A resale 1-bed in Bay Square (8 towers) sells for about AED 1.70m
Figures for Bay Square (8 towers): median of 25 resale 1-bed sales in the 12 months to 23 Oct 2026, from Land Department records (37 resale sales of all sizes). Last sale in the tower: 13 Jun 2025.
- The market says
- In Bay Square (8 towers): 37 resales of all sizes in the 12 months to 23 Oct 2026 at AED 1,430 per sq ft (down 5% like for like in a year).
- Official record
- 176 registered sales since 2011: 152 office, 24 apartment
- Size
- 12 floors · 11 units
- Google rating
- 4.2 (59 ratings)
- Shops and food
- 4 in the building · 16 places to eat within 300 m
- Nearest metro
- Business Bay, 2,018 m in a straight line
Pictures of Bay Square Building 1
9 pictures of this building: a drawing, photos. Each shows its source; select one to open it there. A drawing is made by BUY DUBAI from real pictures and is marked as a drawing.
From the developer: Emaar Properties
What Emaar Properties publishes about Bay Square Building 1. Pictures are the developer's artist's impressions, not photos of the building. Each fact shows where it comes from; a fact read from the developer's text is checked word for word.
Checked, not found: artist's impressions, floor plans, a video, a brochure or other PDF, facts we could check. We searched the developer site and the web on 10 Oct 2026. Ask Emaar Properties for the latest brochure and floor plans.
Photos: other shared area
4 photos of Bay Square Building 1 from Google Maps, each with a label for what it shows. Select a photo to open it on Google Maps.
Bay Square Building 1 on the map
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Resale and off-plan prices by bedroom
Resale = a completed home sold on. Off-plan = a home sold before the tower is complete, by the developer or by an earlier buyer (a Land Department "delayed sell"). The two are different markets, so we never mix them in one price. Sold = median price of sales in the 12 months to 23 Oct 2026. Asking and rent = live listings on 7 Oct 2026. Counts are in brackets. A sold median needs 10 sales, an advert median 3 adverts.
Figures for Bay Square (8 towers). This building is not shown on its own in the Land Department record, so the figures on this page are for every home sale in that project.
| Type | Resale: sold | Resale: per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1,050,000 (11) | 1,552 |
| 1-bed | AED 1,696,260 (25) | 1,238 |
Sold prices: Land Department sale records to 23 Oct 2026, BUY DUBAI facts cube. Asking and rent are adverts, not contracts.
Sales we leave out of every median, count and chart (0 of 7 here): bulk transfers, meaning 5 or more completed homes sold within two days at prices per sq ft within 25% of each other (0); a sale at exactly the same price as that unit's sale before (0); a size more than 1.6 times the usual size for the recorded type, or a "studio" above 750 sq ft (0). They stay in the list below with a label.
Resale price per sq ft fell 5% in a year like for like
Median AED 1,430 per sq ft in the last 12 months (37 resale sales, all sizes) against AED 1,433 in the 12 months before (55 resale sales, all sizes). Like for like compares the same bed sizes as the year before.
Figures for Bay Square (8 towers). This building is not shown on its own in the Land Department record, so the figures on this page are for every home sale in that project.
Bars: median AED per sq ft by quarter. Blue line and blue numbers under the bars: number of sales in the quarter. Last 16 quarters at most; Land Department records, quarters with 10 or more sales.
Every sale since 2020: 7 sales of 6 units
Newest first. Each sale is marked Resale or Off-plan. The last column shows the change from the same unit's sale before.
| Unit | Type | Sq ft | Price | AED per sq ft | Date | Market | Against the sale before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1210 | unknown | 1,224 | AED 1,700,000 | 1,389 | 13 Jun 2025 | Resale | |
| 1203 | unknown | 1,563 | AED 2,000,000 | 1,280 | 18 Apr 2025 | Resale | |
| 1204 | unknown | 1,563 | AED 1,820,000 | 1,165 | 23 Oct 2023 | Resale | +66% from AED 1.10m in 2020 |
| 1205 | unknown | 1,563 | AED 1,725,000 | 1,104 | 14 Apr 2023 | Resale | |
| 1201 | unknown | 1,312 | AED 1,380,000 | 1,052 | 28 Oct 2022 | Resale | |
| 1204 | unknown | 1,563 | AED 1,100,000 | 704 | 16 Dec 2020 | Resale | |
| 1209 | unknown | 1,224 | AED 880,000 | 719 | 23 Jul 2020 | Resale |
The official record: 176 registered sales since 2011
Dubai Land Department register for "Bay Square - 01", 7 Jul 2011 to 12 Feb 2026: 152 office, 24 apartment sales, plus 53 mortgages and 5 gifts. This source has every year and every unit type, but no unit numbers.
| Year | Offices: sales | AED per sq ft | Apartments: sales | AED per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,034 | 2 | – |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,657 | – | – |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,250 | 2 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | 1,041 | 1 | – |
| 2021 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 2 | – | 3 | 719 |
| 2019 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 3 | 1,137 | – | – |
| 2017 | 4 | 1,250 | 1 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | 1,263 | 1 | – |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,172 | 3 | 1,546 |
| 2014 | 70 | 878 | 10 | 1,231 |
| 2013 | 3 | 850 | – | – |
| 2011 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
Median AED per sq ft is shown for 3 or more sales in a year. 5 of these sales were off-plan and 171 were of completed units. What our unit list above does not have: the 152 office and shop sales (the unit list holds homes only); sales before 2020; mortgages and gifts. For homes from 2020 to 12 Feb 2026 the register has 8 sales and our unit list has 7.
Sales, price cuts, new adverts, rents and news, on WhatsApp. You choose what and how often.
Which side faces what
The direction of each landmark from Bay Square Building 1, and the towers within 150 m that can stand in the way. What a home really sees depends on its floor and its side of the building. We do not have the unit positions for this tower yet, so we cannot tell you the view of one unit.
| Side | What lies that way |
|---|---|
| North | Bay Square Building 2, a tower 79 m away · Burj Khalifa 1.5 km · DIFC 3.0 km |
| North-east | Bay Square Building 5, a tower 82 m away · Bay Square Building 3, a tower 126 m away · Bay Square Building 6, a tower 138 m away |
| East | Bay Square Building 8, a tower 57 m away · Bay Square Building 7, a tower 98 m away · Bay Square Building 9, a tower 142 m away · Dubai Design District 1.9 km · Dubai Creek and Ras Al Khor 5.7 km |
| South-east | Meydan racecourse 3.8 km |
| South | Canal Heights 2, a tower 124 m away |
| South-west | Burj Al Arab and the sea 10.6 km · Dubai Marina skyline 18.2 km |
| North-west | Sheikh Zayed Road 1.6 km · Jumeirah beach and the sea 4.6 km |
What residents say: 4.2 from 59 Google ratings
We read the 10 newest Google reviews that have text (of 40 fetched; the tower has 59 ratings), dated 2019-12 to 2026-07. A review is one resident's statement. We show counts, not quotes.
On the plus side
- Praised as a good place for offices or corporates (office users, not residents) (3 reviews)
Short lets: no Airbnb listing matched to this tower
Checked, not found. We read Airbnb on 9 Oct 2026 and no listing passed our test for Bay Square Building 1. 3 listings may be in this tower, but we could not confirm them. This does not mean short lets are not allowed.
Source: Airbnb listing pages, read 9 Oct 2026. A listing is one advert. One home can have more than one advert. No listing found does not mean short lets are not allowed.
The building: 17 of 53 questions answered
Each answer names its source. Questions with no answer are listed as 'checked, not found' so you know we looked.
- Developer
- EMAAR
- Completed
- 2014
- Floors
- 12
- Apartments
- 11
- Unit mix
- 88 registered units: 73 offices, 10 penthouses, 4 shops, 1 one-bed apartment
Amenities: Retail in building (shops, a gym and a salon are reported), Covered and visitor parking (office listing), Security (office listing), Central air conditioning (office listing)
Where sources disagree
- Rent: an office listing asks 850,000 AED a year for a 2,661 sq ft office, while another says 400,000 AED a year for 1,573 sq ft. These are different offices.
- Reviews: the Google place covers the whole Bay Square complex; the reviews are about offices and parking, not living in this tower.
Watch-outs
Overall rating
Security staff
Traffic at the door
Small apartments
Building
Floors, apartments and completion year
What floor is the gym on?
Air conditioning complaints
What do residents say on the plus side?
Amenities list
Developer
Who is the developer?
Management
People
Who are my neighbours?
Parking
Resident parking
Guest parking
Guest parking cost
Getting into the car park
Around
Entertainment within a 15-minute walk
Metro and public transport
Around Bay Square Building 1
Price against the nearest towers
| Tower | Distance | AED per sq ft, 12 months (sales) |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Square Building 1 (this tower) | – | – (0) |
| Bay Square Building 8 | 57 m | – (0) |
| Bay Square Building 2 | 79 m | – (1) |
| Bay Square Building 7 | 98 m | – (0) |
| Canal Heights 2 | 124 m | 2,842 (21) |
| Bay Square Building 3 | 126 m | – (0) |
| Bay Square Building 6 | 138 m | – (1) |
| Bay Square Building 9 | 142 m | 1,490 (20) |
| Trillionaire Residences | 164 m | 2,306 (32) |
Drive times: empty roads, 08:00 and 18:00
| To | Empty road | Leave 08:00 | Home 18:00 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Mall | 7 min | 11 min | 9 min | 3.5 km |
| DIFC Gate | 7 min | 12 min | 16 min | 4.8 km |
| DXB Terminal 3 | 31 min | 27 min | 26 min | 20.5 km |
| Dubai Marina Mall | 23 min | 25 min | 32 min | 21.6 km |
| Mall of the Emirates | 17 min | 21 min | 29 min | 15.3 km |
| Kite Beach | 14 min | – | – | 11.3 km |
| DWC airport | 50 min | – | – | 47.9 km |
Leave at 08:00 and home at 18:00: Google traffic predictions for a Tuesday (13 Oct 2026). Empty road: OpenStreetMap routing. "Home 18:00" is the drive back from that place.
Shops, food and services
| In the building (4) | What it is | From the door | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Star Electronics LLc | Store | 12 m | 5 (4) |
| Vaparazzi | Store | 15 m | 4.9 (85) |
| Al Sahoo Trading UAE Head Office | Building Materials Store | 31 m | 5 (3) |
| UFC GYM - Business Bay | Bay Square | Gym | 6 m | 4.5 (1,013) |
Food and drink within 300 m: 16
| Title Brew | Coffee Shop | 34 m | 4.7 (163) |
| Costa Coffee | Coffee Shop | 49 m | 4.3 (168) |
| بي سكوير مطعم هندي | Restaurant | 50 m | 4.5 (6) |
| Caribou Coffee - Bay Square | Coffee Shop | 71 m | 4.5 (125) |
| Freshii Business Bay | Restaurant | 74 m | 3.9 (135) |
| Circle Cafe (Bay Square) | Restaurant | 97 m | 4.7 (1,988) |
| NIGHT-CLUB DUBAI H AHMED | Night Club | 99 m | 5 (36) |
| Papa Johns - Bay Square | Pizza Restaurant | 112 m | 4.8 (33) |
| Wok of Fame Restaurant | Restaurant | 119 m | 4.3 (399) |
| Kcal Restaurant - Business Bay | Restaurant | 124 m | 4.2 (433) |
Groceries and daily shops within 300 m: 18
| TruDoc Health Care LLC | Consultant | 27 m | 4.5 (4,569) |
| Binsina Pharmacy Bay Square | Pharmacy | 31 m | 4.8 (59) |
| F Mart Retails, Head Office | Supermarket | 52 m | 4.4 (67) |
| allday minimart Bay Square | Convenience Store | 94 m | 4.4 (97) |
| Gunay UAE | Florist | 118 m | 5 (1) |
| Yummy on the go grocery | Grocery Store | 126 m | 5 (1) |
| Cordoba Holding | Grocery Store | 126 m | – |
| Spinneys Bay Square | Supermarket | 137 m | 3.3 (28) |
| Armani Pharmacy | Pharmacy | 137 m | – |
| Tippity Top Nails | Pharmacy | 154 m | 2.3 (3) |
Other shops within 300 m: 13
| LSM Group of Companies | Cosmetics Store | 29 m | 3.7 (3) |
| Tafani LLC | Corporate Office | 38 m | 4.2 (24) |
| S2B hookah and vape shop | Store | 40 m | 5 (260) |
| HBS Privé Vaults - Safety Deposit Box Rental Dubai (Bay Square) | Store | 46 m | 4.7 (83) |
| Guitarstore.ae | Store | 49 m | 5 (82) |
| Just Mark Trading LLC | Store | 51 m | – |
| Al Nasera Contracting LLC | General Contractor | 61 m | 5 (10) |
| Saif Aldur Cosmetics | Cosmetics Store | 63 m | – |
| Secondful | 69 m | 4.8 (93) | |
| SPRK Vape Dubai | Store | 73 m | 5 (1) |
Services within 300 m: 15
| Emirates NBD - Business Bay Branch | Bank | 31 m | 4.7 (1,587) |
| London Base Barbershop - Dubai Business Bay | Barber shop | 32 m | 4.7 (172) |
| GG Barbershop & Spa | Business Bay | Barber shop | 63 m | 4.9 (254) |
| Artistic Trendz Hair and Beauty Salon Business Bay | Beauty Salon | 67 m | 4.8 (625) |
| McKleenz Technical & Cleaning Services LLC | Services | 68 m | 4.9 (2,393) |
| Taleem Speech Language Disorders Center | Doctor | 80 m | 5 (1) |
| Tyloz | Services | 83 m | 4.9 (754) |
| TEN 10 AVENUE BEAUTY LOUNGE | Nail Salon | 108 m | 4.1 (184) |
| Tranquil SPA & Salon | Spa | 119 m | 4.8 (6) |
| Belle Femme Hair & Nail Lounge Business Bay | Beauty Salon | 123 m | 4.8 (529) |
Schools and nurseries within 1.5 km: 9
| Jumeirah International Nurseries | Preschool | 252 m | 4.8 (182) |
| Swimsafe Swimming Private Instructor Lesson | School | 340 m | 5 (3) |
| Numu Nursery Business Bay | Preschool | 417 m | 4.9 (29) |
| Creative Kids Early Learning Centre | Preschool | 441 m | 4.8 (16) |
| Kit Swim - Swimming Lessons Dubai | School | 629 m | 5 (7) |
| Blossom Downtown Nursery Dubai | Preschool | 787 m | 4.9 (98) |
| Bella's Magic World | School | 843 m | – |
| Toddler Town British Nursery, Downtown Dubai | Preschool | 987 m | 4.6 (27) |
| Spanish Faster | School | 1001 m | – |
Metro and tram within 3 km: 3
| Business Bay | Subway Station | 2018 m | 4.5 (679) |
| Burj Khalifa/ Dubai Mall Metro Station | Subway Station | 2080 m | 4.6 (2,559) |
| Financial Centre Metro Station | Subway Station | 2949 m | 4.6 (433) |
Source: Google Maps, read 27 Oct 2026. Straight-line distance from the tower. Each list shows the 10 nearest. Open the name to see it on Google Maps.
Own a unit here?
Ask for a report on your unit: its sales history, the same type's sales in the last 12 months and the homes for sale against it. A licensed partner agent, named on the report with the registration number, sends it. BUY DUBAI is not a broker and takes no part in the sale.
Method, sources and what we did not find
- Sales: unit-level Dubai Land Department sale records, 23 Jul 2020 to 25 Oct 2026, checked by year against Dubai Land Department open data. Our unit list does not hold every sale, so some sales are missing.
- Listings: one snapshot, 7 Oct 2026. Asking prices and asking rents.
- Short lets: Airbnb map search and listing pages for Business Bay, read 9 Oct 2026. A listing counts for a tower when two of these agree: the Dubai holiday-home permit code, the tower name in the listing, the map pin.
- Residents and building facts: Google Maps reviews and guide pages (citysearch.ae, drivenproperties.com, live adverts: community guide, propertyindex.ae, propsearch.ae), read by an AI model on 27 Oct 2026 with a fixed question list. A script checks that each answer names its source.
- Nobody visited the tower. Every fact is from a document, a map or a resident's review.
- Checked, not found for this tower: a floor plan document, unit positions on a floor, the side and view of each unit.
Corrections
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Change log: 27 Oct 2026 first build of this page. No correction yet.
Other towers in Business Bay
Bay Square Building 1 is one of 155 buildings and building groups with a page in Business Bay. Developer: Emaar Properties, with 336 towers on BUY DUBAI. Towers of the same type and price band come first.
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