Building · Business Bay
Properties for sale in Central 1
Nothing for sale here with McCone right now — 1,099 sales are on record at the Dubai Land Department, below.
The recorded market
Price per square foot, by year
The median of every sale registered at the Dubai Land Department here. Not asking prices.
The low was 2020 at AED 985 a square foot, and it has recovered 149% since.
What sells here
By size
Registered sales in the last three years. Sizes are the registered floor area.
| Layout | Typical size | Median price | Per sq ft | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 B/R | 705 sqft | 1,662,500 | 2,361 | 70 |
| 3 B/R | 1,557 sqft | 2,875,000 | 1,846 | 7 |
Layouts that have sold fewer than five times in three years are left out — too few to quote a median, so we do not guess at one.
Every sale, as registered
Recent sales in Central 1
The last transfers recorded at the Dubai Land Department, newest first.
| Date | Layout | Size | Price | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | 1 B/R | 650 | 1,600,000 | 2,460 |
| 1 Apr 2026 | 1 B/R | 857 | 1,520,665 | 1,775 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 1 B/R | 708 | 2,020,000 | 2,853 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 1 B/R | 650 | 1,590,000 | 2,445 |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 1 B/R | 857 | 2,130,000 | 2,486 |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 1 B/R | 857 | 2,025,000 | 2,364 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 1 B/R | 705 | 1,775,000 | 2,519 |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 1 B/R | 705 | 1,620,000 | 2,299 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 2 B/R | 1,199 | 2,850,000 | 2,378 |
| 9 Dec 2025 | 1 B/R | 651 | 1,225,000 | 1,882 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | 1 B/R | 705 | 2,000,000 | 2,838 |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 1 B/R | 857 | 1,720,000 | 2,008 |
How often it trades
Sales per year
Off-plan sales dominate a building’s first years; resales take over after handover.Off-planResale
Of the 1,099 sales on record, 388 were bought off-plan from the developer and 711 were resales of a finished home. The changeover in 2013 is the handover. The 2026 bar is part-year.
In context
Where it sits in Business Bay
Central 1 is the 49th most expensive of the 107 Business Bay buildings with at least fifteen recorded sales in the last year. These are its immediate neighbours on price.
| Rank | Building | Sales, 12 months | Median per sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Trillionaire Residences | 41 | 2,334 |
| 47 | MAG 318 | 27 | 2,317 |
| 48 | Damac Maison Prive A | 37 | 2,309 |
| 49 | Central 1 | 23 | 2,299 |
| 50 | West Five Business Bay Residences | 18 | 2,289 |
| 51 | Luxury Family Residence II | 22 | 2,257 |
| 52 | Royal Regency Suites Tower One | 39 | 2,240 |
Business Bay as a whole: AED 2,574 a square foot across 7,516 sales in the last twelve months.