The Community Motor City

The Community Motor City is a co-living residential building by AQUA Properties, situated in Dubai Motor City and scheduled for completion in December 2025. Currently past the halfway point in construction at just over 50 per cent progress, it operates under escrow account 019500000348 and carries a service charge of 14 AED per square foot.

# The building and its position in Motor City

Motor City occupies a mid-city corridor roughly 20 kilometres from Downtown Dubai, its grid of streets named after circuits and driving legends. The district reads as residential rather than transient: low-to-mid-rise buildings, dedicated green belts, and a layout scaled for daily life rather than spectacle.

The Community Motor City is a single building. AQUA Properties developed an earlier project under the same Community brand, and this Motor City iteration extends that co-living format into the district. The concept centres on shared amenity space and a service-charge-inclusive model designed to suit residents who want hotel-level facilities without hotel-level pricing.

# Specification and finish inside the residences

Kitchen appliances are fitted as standard. The residences are otherwise unfurnished, giving owners scope to configure interiors to their own brief.

On the finish side, the developer specifies full-body porcelain tiles from Living Ceramic, a Spanish manufacturer known in the contract-fit market, across walls and floors. Sanitary ware and brassware come from International Water and Wellness, also Spanish. Both choices reflect a specification tier above the Dubai mid-market norm, where imported European fittings at this price point are not automatic.

No unit sizes or counts have been publicly confirmed at this stage.

# Amenities across the podium and grounds

The building's shared facilities cover most bases for an active resident. An infinity pool anchors the outdoor offer. A jogging track, badminton court, and panel court address sport. The gym is on-site. Two features stand out for a co-living format: an open-air chess area and an open-air golf simulator, both of which function as social infrastructure rather than purely fitness amenity.

Retail stores are embedded within the development, reducing the number of trips residents need to make for routine purchases.

# Getting around: proximity to schools, leisure and the city

The Ribbon Mall sits 200 metres from the building, a one-minute drive. Dubai Autodrome is 2.5 kilometres away, a five-minute drive, and consistent with the district's motorsport identity. Dwight School Dubai, an IB-curriculum international school, is 4.6 kilometres out, roughly ten minutes by car, which is a material consideration for families evaluating the address.

Downtown Dubai is 20.8 kilometres away, a 22-minute drive in typical conditions. Sufouh Beach, the quieter stretch of coastline behind the Mall of the Emirates corridor, is 12.2 kilometres and about 15 minutes. Neither destination is walking distance, so a car or reliable rideshare habit is assumed.

# Who this building suits and where it sits in the Dubai market

The co-living format at The Community Motor City is not primarily aimed at long-term owner-occupiers. The model suits single professionals and younger couples who want managed communal space without committing to the cost of a larger apartment. For investors, the appeal is the rental positioning: co-living units in serviced buildings tend to achieve yields that exceed conventional apartments in the same district, because the all-in cost to the tenant remains competitive relative to comparable serviced options closer to the centre.

Motor City itself trades at a meaningful discount to Downtown, Business Bay, and Dubai Marina, which is precisely why mid-budget tenants arrive here. The combination of a branded co-living operator, European finish specification, and a service charge already priced at 14 AED per square foot gives investors a reasonably clear picture of the running costs before committing.