Description
A rare, income-verified five-star freehold hotel directly on Sheikh Zayed Road — Dubai's most prestigious commercial spine. 235 residential units across a G+39 tower. Two restaurants, two bars, nine meeting rooms, a grand banquet hall with capacity for 1,000 guests, and a full wellness suite. Five years old and producing AED 49,173,632 in verified net income on AED 60,457,060 gross as of 2023.
The yield, the location, the freehold title, and the verified financials combine to make this one of the most straightforwardly compelling hotel investment cases currently available in Dubai.
Asking Price: AED 550,000,000
Investment Snapshot
- Location: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai — direct frontage
- Asset type: Five-star hotel, freehold
- Configuration: Ground + 39 floors
- Total keys: 235 residential units
- Land area: 60,356 sq ft
- Gross floor area: 318,611 sq ft
- Building age: 5 years
- Tenure: Freehold
- F&B: 2 restaurants and 2 bars
- Meeting & events: 9 meeting rooms + grand banquet hall (1,000-person capacity)
- Wellness: Spa, gym, sauna, steam room and outdoor swimming pool
- Gross income (2023): AED 60,457,060
- Net income (2023): AED 49,173,632
- Asking price: AED 550,000,000
The Numbers Are Already There
Most hotel acquisitions require an investor to model future income against projections and assumptions. This one does not. The 2023 financials are verified and available — AED 49.2M net on AED 60.5M gross — a net margin of approximately 81% and an implied yield of approximately 8.9% on the asking price.
There is no pro-forma optimism here. The income is historical, the margin is documented, and the yield calculation is arithmetic. For an investor seeking a stabilised, income-producing hospitality asset with transparent financials and a clean freehold title, this is the straightforward case.
Sheikh Zayed Road — Dubai's Premier Commercial Address
Sheikh Zayed Road is the spine of Dubai — the arterial corridor that connects the city's most significant business, hospitality and retail destinations from the airport to the Marina. Direct frontage on Sheikh Zayed Road means visibility to millions of vehicle movements daily, proximity to every major business district in the city, and positioning within the most globally recognised commercial address in the UAE.
For a hotel, SZR frontage is a structural occupancy advantage. Corporate travellers, conference delegates and business visitors orient around this corridor by default. A five-star, 39-floor hotel with direct SZR frontage does not need to work hard to be found — it is on the road that Dubai's business community already travels.
The Asset
235 keys across 39 floors — a scale that supports the full operating leverage of a five-star hotel: multiple F&B concepts, a 1,000-capacity banquet hall, nine dedicated meeting rooms, a comprehensive wellness suite, and the staffing and service infrastructure that an international-standard property requires.
2 restaurants and 2 bars — a four-outlet F&B programme covering all dayparts and guest occasions, from all-day dining through to evening bar service.
Grand banquet hall — 1,000-person capacity, a significant events revenue generator in a location that attracts major corporate, government and social events year-round.
9 meeting rooms — a comprehensive corporate meetings offering suited to the SZR business catchment.
Spa, gym, sauna, steam room and outdoor pool — a full wellness suite servicing both in-house guests and external membership, providing a secondary recurring revenue stream.
Freehold title — full ownership with no leasehold expiry, no ground rent obligation and unrestricted transferability.
Who This Suits
Institutional investors, private family offices, regional hotel groups and high-net-worth individuals seeking a verified-income, freehold, five-star hotel asset on Dubai's most commercially significant road — with transparent 2023 financials and an implied yield approaching 9%.
Pricing & Process
Asking Price: AED 550,000,000 Verified net income: AED 49,173,632 (2023) Implied gross yield: ~8.9%
Full audited financial statements, management details, room revenue breakdown, F&B and events income, legal documentation and title confirmation released to qualified buyers under NDA. BFS Commercial Brokers manages the process exclusively.
Qualified enquiries only. NDA required before asset identification and financial documentation are released.
