CompletedDowntown Dubai

Il Primo

Il Primo by Emaar: large-format 4–6 bedroom apartments and duplexes beside Dubai Opera and the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2022 and trading on the secondary market.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 27.90M

CompletedDec 2022

StatusCompleted

CommunityDowntown Dubai

Overview

Project brief

LARGE-FORMAT RESIDENCES BESIDE DUBAI OPERA AND THE BURJ KHALIFA

Il Primo is a super-prime 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. It is a small, tightly held building of large-format homes, positioned for direct views of the Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Fountain and Dubai Opera, and aimed at buyers seeking substantial floor areas at the centre of the city.

Per the Emaar brochure, the tower rises 77 storeys and holds four, five and six-bedroom apartments together with duplex units, ranging from 5,253 sq ft to 11,550 sq ft and occupying half or full floors. Residents have a dedicated concierge desk in the lobby, and a separate staff entrance keeps service traffic off the residential circulation. PropSearch records the completed building as holding 116 residences above six basement levels.

Construction completed in December 2022, so the tower trades on the secondary market rather than off-plan. Figures below reflect completed-building resale data rather than a developer launch.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Il Primo
Developer	Emaar
Community	Opera District, Downtown Dubai
Type	4, 5 & 6-Bedroom Apartments & Duplexes
Building	77 storeys
Unit sizes	5,253 – 11,550 sq ft, half or full floor
Basement levels	Six (per PropSearch)
Total units	116 (per PropSearch)
Status	Completed / handed over (2022)
Indicative resale entry	From approximately AED 27.9 million (4-bed)

Storey count, unit mix and size range per the Emaar brochure. Completed building; resale availability and pricing vary by unit, floor and view, and are confirmed on request.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Unit type	Area published by Emaar	Floor plate
4-Bedroom	Published as one range across all types: 5,253 – 11,550 sq ft	Half or full floor
5-Bedroom	As above	Half or full floor
6-Bedroom	As above	Half or full floor
Duplex	As above	Half or full floor

Per the Emaar brochure, which publishes a single size range across the four, five and six-bedroom and duplex types rather than a per-type table. Areas for a specific unit are confirmed on request.

AMENITIES

Dedicated concierge desk in the lobby, with a separate staff entrance
Infinity pool at the foot of the Burj Khalifa
Gym
Cigar lounge
Games room
Library
Movie theatre
Golf simulator
Podium of amenities with on-site dining and retail, and direct access to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard

Per the Emaar brochure.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Il Primo 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

Il Primo 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 tower, Il Primo carries none of the completion uncertainty of an off-plan purchase.

LOCATION: THE OPERA DISTRICT, MINUTES FROM THE BURJ KHALIFA

Il Primo sits in the Opera District at the centre of Downtown Dubai, alongside Dubai Opera and within a short walk of the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, with direct views 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

Owner-occupation — a large-format home for buyers seeking substantial floor areas and landmark views at the centre of Downtown.
Buy-and-hold — a tightly held building of half and full-floor homes, where limited supply underpins the prime-end resale market; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Secondary-market entry — as a delivered tower, units can be inspected before purchase, unlike an off-plan launch.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Prime-market liquidity — very high-value, large-format units transact less frequently and with wider price dispersion; entry and exit should be assessed on the specific unit, not averages.
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.
Service charges — super-prime Downtown towers typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Concentration — with a small number of half and full-floor units, resale evidence is thin; recent comparable transactions should be weighed carefully.
No published area table — Emaar publishes a single size range across all types rather than a per-type table; the area for a specific unit should be verified against the title deed and a measured plan before committing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Il Primo brochure, OD_IL_PRIMO_BROCHURE.pdf (77 storeys; four, five and six-bedroom and duplex mix; 5,253–11,550 sq ft size range on half or full floors; dedicated concierge desk and separate staff entrance; gym, cigar lounge, games room, library, movie theatre, golf simulator and infinity pool; Opera District and Downtown Dubai context, Dubai Opera as a 2,000-seat venue, Downtown Dubai at 2 square kilometres, Burj Khalifa Lake at 30 acres, 10 minutes to Dubai International Airport and 5 minutes to DIFC).
PropSearch — Il Primo project page: https://propsearch.ae/dubai/il-primo (six basement levels, 116 units, December 2022 completion, and 2025–2026 transaction prices and PSF including the 2019 off-plan sale).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Downtown Dubai) — live feed pending.

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AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Il Primo 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 Il Primo 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 Il Primo 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 Il Primo, 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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