CompletedDowntown Dubai

Act One | Act Two

Act One | Act Two by Emaar: twin residential towers of 49 and 43 floors holding 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments plus duplex townhouses in the Opera District, Downtown Dubai, completed in 2022 and trading on the secondary market.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 1.60M

CompletedDec 2022

StatusCompleted

CommunityDowntown Dubai

Overview

Project brief

TWIN TOWERS IN THE OPERA DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Act One | Act Two is a twin-tower residential development by Emaar in the Opera District of Downtown Dubai — the cultural quarter built around Dubai Opera, within Emaar's flagship district around Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall and Burj Park. The towers place residents within walking distance of Dubai Opera, Souk Al Bahar, The Dubai Mall, The Dubai Fountain, the Dubai Metro and Burj Khalifa itself.

The development comprises two towers — Act One at G + M + 49 floors and Act Two at G + M + 43 floors — holding a mix of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments above a set of ground-level duplex townhouses. Homes are designed with roof terraces and balconies framing views over Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Fountain, and are finished with contemporary detailing throughout. On the Emaar floor plans, total unit areas run from 606.98 to 830.01 square feet for 1-bedroom apartments, 1,001.47 to 1,591.66 square feet for 2-bedroom apartments and 1,673.58 to 2,118.98 square feet for 3-bedroom apartments, with ground-level duplex townhouses at 2,315.10 to 2,776.33 square feet (3-bedroom) and 3,139.41 to 3,410.33 square feet (4-bedroom).

Construction ran from February 2017 to December 2022, so the towers trade on the secondary market rather than off-plan. Figures below reflect completed-building resale data rather than a developer launch.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Act One \| Act Two
Developer	Emaar
Community	Opera District, Downtown Dubai
Type	1, 2 & 3-Bedroom Apartments; 3 & 4-Bedroom Townhouses; 4-Bedroom Penthouses
Towers	Two (Act One: G + M + 49 floors; Act Two: G + M + 43 floors)
Status	Completed / handed over (2022)
Indicative resale entry	From approximately AED 1.6 million (1-bed, per PropSearch)

Completed building; resale availability and pricing vary by unit and are confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Unit type	Suite area (sq ft)	Total area (sq ft)
1-Bedroom apartment	605.25 – 748.74	606.98 – 830.01
2-Bedroom apartment	973.06 – 1,291.13	1,001.47 – 1,591.66
3-Bedroom apartment	1,497.48 – 1,673.36	1,673.58 – 2,118.98
3-Bedroom duplex townhouse (ground level)	2,100.15 – 2,472.47	2,315.10 – 2,776.33
4-Bedroom duplex townhouse (ground level)	2,849.75 – 2,877.84	3,139.41 – 3,410.33

Areas are taken from the Emaar Act One and Act Two floor-plan packs; total area is suite plus balcony or terrace. Ranges span every layout published across both towers. The brochure also lists 4-bedroom penthouses, for which no floor plan is held in the pack; those areas are confirmed on request.

AMENITIES

Range of roof terraces and balconies
Premium gym and health club
Swimming pool
Restaurants and dining
Walking distance to Dubai Opera, Souk Al Bahar, The Dubai Mall, The Dubai Fountain and the Dubai Metro

Amenities per the Act One | Act Two brochure; full specification confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Act One | Act Two is a completed, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Downtown Dubai is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: EMAAR, ONE OF DUBAI'S MOST ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS

Act One | Act Two is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations. Emaar reported revenue of AED 49.6 billion for 2025 and, with a proven delivery track record, has delivered over 125,600 residential units across Dubai and other global markets since 2002. Its portfolio includes Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. As a delivered building, Act One | Act Two carries none of the completion uncertainty of an off-plan purchase.

LOCATION: THE OPERA DISTRICT, THE CULTURAL QUARTER OF DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Downtown Dubai is Emaar's flagship district, built around Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Dubai Opera and Burj Park. Act One | Act Two sits in the Opera District, the cultural quarter anchored by Dubai Opera, and is a short walk from Souk Al Bahar, The Dubai Mall, The Dubai Fountain, Burj Park and the Dubai Metro. The position combines a flagship-district address with walkable access to Downtown's landmarks.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a completed Downtown tower a short walk from Dubai Opera and The Dubai Mall supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a move-in-ready home in the walkable Opera District, at the heart of Downtown Dubai.
Secondary-market entry — as a delivered building, units can be inspected and income assessed before purchase, unlike an off-plan launch.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Secondary-market pricing — pricing is set by individual resellers and varies by floor, view and condition; entry points should be verified on current PSF, not indicative figures.
Downtown premium — Opera District apartments price at a premium to much of mainland Dubai; the entry point should be weighed against that premium.
Service charges — prime Downtown towers typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Downtown supply — Downtown Dubai has a continuing delivery pipeline of premium apartments; concurrent handovers nearby can affect resale and rental pricing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Act One and Act Two floor-plan packs (tower heights of G + M + 49 and G + M + 43, every published layout with suite, balcony/terrace and total areas, ground-level duplex townhouses) and the Act One | Act Two brochure (1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartment mix, 3 and 4-bedroom townhouses, 4-bedroom penthouses, roof terraces and balconies, amenities, walking-distance landmarks, estimated completion by 2022).
PropSearch — Act Towers / Act One / Act Two project pages: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/act-towers (February 2017 construction start, December 2022 completion, recent resale transaction data and indicative resale entry price).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Downtown Dubai) — live feed pending.

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Brochure6.06 MB Brochure (Spanish)6.35 MB Floor plans — Act One5.83 MB Floor plans — Act Two5.78 MB

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AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Act One | Act Two is in the Downtown Dubai area.

Location record

Area: Downtown Dubai

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register.

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Emaar is the developer of this project in Downtown Dubai. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Emaar on this site and the registered sales behind it, not an assessment of the developer.

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Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Two different things sit on this page: transaction evidence taken from the Dubai Land Department’s public register, and the mechanics of buying in Dubai. The four notes below explain how the figures were built and what they can fairly be used for.

Registered, not askedEvery Dubai Land Department figure on this page comes from a sale that completed and was entered on the public register. Asking prices, portal listings and developer price lists are excluded: they record what someone hoped for, not what was paid.
Medians, not averagesProject samples are often thin, and a single penthouse or one bulk-discounted floor will pull an average a long way off. The median — the middle transaction — describes the typical unit far more reliably at these sample sizes. The count behind each figure is always shown so you can judge how much weight it deserves.
Sales only“Sales” means arm’s-length sales. Intra-family and other “Gift” transfers are excluded, as are rows registered at zero or nominal consideration, because neither is evidence of a market price.
A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot at the date stated beside them, taken from one extract of the register rather than queried live. A figure for this project quoted elsewhere, or taken from a different extract, may not match what you see here.

Common questions

What does buying off-plan at Act One | Act Two involve?

Off-plan means contracting with the developer before the building is finished. In outline: you reserve the unit, sign the developer’s Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), and pay in instalments tied to construction milestones rather than in a single sum at the start.

Buyer payments on an off-plan sale in Dubai are made into a project escrow account regulated under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, and are released to the developer against verified construction progress. The developer registers the sale with the Dubai Land Department. The contract is between you and Emaar; we act as broker, not as principal.

What is the 4% DLD transfer fee, and who pays it?

The Dubai Land Department charges a property registration (transfer) fee of 4% of the price recorded on the contract, plus a fixed administrative charge. That is the rate in force as at July 2026. The statutory position splits the fee between buyer and seller; established market practice in Dubai is that the buyer pays the whole 4%.

Developers sometimes offer to absorb part or all of it on off-plan sales. Treat that as real only where it is written into the sale documents, not where it appears in marketing. Budget separately for the registration trustee charge, the Oqood registration fee on off-plan units, and — if you are borrowing — mortgage registration at 0.25% of the loan amount.

What is an Oqood registration, and is it the same as a title deed?

No. Oqood is the Dubai Land Department’s registration system for property that is not yet complete. When you buy off-plan, the developer lodges the SPA through Oqood, your interest is recorded on the interim property register, and you receive an initial registration certificate.

The title deed is a separate and later document, issued once the project is complete and the unit is formally transferred into your name. An off-plan purchase that is never registered leaves you off that interim register, so ask for evidence of Oqood registration once your first payment has cleared.

Can a non-UAE buyer own a unit outright?

In Dubai’s designated freehold areas, yes. Regulation No. 3 of 2006 sets out the areas in which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title or a long lease; outside those areas ownership is restricted to UAE and GCC nationals. Ownership does not depend on holding UAE residency, and no local partner is required.

Tenure attaches to the plot rather than to a development’s marketing, so confirm what is recorded against the specific unit — freehold or leasehold, and the remaining term if leasehold — before you sign.

What happens at handover?

Once the building is complete and the completion certificate issued, you are called for handover: you inspect the unit (the snagging inspection), the developer addresses the defects listed, you settle the final instalment and any outstanding fees, and the unit is transferred into your name with a title deed issued.

Annual service charges begin at handover. They are levied per square foot at a rate approved by the regulator, so they are a recurring cost rather than a one-off. If you intend to let the unit, allow for the interval between handover and the first tenancy — a vacant unit earns nothing, and gross yield is annual rent measured against the purchase price, before those costs are taken off. Emaar gives completion for Act One | Act Two as Dec 2022; off-plan completion dates can move, and the SPA governs the position.

Where do the Dubai Land Department figures on this page come from?

They are drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s public transaction register — sales actually registered against Act One | Act Two, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. They are a dated extract of the register, not a live query: the extract date is printed with the figures, and everything on this page is calculated from that single extract.

The number of sales behind every figure is shown alongside it. A median drawn from a handful of registrations carries far less weight than one drawn from several hundred, and should be read that way.

Who is Mitchell’s Realty, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand. The RERA-licensed brokerage behind it is The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

On developer off-plan sales the commission is paid by the developer. On resale transactions the brokerage fee is agreed with you in writing before terms are signed. We will confirm how we are paid on any specific transaction before you commit to it.

Please note. The above is general information about how transactions work in Dubai, not legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy. Fee rates, tenure rules and residency requirements change, and your own position may differ. Take your own independent legal and tax advice before you commit to a purchase.

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