AED 2,673

Medians of the last 12 months of DLD sales, per type. A change needs ten records in each year.

What is in City Walk

About half of City Walk's apartments are studios and one-beds; even so the typical sale here, 1,466 sqft, is larger than the Dubai median of about 826 sqft. There are no villas or townhouses.

TypeHomesShareTypical size
Studio47717%248–250 sqft
1-bed79628%778–1,163 sqft
2-bed95934%1,338–1,782 sqft
3-bed50518%2,239–2,446 sqft
4-bed+893%2,959–4,744 sqft
Tallest, 20 floors
Castleton at Central Park
Typical building
53 homes
Built in the last 5 years
5 buildings

Counted from DLD unit records of 36 completed buildings.

Price history in City Walk

2,0003,000May 2026Nov 20262025-11-12: AED 2,323, Studio, 284 sqft2025-11-12: AED 2,970, 3-bed, 2,323 sqft2025-11-13: AED 2,910, 2-bed, 1,203 sqft2025-11-13: AED 2,926, 2-bed, 1,196 sqft2025-11-13: AED 3,012, 3-bed, 2,323 sqft2025-11-14: AED 3,024, 2-bed, 1,207 sqft2025-11-14: AED 2,912, 3-bed, 2,256 sqft2025-11-15: AED 3,152, 3-bed, 2,252 sqft2025-11-17: AED 2,400, 1-bed, 885 sqft2025-11-17: AED 2,881, 3-bed, 2,256 sqft2025-11-18: AED 2,471, Studio, 249 sqft2025-11-19: AED 2,825, 2-bed, 1,929 sqft2025-11-20: AED 2,771, 3-bed, 2,246 sqft2025-11-21: AED 3,233, 1-bed, 739 sqft2025-11-21: AED 2,395, 2-bed, 1,711 sqft2025-11-24: AED 2,426, 1-bed, 783 sqft2025-11-24: AED 3,360, 4-bed, 2,946 sqft2025-11-26: AED 2,356, Studio, 248 sqft2025-11-26: AED 2,337, Studio, 259 sqft2025-11-26: AED 2,704, 1-bed, 1,159 sqft2025-11-26: AED 2,808, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2025-11-26: AED 2,400, 2-bed, 2,333 sqft2025-12-04: AED 3,141, 3-bed, 1,655 sqft2025-12-09: AED 3,317, 1-bed, 814 sqft2025-12-09: AED 2,808, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2025-12-09: AED 1,908, 2-bed, 2,019 sqft2025-12-09: AED 3,141, 3-bed, 1,655 sqft2025-12-10: AED 2,963, 1-bed, 827 sqft2025-12-10: AED 2,565, 2-bed, 1,754 sqft2025-12-11: AED 2,803, 3-bed, 2,247 sqft2025-12-11: AED 2,715, 3-bed, 2,339 sqft2025-12-12: AED 3,318, 1-bed, 856 sqft2025-12-12: AED 2,161, 1-bed, 1,388 sqft2025-12-15: AED 3,301, 1-bed, 782 sqft2025-12-15: AED 3,304, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2025-12-15: AED 2,814, 2-bed, 1,474 sqft2025-12-15: AED 3,176, 2-bed, 1,684 sqft2025-12-17: AED 1,793, 2-bed, 1,960 sqft2025-12-18: AED 2,392, 2-bed, 1,546 sqft2025-12-18: AED 3,774, 3-bed, 2,252 sqft2025-12-19: AED 3,570, 2-bed, 1,625 sqft2025-12-22: AED 2,224, 1-bed, 1,281 sqft2025-12-22: AED 2,921, 2-bed, 1,254 sqft2025-12-24: AED 2,526, 3-bed, 2,256 sqft2025-12-26: AED 3,063, 3-bed, 2,317 sqft2025-12-29: AED 87, 2-bed, 2,028 sqft (outlier)2025-12-29: AED 3,417, 1-bed, 784 sqft2025-12-30: AED 2,075, 1-bed, 988 sqft2026-01-02: AED 2,743, 1-bed, 820 sqft2026-01-08: AED 2,920, 1-bed, 743 sqft2026-01-08: AED 3,198, 1-bed, 782 sqft2026-01-08: AED 2,185, 1-bed, 1,281 sqft2026-01-08: AED 2,765, 2-bed, 1,211 sqft2026-01-09: AED 2,981, 2-bed, 1,945 sqft2026-01-13: AED 2,520, 2-bed, 1,845 sqft2026-01-13: AED 2,720, 3-bed, 2,573 sqft2026-01-14: AED 2,215, 1-bed, 1,129 sqft2026-01-14: AED 3,133, 1-bed, 814 sqft2026-01-14: AED 3,515, 3-bed, 2,844 sqft2026-01-15: AED 3,116, 2-bed, 1,283 sqft2026-01-16: AED 2,054, 1-bed, 1,290 sqft2026-01-16: AED 2,325, 1-bed, 1,191 sqft2026-01-16: AED 2,671, 2-bed, 1,643 sqft2026-01-16: AED 2,898, 2-bed, 1,680 sqft2026-01-19: AED 2,749, 1-bed, 1,159 sqft2026-01-20: AED 1,735, 1-bed, 1,036 sqft2026-01-20: AED 2,702, 1-bed, 1,036 sqft2026-01-22: AED 2,390, 2-bed, 1,924 sqft2026-01-23: AED 2,980, 4-bed, 2,936 sqft2026-01-26: AED 3,178, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2026-01-28: AED 2,480, Studio, 247 sqft2026-01-30: AED 2,918, 2-bed, 1,199 sqft2026-02-02: AED 2,657, 1-bed, 753 sqft2026-02-02: AED 3,202, 3-bed, 2,248 sqft2026-02-03: AED 2,454, 2-bed, 1,711 sqft2026-02-03: AED 3,010, 2-bed, 1,428 sqft2026-02-06: AED 3,513, 3-bed, 2,323 sqft2026-02-09: AED 2,775, 1-bed, 755 sqft2026-02-11: AED 2,333, 2-bed, 1,960 sqft2026-02-11: AED 4,576, 2-bed, 1,956 sqft2026-02-11: AED 4,061, 4-bed, 5,909 sqft2026-02-13: AED 3,506, 3-bed, 2,282 sqft2026-02-16: AED 1,813, 1-bed, 772 sqft2026-02-16: AED 2,699, 1-bed, 778 sqft2026-02-16: AED 3,363, 1-bed, 779 sqft2026-02-18: AED 3,340, 2-bed, 1,212 sqft2026-02-18: AED 3,859, 3-bed, 1,632 sqft2026-02-19: AED 2,345, 2-bed, 1,556 sqft2026-02-20: AED 2,848, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-02-20: AED 3,277, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-02-20: AED 2,367, 3-bed, 2,324 sqft2026-02-23: AED 2,914, 1-bed, 755 sqft2026-02-23: AED 2,143, 1-bed, 1,236 sqft2026-02-24: AED 3,198, 1-bed, 775 sqft2026-02-24: AED 3,138, 3-bed, 2,374 sqft2026-02-25: AED 2,867, 1-bed, 767 sqft2026-02-25: AED 3,128, 1-bed, 778 sqft2026-02-25: AED 3,004, 2-bed, 1,747 sqft2026-02-25: AED 2,582, 3-bed, 2,324 sqft2026-02-27: AED 2,610, 1-bed, 919 sqft2026-02-27: AED 2,441, 1-bed, 1,280 sqft2026-02-27: AED 3,191, 2-bed, 1,285 sqft2026-03-09: AED 3,042, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2026-03-10: AED 2,851, 2-bed, 1,719 sqft2026-03-10: AED 2,971, 3-bed, 2,374 sqft2026-03-10: AED 3,456, 3-bed, 2,286 sqft2026-03-13: AED 2,990, 1-bed, 953 sqft2026-03-16: AED 2,456, Studio, 260 sqft2026-03-16: AED 3,072, 1-bed, 814 sqft2026-03-18: AED 3,269, 1-bed, 780 sqft2026-03-26: AED 3,232, 3-bed, 2,212 sqft2026-03-31: AED 2,880, 1-bed, 768 sqft2026-03-31: AED 2,641, 1-bed, 984 sqft2026-04-02: AED 2,998, 1-bed, 784 sqft2026-04-03: AED 2,316, 2-bed, 1,878 sqft2026-04-04: AED 2,123, 1-bed, 777 sqft2026-04-09: AED 2,482, Studio, 248 sqft2026-04-13: AED 2,885, 2-bed, 1,265 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,674, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,831 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-21: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,869, 1-bed, 941 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,869, 1-bed, 941 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,456, 1-bed, 1,180 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,275, 1-bed, 1,318 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,814, 2-bed, 1,563 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,816, 2-bed, 1,562 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,606, 2-bed, 1,727 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,676, 2-bed, 1,719 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,719 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,640, 2-bed, 1,780 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,944, 2-bed, 1,698 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,526, 2-bed, 1,979 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,644, 3-bed, 2,458 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,674, 3-bed, 2,431 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,648, 3-bed, 2,454 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,673, 3-bed, 2,431 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,648, 3-bed, 2,454 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,663, 3-bed, 2,441 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,657, 3-bed, 2,446 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,663, 3-bed, 2,440 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,600, 3-bed, 2,653 sqft2026-04-22: AED 2,438, 3-bed, 2,871 sqft2026-04-22: AED 3,081, 4-bed, 2,839 sqft2026-04-23: AED 3,533, 4-bed, 7,358 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,869, 1-bed, 941 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,869, 1-bed, 941 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,456, 1-bed, 1,180 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,455, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,275, 1-bed, 1,318 sqft2026-04-27: AED 3,252, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,814, 2-bed, 1,563 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,816, 2-bed, 1,562 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,606, 2-bed, 1,727 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,674, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,676, 2-bed, 1,719 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,719 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,640, 2-bed, 1,780 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,675, 2-bed, 1,831 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 2-bed, 1,833 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,526, 2-bed, 1,979 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,644, 3-bed, 2,458 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,674, 3-bed, 2,431 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,648, 3-bed, 2,454 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,673, 3-bed, 2,431 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,648, 3-bed, 2,454 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,663, 3-bed, 2,441 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,657, 3-bed, 2,446 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,663, 3-bed, 2,440 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,600, 3-bed, 2,653 sqft2026-04-27: AED 2,438, 3-bed, 2,871 sqft2026-04-27: AED 3,081, 4-bed, 2,839 sqft2026-04-27: AED 3,533, 4-bed, 7,358 sqft2026-05-04: AED 2,489, 2-bed, 1,466 sqft2026-05-05: AED 2,081, 2-bed, 1,754 sqft2026-05-05: AED 2,716, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2026-05-06: AED 2,867, 2-bed, 1,430 sqft2026-05-12: AED 3,114, 2-bed, 1,284 sqft2026-05-15: AED 2,992, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-05-21: AED 2,493, Studio, 284 sqft2026-05-21: AED 2,885, 1-bed, 988 sqft2026-05-22: AED 2,480, 3-bed, 2,722 sqft2026-06-04: AED 2,365, 2-bed, 1,353 sqft2026-06-10: AED 2,528, 2-bed, 1,477 sqft2026-06-11: AED 2,874, 2-bed, 1,764 sqft2026-06-12: AED 2,329, 2-bed, 1,760 sqft2026-06-13: AED 2,457, 1-bed, 753 sqft2026-06-16: AED 2,139, 1-bed, 1,280 sqft2026-06-18: AED 3,227, 3-bed, 2,324 sqft2026-06-24: AED 3,125, 3-bed, 1,814 sqft2026-06-25: AED 3,379, 4-bed, 2,959 sqft2026-07-02: AED 3,875, 4-bed, 3,483 sqft2026-07-04: AED 2,635, 2-bed, 1,190 sqft2026-07-06: AED 2,671, 1-bed, 1,216 sqft2026-07-07: AED 2,630, 1-bed, 1,216 sqft2026-07-08: AED 2,907, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-07-09: AED 2,885, 1-bed, 783 sqft2026-07-09: AED 3,429, 3-bed, 2,639 sqft2026-07-14: AED 2,744, 1-bed, 763 sqft2026-07-15: AED 2,207, 1-bed, 1,318 sqft2026-07-15: AED 2,254, 2-bed, 1,979 sqft2026-07-15: AED 2,506, 2-bed, 1,780 sqft2026-07-16: AED 2,497, 1-bed, 1,281 sqft2026-07-16: AED 2,942, 2-bed, 1,563 sqft2026-07-24: AED 2,480, Studio, 248 sqft2026-07-24: AED 2,728, 1-bed, 953 sqft2026-08-07: AED 2,584, 3-bed, 2,385 sqft2026-08-14: AED 2,572, 1-bed, 785 sqft2026-08-14: AED 2,295, 1-bed, 1,024 sqft2026-08-17: AED 2,732, 2-bed, 1,720 sqft2026-08-18: AED 1,535, 1-bed, 1,335 sqft2026-08-18: AED 2,681, 1-bed, 821 sqft2026-08-18: AED 2,235, 1-bed, 1,163 sqft2026-08-20: AED 2,766, 2-bed, 1,193 sqft2026-08-21: AED 2,896, 1-bed, 986 sqft2026-08-21: AED 3,128, 3-bed, 1,662 sqft2026-08-24: AED 3,188, 2-bed, 1,311 sqft2026-08-27: AED 2,960, 2-bed, 1,194 sqft2026-09-01: AED 3,164, 1-bed, 822 sqft2026-09-01: AED 3,352, 3-bed, 2,148 sqft2026-09-02: AED 2,201, 1-bed, 1,181 sqft2026-09-03: AED 3,654, 4-bed, 3,967 sqft2026-09-07: AED 1,875, 1-bed, 1,280 sqft2026-09-08: AED 2,249, 2-bed, 1,845 sqft2026-09-10: AED 2,989, 3-bed, 3,011 sqft2026-09-14: AED 2,536, 1-bed, 788 sqft2026-09-17: AED 2,054, 3-bed, 2,859 sqft2026-09-18: AED 2,678, 1-bed, 747 sqft2026-09-22: AED 2,615, 3-bed, 3,059 sqft2026-09-24: AED 2,287, 1-bed, 1,191 sqft2026-09-24: AED 2,802, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-09-25: AED 2,396, 1-bed, 785 sqft2026-09-25: AED 2,095, 1-bed, 1,336 sqft2026-10-02: AED 2,396, 1-bed, 1,127 sqft2026-10-02: AED 3,042, 3-bed, 2,268 sqft2026-10-02: AED 4,007, 4-bed, 7,362 sqft2026-10-05: AED 3,095, 2-bed, 1,268 sqft2026-10-05: AED 3,361, 3-bed, 2,201 sqft2026-10-07: AED 2,471, 1-bed, 749 sqft2026-10-07: AED 2,869, 2-bed, 1,359 sqft2026-10-09: AED 2,152, 1-bed, 800 sqft2026-10-14: AED 3,054, 4-bed, 2,717 sqft2026-10-14: AED 3,296, 4-bed, 2,715 sqft2026-10-16: AED 2,802, 2-bed, 1,053 sqft2026-10-16: AED 2,806, 2-bed, 1,212 sqft2026-10-20: AED 3,175, 2-bed, 1,685 sqft2026-10-23: AED 1,638, 1-bed, 1,300 sqft2026-10-23: AED 3,182, 1-bed, 943 sqft2026-10-24: AED 2,323, 1-bed, 990 sqft2026-10-28: AED 2,168, 1-bed, 978 sqft2026-10-28: AED 3,174, 3-bed, 2,520 sqft2026-10-29: AED 2,215, Studio, 248 sqft2026-11-03: AED 2,255, 1-bed, 1,330 sqft2026-11-03: AED 3,228, 3-bed, 2,261 sqft2026-11-04: AED 2,487, 1-bed, 739 sqft2026-11-09: AED 1,799, 1-bed, 1,195 sqft2026-11-09: AED 2,978, 2-bed, 1,360 sqft2026-11-09: AED 2,458, 2-bed, 1,708 sqft2026-11-10: AED 3,192, 2-bed, 1,535 sqftTrend: AED 2,796 to AED 2,654

Every registered sale in City Walk in the last 12 months; the dashed line is the trend within those 12 months, grey dots are flagged outliers left out of it.

Transaction history in City Walk

Over the last 12 months City Walk recorded 276 sales; typical homes sold for around AED 4.05M (about AED 2,675 per sqft); with a median size of 1,466 sqft; most were 2-beds; from roughly AED 550K to AED 29.5M.

1–10 of 5,011

Buildings in City Walk

36 completed
City Walk Residential Building 18ABuildingAED 2,66876
Castleton at Central ParkBuildingAED 2,8995.8%30
ErinBuildingAED 2,9205.2%24
LaurelBuildingAED 2,9265.4%21
Central Park at City Walk - Building 1BuildingAED 2,9905.5%11
Celadon 3 at Central ParkBuildingAED 2,9914.7%10
Rove City WalkBuildingAED 2,46410
City Walk Residential Building 11BBuildingAED 2,2496.6%8
City Walk Residential Building 4BBuildingAED 2,5655.9%7
City Walk Residential Building 22BuildingAED 2,7805.1%6

The eight busiest buildings account for 190 of City Walk's 274 sales in the last 12 months: City Walk Residential Building 18A, Castleton at Central Park, Erin, Laurel and Central Park at City Walk - Building 1 and three more. Buildings completed from 2017 onwards trade at AED 1,908 to 3,116 per sqft; the 2016 to 2016 stock at AED 2,161 to 2,749. Gross yields run from 4.6% to 7.4% across the buildings with enough sales and lets to measure. The newest are Erin (2026) and Laurel (2025); the oldest, City Walk Residential Building 11B, handed over in 2016. Every building links to its own page with each unit's sales and rents.

1–10 of 36
Every building in City Walk, A to Z

Rents and yields in City Walk

Last 12 months
1-bedAED 150,000AED 1425.7%
2-bedAED 238,000AED 1415.1%
3-bedAED 350,000AED 1495.4%
4-bed+AED 465,000AED 1474.3%
New contract vs renewal
+10%
Renewals
38% of 708
Buildings from 2017
AED 111–180 /sqft
Built before 2017
AED 117–160 /sqft

693 rental contracts were registered in City Walk in the last 12 months, 38% of them renewals. New contracts were signed about 9% above renewals of the same size per sqft, so a tenant renewing is still paying below the market rate. Gross yields run from 5.7% on one-beds to 4.3% on four-beds and larger, before service charges of AED 22 to 22 per sqft a year.

Ejari registrations via Dubai Land Department; yields use the same 12 months of sales.

Who builds in City Walk

2 developers
  • Meraas35 buildingsAED 2,749 /sqft
  • Rove Hospitality 1 buildingAED 2,464 /sqft

Meraas is the biggest builder in City Walk with 35 of the 36 completed buildings; Rove Hospitality follows.

Buying or renting in City Walk

Buying

Expect a 20% deposit as a UAE resident or 25% as a non-resident on a home under AED 5M, plus the 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee and about AED 5,000 of registration and trustee costs. On a typical one-bed at AED 2.6M, that is AED 520,000 down and AED 104,000 in transfer fee. Before offering, check the service charge per sqft on the building page (AED 22 to 22 across City Walk), the registered size against the marketed one, and whether the unit has sold before and at what price.

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Renting

A typical one-bed rents for AED 150,000 a year and a two-bed AED 240,000. New contracts run about 9% above renewals, and increases on renewal are capped by the RERA rental index. Landlords in Dubai usually take one to four cheques and a 5% security deposit, and every contract is registered on Ejari, which is where the figures on this page come from. Buildings completed from 2017 onwards rent for AED 111 to 180 per sqft, the older stock for AED 115 to 160.

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Living in City Walk

Most of City Walk's buildings are small, with a typical 53 homes each; five of the 36 were completed in the last five years. Service charges run from AED 22 to 22 per sqft a year, set building by building and listed on each building page.

Nearby areas compared

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AreaSale /sqftYieldBuildings
City Walk AED 2,6755.3%36
Al WaslAED 3,3834.8%27
Al SatwaAED 2,0727.1%17
Jumeirah SecondAED 6,9773.8%9
Trade Center FirstAED 5,3362.6%3
Downtown DubaiAED 2,7705.0%104
The Old TownAED 2,3505.1%35

City Walk is about 21% cheaper per square foot than Al Wasl, its nearest neighbour, at AED 2,676 against AED 3,382. Jumeirah Second is the most expensive of the areas around it at AED 6,977 per sqft, 161% more. Al Satwa is the cheapest nearby at AED 2,072. Its closest comparable on price is Downtown Dubai.

City Walk in numbers

  • Across 274 DLD sales in the 12 months to 9 November 2026, the median price in City Walk was AED 2,676 per sqft and the typical apartment sold for about AED 4.1M.
  • Prices are up 0.1% on the year, 59.6% over five years and 89.6% since 2016; rents up 3.6% and 51.5% over the same periods.
  • 36 completed buildings from 2 developers; about 2,826 homes, 45% of the apartments studios and one-beds.
  • Gross yields of 5.7% on one-beds, 5.1% on two-beds, 5.3% on three-beds and 4.3% on four-beds and larger, before service charges of AED 22 to 22 per sqft.

Source: Dubai Land Department. Updated 11 November 2026.

Questions about City Walk

How much does an apartment in City Walk cost?

Over the 12 months to 9 November 2026 the median was AED 2,676 per sqft, and studios sold for around AED 615,000, one-beds sold for around AED 2.6M, two-beds sold for around AED 4.4M, three-beds sold for around AED 6.5M and four-beds and larger sold for around AED 10M.

Have prices in City Walk gone up?

Yes: up 0.1% in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 and up 59.6% over five years, on the monthly median of every registered sale. Over the whole record they are 89.6% above the 2016 level.

What is the rental yield in City Walk?

About 5.3% gross across all types at today's prices: 5.7% on one-beds, 5.1% on two-beds, 5.3% on three-beds and 4.3% on four-beds and larger, before service charges of AED 22 to 22 per sqft a year.

Which are the most traded buildings in City Walk?

City Walk Residential Building 18A (76 sales), Castleton at Central Park (29 sales), Erin (24 sales), Laurel (21 sales) and Central Park at City Walk - Building 1 (12 sales) in the last 12 months.

What is the service charge in City Walk?

Between AED 22 and AED 22 per sqft a year, set building by building; City Walk Residential Building 18A is AED 21.95. Each building page lists its own.

How many buildings are there in City Walk?

36 completed apartment buildings, with about 2,826 homes between them. Every one has its own page here.

What does it cost to rent in City Walk?

The median contract in the 12 months to 9 November 2026 was AED 220,000 a year: AED 150,000 for one-beds, AED 240,000 for two-beds, AED 347,500 for three-beds and AED 465,000 for four-beds and larger, across 693 Ejari registrations.

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