CompletedDowntown Dubai

Forte

Forte by Emaar: twin towers of 1–4 bedroom apartments in the Opera District of Downtown Dubai, designed by Nikken Sekkei, completed in 2023 and trading on the secondary market.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 1.66M

CompletedJun 2023

StatusCompleted

CommunityDowntown Dubai

Overview

Project brief

TWIN TOWERS IN THE OPERA DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Forte is a twin-tower residential development by Emaar in the Opera District of Downtown Dubai, the developer's flagship district built around Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Dubai Opera and Burj Park. The two towers, designed by the Japanese architects Nikken Sekkei, sit together on a shared podium on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, within direct sight of Dubai Opera, Opera Plaza and The Dubai Fountain.

Per the Emaar brochure, the complex pairs a 70-floor tower with a 50-floor tower and holds some 850 residential units, ranging from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom family homes, with one-bedroom units starting at 600 square feet. The podium carries retail across five levels, a pool with a kids' pool, a gymnasium, a playground and a library, together with a 12,000 square metre museum of modern art, above five levels of basement parking. The brochure describes interiors finished in marble, ceramics, steel and wool, with fixtures and fittings specified to be dressed by the owner.

Construction ran from September 2016 to June 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	Forte
Developer	Emaar
Community	Downtown Dubai (Opera District)
Architect	Nikken Sekkei
Type	1, 2, 3 & 4-Bedroom Apartments
Towers	Two (70 floors and 50 floors)
Total units	Approximately 850
Status	Completed / handed over (June 2023)
Indicative resale entry	From approximately AED 1.66 million (1-bed, per PropSearch)

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

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Emaar publishes the mix and a starting size for Forte but no per-type area table. The Forte floor-plan pack is an index of unit numbers, tiers and levels — it carries no areas at all.

Unit type	Area published by Emaar	Coverage in the Emaar floor-plan pack
1-Bedroom	From 600 sq ft	Not included
2-Bedroom	Not published	Types A, B and C; Tier 01 levels 07–29 and 31–52, Tier 02 levels 54–62
3-Bedroom	Not published	Types A, B and C; Tier 01 levels 07–29 and 31–52, Tier 02 levels 54–62
4-Bedroom	Not published	Not included

Per the Emaar brochure and floor-plan pack. The brochure gives the one to four-bedroom mix, the approximate 850-unit total and a 600 sq ft starting size for one-bedroom homes; the floor-plan pack numbers the two and three-bedroom layouts by unit, tier and level but states no areas. Areas for a specific unit are confirmed on request. Indicative resale pricing per PropSearch / Dubai Land Department transaction data.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Forte 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

Forte is developed by Emaar, the developer behind Downtown Dubai and many of the city'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, Forte carries none of the completion uncertainty of an off-plan purchase.

LOCATION: THE OPERA DISTRICT AT THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Downtown Dubai is Emaar's flagship district, built around Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Dubai Opera and Burj Park. Forte sits within the Opera District on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, facing Dubai Opera and Opera Plaza, with the mall, the fountain and Burj Park within walking distance and direct access to the city's main road network.

RESALE & RENTAL CASE

Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a completed tower in the Opera District, facing Dubai Opera and steps from the 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 heart of Downtown Dubai, within the cultural precinct of the Opera District.
Secondary-market entry — as a delivered building, units can be inspected and income assessed before purchase, unlike an off-plan launch.
Layout spread — the floor-plan pack shows several distinct two and three-bedroom layouts across two tiers, so the specific layout and level matter more than headline bedroom count when comparing prices.

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 — Downtown Dubai prices at a premium to most of the city; the entry point should be weighed against that premium.
Service charges — central, amenity-rich Downtown towers typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Downtown Dubai and adjacent districts have a continuing delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers nearby can affect resale and rental pricing.
No published area table — Emaar has not published a unit-mix table for Forte; per-unit areas are not stated in any document held and should be verified against the title deed and a measured plan before committing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Forte brochure, FORTE_BROCHURE_LOW.pdf (Opera District location, design by Nikken Sekkei, two towers of 70 and 50 floors, approximately 850 units, one to four-bedroom mix, one-bedroom units from 600 sq ft, podium retail over five levels, pool, kids' pool, gym, playground, library and 12,000 sq m museum of modern art, five basement parking levels, interior materials).
Emaar — Forte floor-plan pack, FORTE_FLOOR_PLANS.pdf (two and three-bedroom layout types A, B and C by unit number, tier and level: Tier 01 at levels 07–29 and 31–52, Tier 02 at levels 54–62. The pack publishes no areas).
PropSearch — Forte project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/forte (September 2016 construction start and June 2023 completion, 2026 transaction data, current sale and rental listing counts).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Downtown Dubai) — live feed pending.

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AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Forte is in the Downtown Dubai area.

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Area: Downtown Dubai

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

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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 Forte 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 Forte as Jun 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 Forte, 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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