CompletedDowntown Dubai

Grande Signature Residences

Grande Signature Residences at the Opera District by Emaar: 2 and 3-bedroom apartments and 4-bedroom penthouses in a 71-storey tower beside Dubai Opera and the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2022 and trading on the secondary market.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 4.30M

CompletedJun 2022

StatusCompleted

CommunityDowntown Dubai

Overview

Project brief

A 71-STOREY TOWER BESIDE DUBAI OPERA AT THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Grande is a residential tower by Emaar in the Opera District of Downtown Dubai — Emaar's flagship district around the Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, Dubai Opera and Burj Park. The Signature Residences are the upgraded collection within the tower, finished with ceramic tiles, wood veneer and stone floors. The building sits within the Lakefront Promenade above the Opera District, with views of the Burj Khalifa, Burj Park and the Dubai Fountain.

Per the Emaar brochure, Grande stands 71 storeys high, and the Signature Residences occupy the high floors: 2 and 3-bedroom apartments on floors 10 to 30, and 4-bedroom penthouses on floors 70 and 71. The Emaar floor plans give total areas of 1,137.10 to 1,245.17 sq ft for the two-bedroom layouts, 1,861.40 sq ft for the three-bedroom, and 2,318.12 to 2,688.18 sq ft for the four-bedroom penthouses. Shared amenities are an infinity pool and deck, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, a yoga room, a kids' playground and barbeque areas.

The tower is walkable to the district's anchors: per the brochure, 2 minutes to Dubai Opera, 3 minutes to the Burj Khalifa and 4 minutes to The Dubai Mall on foot, with a metro station 5 minutes' walk away, DIFC 5 minutes' drive and Dubai International Airport 15 minutes' drive.

Construction ran from October 2017 to June 2022, 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	Grande / Grande Signature Residences
Developer	Emaar
Community	Opera District, Downtown Dubai
Type	2 & 3-Bedroom Apartments and 4-Bedroom Penthouses
Building	Grande tower, 71 storeys
Signature Residences floors	Apartments on floors 10 – 30; penthouses on floors 70 and 71
Basement levels	Five (per PropSearch)
Status	Completed / handed over (2022)
Indicative resale entry	From approximately AED 4.3 million (2-bed, per PropSearch)

Storey count, collection floors, mix and amenities per the Emaar brochure; areas per the Emaar floor plans. Completed building; resale availability and pricing vary by unit, floor and view, and are confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Unit type	Suite area (sq ft)	Balcony area (sq ft)	Total area (sq ft)
2-Bedroom	1,071.98 – 1,124.29	65.12 – 161.89	1,137.10 – 1,245.17
3-Bedroom	1,756.67	104.73	1,861.40
4-Bedroom penthouse	2,112.42 – 2,482.27	173.51 – 330.45	2,318.12 – 2,688.18

Per the Emaar floor-plan pack, at the decimal precision Emaar publishes. The apartment plates are drawn for levels 4–52 and the penthouse plates for the penthouse level; the brochure places the Signature Residences collection itself on floors 10–30 for apartments and floors 70 and 71 for penthouses. The typical-floor plates cover units 3 to 10 — six two-bedroom and two three-bedroom homes to a floor — and the penthouse plates cover units 1 to 4. Ranges are given per column across the layouts in the pack. Emaar publishes no project-wide unit total and states actual areas may vary from those stated.

AMENITIES

Infinity pool and deck
State-of-the-art fitness centre
Yoga room
Kids' playground
Barbeque areas

Per the Emaar brochure.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Grande Signature Residences 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

Grande 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, Grande carries none of the completion uncertainty of an off-plan purchase.

LOCATION: THE OPERA DISTRICT, MINUTES FROM THE BURJ KHALIFA

Grande sits in the Opera District at the centre of Downtown Dubai, a short walk from Dubai Opera, the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, with a direct outlook over the Dubai Fountain and Burj Park. Sheikh Zayed Road, DIFC and Business Bay are all minutes away. The position combines a cultural, walkable setting with the connectivity of the central district.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a central Downtown address beside Dubai Opera supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a move-in-ready home in an established, fully serviced tower with fountain and Burj Khalifa views.
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 stock prices at a premium for its views and location; 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 has a continuing delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers nearby can affect resale and rental pricing.
Collection versus tower — Emaar's Signature Residences collection covers 2 and 3-bedroom apartments and 4-bedroom penthouses only; transaction records for the wider Grande tower also include one-bedroom homes, so comparables should be checked against the specific floor and layout rather than the building name.
No published price list or unit total — Emaar publishes areas and the mix but no prices or project-wide unit count in the documents held; the resale figures below are PropSearch-derived and should be verified before committing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Grande Signature Residences brochure, GRANDE_SIGNATURE_RESIDENCES_BROCHURE_EN.pdf (Grande at 71 storeys; 2 and 3-bedroom apartments on floors 10–30 and 4-bedroom penthouses on floors 70 and 71; ceramic tile, wood veneer and stone-floor interiors; infinity pool and deck, fitness centre, yoga room, kids' playground and barbeque areas; Lakefront Promenade and Opera District position; walking and driving times to Dubai Opera, the Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall, the metro, DIFC and Dubai International Airport; Dubai Opera as a 2,000-seat multi-format venue; The Dubai Mall at over 1,300 shops).
Emaar — Grande Signature Residences floor plans, GRANDE_SIGNATURE_RESIDENCES_FLOOR_PLANS.pdf (per-unit suite, balcony and total areas for the two and three-bedroom typical-floor layouts, units 3–10 on levels 4–52, and for the four penthouse units).
PropSearch — Grande at The Opera District project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/grande-at-the-opera-district (five basement levels, October 2017 construction start and June 2022 completion, and 2026 transaction prices and PSF).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Downtown Dubai) — live feed pending.

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Grande Signature Residences is in the Downtown Dubai area.

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Area: Downtown Dubai

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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 Grande Signature Residences 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 Grande Signature Residences as Jun 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 Grande Signature Residences, 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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