CompletedEmaar Beachfront

Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab

Grand Bleu Tower at Emaar Beachfront by Emaar — the first ELIE SAAB designer building in the world: 1-3 bedroom apartments from 787.38 sq ft and 4-bedroom penthouses on levels 37-45, on the private island at Dubai Harbour, completed in 2023.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 2.10M

CompletedMay 2023

StatusCompleted

CommunityEmaar Beachfront

Overview

Project brief

AN ELIE SAAB DESIGNER BUILDING ON DUBAI'S PRIVATE ISLAND AT DUBAI HARBOUR

Grand Bleu Tower is a branded-residence development by Emaar in collaboration with couturier Elie Saab, at Emaar Beachfront — the gated private island set within Dubai Harbour between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. Marketed as the first ELIE SAAB designer building in the world, the residences carry interiors by Elie Saab, with an optional ELIE SAAB furniture collection available for private purchase. The tower rises above the Arabian Gulf with sweeping views of Palm Jumeirah, the sea and the promenade.

The Emaar brochure places the 1, 2 and 3-bedroom residences on the 2nd to 35th floors and the 4-bedroom penthouses on the 37th to 45th, overlooking the Arabian Sea, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina. Per the Emaar Tower 1 floor-plan pack, 1-bedroom apartments run from 787.38 to 984.79 square feet, 2-bedroom apartments from 1,228.92 to 1,705.43 square feet, and 3-bedroom apartments from 1,939.76 to 2,454.61 square feet, with the 4-bedroom penthouse at 2,706.69 to 3,003.88 square feet — all total areas including balcony. A two-tower configuration on a shared podium is reported by PropSearch; only the Tower 1 floor-plan pack has been read, and no Emaar document held states a total storey count.

Construction ran from September 2019 to May 2023, so the building trades on the secondary market rather than off-plan. Figures below reflect completed-building resale data rather than a developer launch.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Grand Bleu Tower (Interiors by Elie Saab)
Developer	Emaar (design collaboration with Elie Saab)
Community	Emaar Beachfront, Dubai Harbour
Type	1, 2 & 3-Bedroom Apartments & 4-Bedroom Penthouses
Residential levels	Apartments 2nd–35th floor, penthouses 37th–45th floor
Towers	Two on a shared podium (per PropSearch)
Status	Completed / handed over (2023)
Indicative resale entry	From approximately AED 2.1 million (1-bed) (per PropSearch / DLD)

Unit types, sizes and level allocations are taken from the Emaar Tower 1 floor-plan pack and brochure. The two-tower configuration and resale pricing are PropSearch-reported. Completed building; resale availability and pricing vary by unit and are confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Unit type	Levels	Suite area (sq ft)	Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)
1-Bedroom	02–45	658.86 – 741.96	787.38 – 984.79
2-Bedroom	02–45	1,061.97 – 1,278.32	1,228.92 – 1,705.43
3-Bedroom	02–45	1,485.10 – 1,718.46	1,939.76 – 2,454.61
4-Bedroom penthouse	37–45	2,099.39	2,706.69 – 3,003.88

Areas are taken from the Emaar Grand Bleu Tower 1 floor-plan pack, which publishes suite, balcony and total areas for every layout type across five tiers — levels 02–09, 10–17, 19–26, 28–35 and 37–45. Where a layout repeats over a tier the pack gives a range, and the figures above take the full span. The Tower 2 floor-plan pack has not been read, so these are Tower 1 areas. Emaar publishes no per-type unit counts or launch prices in the pack held; current availability and pricing are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Grand Bleu Tower is a completed, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Emaar Beachfront 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

Grand Bleu Tower is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations, in a design collaboration with couturier Elie Saab. 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, Grand Bleu Tower carries none of the completion uncertainty of an off-plan purchase.

LOCATION: A PRIVATE ISLAND BETWEEN DUBAI MARINA AND PALM JUMEIRAH

Emaar Beachfront is a gated island community within Dubai Harbour, with 1.5 km of private beach, two neighbourhood parks and a waterfront promenade of retail and dining. Grand Bleu Tower has private beach access and, per the Emaar brochure, sits five minutes from Dubai Marina, 25 minutes from Downtown Dubai and Dubai International Airport and 45 minutes from Al Maktoum International, with seamless access to Sheikh Zayed Road. The brochure also puts the Marina and yacht club steps away. The position combines a resort-style island setting with genuine connectivity to the rest of the city.

THE ELIE SAAB BRAND

The building's distinguishing feature is its ELIE SAAB branding: interiors designed by the couturier, a coordinated furniture collection available for private purchase, and lobby and architectural detailing carrying the label's aesthetic. The Emaar brochure describes the architecture as evoking Miami's Art Deco District. Building amenities listed in the brochure are multi-purpose rooms, fitness facilities, a barbecue area and a landscaped pool deck, with children's playgrounds nearby. Branded residences of this kind typically command a premium over comparable non-branded stock and can support stronger short-let positioning, though both should be verified against current market evidence.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a completed, ELIE SAAB-branded beachfront tower with a private beach and Marina proximity supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a move-in-ready designer home in an established gated beachfront community.
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.
Branded / beachfront premium — the ELIE SAAB branding and Emaar Beachfront location both carry a premium to mainland Dubai Marina; the entry point should be weighed against that premium.
Service charges — beachfront and branded-amenity communities typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Emaar Beachfront and Dubai Harbour have a substantial delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers nearby can affect resale and rental pricing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Grand Bleu Tower 1 floor-plan pack (every layout type with suite, balcony and total areas, across tiers covering levels 02–09, 10–17, 19–26, 28–35 and 37–45).
Emaar — Grand Bleu Tower / ELIE SAAB brochure (Emaar Beachfront location, first ELIE SAAB designer building in the world, interiors by Elie Saab and optional furniture collection, 1–3 bedroom residences on the 2nd–35th floors and 4-bedroom penthouses on the 37th–45th, Art Deco architectural reference, amenities, 1.5 km private beach, two neighbourhood parks, drive times).
PropSearch — Grand Bleu Tower project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/grand-bleu-tower (two-building configuration, September 2019 construction start and May 2023 completion, recent resale transaction data and indicative resale entry price).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Emaar Beachfront) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab is in Emaar Beachfront, within the Dubai Harbour area.

Location record

Area: Dubai Harbour
Community: Emaar Beachfront

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

Emaar

Dubai Harbour

Emaar is the developer of this project in Dubai Harbour. 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 Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab 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 Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab as May 2023; 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 Grand Bleu Tower by Elie Saab, 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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