The Citadel
Business Bay, Dubai · 40 floors
162 advertisements are live in The Citadel — 28 for sale and 134 to rent. Sellers ask a median of 2,188 AED per square foot. The Dubai Land Department registered 18 sales here in the last twelve months at a median of 2,016 AED per square foot — what buyers actually paid, beside what is being asked today. 1,064 Ejari tenancy contracts put registered rent at 62 AED per square foot per year.
Advertised now
162
28 for sale · 134 to rent
Asking AED/sqft
2,188
median of the sale listings
Registered AED/sqft
2,016
18 DLD sales, to July 2026
Registered rent AED/sqft/yr
62
1,064 Ejari contracts
What each third of the tower asks
A high floor in a 40-storey building is a range, not a word.
| Band | Floors | Advertised | Asking AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 27–40 | 12 | 2,091 |
| mid | 14–26 | 15 | 2,149 |
| low | 1–13 | 16 | 2,135 |
What the register recorded, month by month
Median registered price per square foot, by the month the sale was registered. A month with no sale is absent rather than zero — a building sells a handful of flats a year, and a line drawn to the axis on a quiet month reads as a collapse.
| Month | Registered sales | Median AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 1 | 1,745 |
| 2025-11 | 3 | 2,045 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 2,016 |
| 2026-02 | 4 | 1,876 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 2,647 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 2,143 |
The last registered sales
Each with its own date, because the register lags. These are prices buyers paid, not asking prices — and they carry no unit number: which flat sold is not ours to publish.
- 2026-07-10AED 2,450,0002,235/sqft
- 2026-07-09AED 1,790,0002,142/sqft
- 2026-07-09AED 2,350,0002,143/sqft
- 2026-05-18AED 1,700,0001,915/sqft
- 2026-05-12AED 3,000,0003,379/sqft
- 2026-02-18AED 1,730,0001,949/sqft
- 2026-02-04AED 1,600,0001,802/sqft · mid floor
- 2026-02-03AED 1,680,0001,892/sqft · mid floor
- 2026-02-02AED 1,650,0001,859/sqft · mid floor
- 2026-01-26AED 2,325,0001,941/sqft · mid floor
Registered sales by segment
Room count against the third of the tower, over twelve months. A sale the register did not place on a floor is counted apart rather than folded into the low band.
| Rooms | Band | Sales | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | mid | 6 | 1,916 |
| — | no floor | 6 | 2,143 |
| — | low | 4 | 2,473 |
| — | high | 2 | 1,760 |
Registered tenancies by segment
Ejari contracts, per square foot per year — what tenants signed, not what landlords are asking.
| Rooms | Band | Contracts | AED/sqft/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | low | 543 | 83 |
| — | mid | 507 | 75 |
| — | high | 427 | 79 |
Questions about The Citadel
- How many flats are for sale in The Citadel?
- 28 of the 162 advertisements we currently hold in The Citadel are for sale, and 134 are to rent. The same flat can be advertised by several agencies, so the number of distinct flats is lower.
- What does The Citadel cost per square foot?
- Sellers are asking a median of 2,188 AED per square foot across the sale listings in The Citadel. That is what is being asked today, not what buyers have paid.
- What has actually sold in The Citadel?
- 18 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the twelve months to July 2026, at a median of 2,016 AED per square foot, which puts today's asking prices 8.5% above the last recorded prices.
- What does a flat in The Citadel rent for?
- 1,064 tenancy contracts registered with Ejari have a median of 62 AED per square foot per year.
- How many floors does The Citadel have?
- The listings report 40 floors. Floors 27 to 40 are its top third, and they hold 12 of the advertisements.
- How much does a flat in The Citadel cost?
- Asking prices on the sale listings run from AED 1.75M to AED 12.86M. That is the range of what is being asked in the building right now, not an estimate of what a particular flat is worth.
- Is a high floor in The Citadel worth more?
- Floors 27–40 ask a median of 2,091 AED per square foot against 2,135 on floors 1–13 — 2.1% less. Both are asking prices, and the gap is what sellers believe the view is worth rather than what a buyer paid for it.
- What yield does The Citadel give?
- Registered rent of 62 AED per square foot per year against today's asking 2,188 AED per square foot is a gross yield of 2.8%. Gross means before service charge, agency fee, vacancy and everything else a real return subtracts.
- When was the last sale registered in The Citadel?
- The most recent registration we hold is dated July 2026 at AED 2.45M (2,235 AED per sqft). The register lags the market by weeks, so this is the newest fact rather than today's price.
- What layouts does The Citadel have?
- The advertisements in The Citadel cover 1-bedroom flats, studios.
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