Off-planBusiness Bay

Binghatti Aquarise

Binghatti Aquarise at Business Bay: studio to 4-bedroom homes in a 1,598-unit tower on the Dubai Water Canal. Off-plan; pricing on request.

DeveloperBinghatti

Entry priceOn request

Handover—

StatusOff-plan

CommunityBusiness Bay

Overview

Project brief

A WAVE-FORM WATERFRONT TOWER ON THE DUBAI WATER CANAL IN BUSINESS BAY

Binghatti Aquarise is a residential tower by Binghatti in the heart of Business Bay, set on the Dubai Water Canal and a short distance from Downtown Dubai. The design takes its cue from the movement of water: a wave-like structure with reflective, glass façades and terraces that extend the living space, in Binghatti's signature sculptural style.

The development sits on a plot of roughly 21,589.98 square metres (232,392.38 square feet) and rises over three basement levels, a ground floor, a mezzanine and 25 residential floors, above a mechanical room and roof. It holds 1,598 residential units — 688 studios, 736 one-bedroom, 152 two-bedroom, 10 three-bedroom and 12 four-bedroom apartments — together with 28 ground-floor retail units. Interiors are finished in premium natural materials, including travertine wall panels, brushed brass accents and natural oak wood, alongside polished marble.

At the time of this brief, Binghatti had not published a starting price, payment plan or handover date for Aquarise; those are confirmed on request and are noted below as pending.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Binghatti Aquarise
Developer	Binghatti
Community	Business Bay, Dubai
Type	Studio, 1, 2, 3 & 4-Bedroom Apartments + Ground-Floor Retail
Total units	1,598 residential + 28 retail
Plot area	21,589.98 sq m (232,392.38 sq ft)
Starting price	On request
Payment plan	On request
Expected completion	To be confirmed

Based on the project brochure; pricing, payment plan and handover subject to confirmation on release.

UNIT MIX

Unit type	Number of units
Studio apartment	688
1-Bedroom apartment	736
2-Bedroom apartment	152
3-Bedroom apartment	10
4-Bedroom apartment	12
Retail (ground floor)	28

Unit counts per the Binghatti Aquarise brochure. Sizes and starting prices to be confirmed on release.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Binghatti Aquarise is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Business Bay is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: BINGHATTI, A LEADING PRIVATELY HELD UAE DEVELOPER

Binghatti is an Emirati developer known for a distinctive, sculptural design language and for branded-residence collaborations with BUGATTI, Mercedes-Benz and Jacob & Co. According to Binghatti, it ranks among the UAE's foremost privately held developers, with a portfolio of more than 60 projects valued in excess of AED 40 billion and a delivery record of over 20,000 completed homes. For investors, that scale and an active delivery pipeline provide a measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: BUSINESS BAY, ON THE DUBAI WATER CANAL BESIDE DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Aquarise sits in the heart of Business Bay, a central Dubai district on the Dubai Water Canal beside Downtown Dubai. The brochure places the tower steps from the Dubai Canal and a short distance from Downtown Dubai, within reach of the district's commercial and cultural core. Business Bay is one of the city's principal business and residential hubs, adjoining Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa district, with the wider network of Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road running alongside. The position combines a waterfront canal setting with direct access to the city's central business area.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — an off-plan launch in a central Business Bay location; where a construction-linked plan applies, a buyer commits limited capital ahead of completion, with an exit route before handover. Any premium depends on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a high proportion of studios and one-bedroom homes on the Dubai Water Canal, minutes from Downtown, suits both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a design-led waterfront home in a central district, with resort-style amenities including a pool deck, gym, sky garden, artificial beach, running lane and padel court.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — the tower is under development; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
Pricing not yet confirmed — starting price, payment plan and handover date were not published in the brochure; the entry point should be assessed against live Business Bay PSF once confirmed.
Unit-mix concentration — studios and one-bedroom apartments make up the large majority of the building, which can mean a deeper competing supply pool on resale and rental within the same tower.
Service charges — design-led, amenity-rich buildings typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.

PAYMENT PLAN

Binghatti had not published a payment plan for Aquarise at the time of this brief. The current plan and starting price are confirmed on request.

SOURCES

Binghatti — Binghatti Aquarise project brochure (unit mix, plot, specification, amenities, location).
Binghatti — corporate profile: portfolio scale (more than 60 projects, in excess of AED 40 billion), delivery record (over 20,000 completed homes) and branded-residence collaborations, as stated in the developer's project brochures. Figures are Binghatti's own; specifics vary between brochures, so the conservative figures are used here.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Business Bay) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Binghatti Aquarise is in the Business Bay area.

Location record

Area: Business Bay

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

Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Developer

Binghatti

Business Bay

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

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Developer attribution as stated on this brief. Counts describe what Mitchell’s Realty publishes and, where shown, sales registered with the Dubai Land Department at those projects; they are not a measure of the developer’s wider portfolio or delivery record.

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 Binghatti Aquarise 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 Binghatti; 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.

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 Binghatti Aquarise, 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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