The Quayside

The Quayside is a single residential tower by Ellington Properties situated in Business Bay, offering two-bedroom semi-furnished apartments priced from AED 3.77 million. Scheduled for completion in Q1 2026, the building is currently 36 per cent complete and remains on sale.

# The tower and its position in Business Bay

Business Bay occupies the stretch of Dubai that runs along the Dubai Canal between Downtown and the older commercial districts to the south-east. It is dense, central and genuinely mixed-use, with office towers, hotels and residential buildings sharing the same grid. Ellington has built a reputation in Dubai for developments that prioritise interior finish and communal design over sheer scale, and The Quayside fits that pattern: a single building, four available units, a restrained footprint.

The canal corridor gives Business Bay a waterfront character that distinguishes it from the purely landlocked parts of the city. Marasi Drive, the boardwalk promenade running along the canal, sits roughly six minutes by car from the tower.

# Residences: layouts, sizes and specification

All available units are two-bedroom apartments, each measuring 1,420 square feet. Pricing across the available inventory runs from AED 3.77 million to AED 3.91 million, with a service charge of AED 18 per square foot per year.

The apartments are delivered semi-furnished. Kitchen specification includes a gas stove, oven, fridge, freezer, microwave and dishwasher, which narrows the gap between move-in and fully operational considerably.

At 1,420 square feet, a two-bedroom here sits at the more generous end of what Business Bay typically delivers in this price range. The floor plate allows for distinct living and dining zones without the compromises common in sub-1,200-square-foot configurations.

# Amenities: the communal offer

The building's amenity programme is varied enough to support different routines. A fitness studio and spa rooms address recovery and exercise. The pool deck and pool loungers, alongside a kids pool, serve the kind of resort-adjacent leisure that buyers relocating from colder climates tend to prioritise.

# Social and outdoor infrastructure

The boardwalk access is a meaningful addition rather than an afterthought, connecting residents directly to the canal-side promenade on foot. The pizza oven and barbeque area, alongside the clubhouse, provide the sort of informal hosting infrastructure that makes a secondary residence feel habitable year-round rather than only during formal occasions. A zen room and EV charging station with bicycle provision complete the picture, the latter reflecting a shift in how Business Bay residents are beginning to move around the district.

# Getting around: distances and connections

The practical geography works well for internationally mobile buyers. Dubai International Airport is 16.6 kilometres away, typically 23 minutes by car. The Burj Khalifa is eight minutes by car. Bay Avenue Mall, a neighbourhood retail strip with supermarkets and restaurants, is 11 minutes away. Jumeirah Beach sits 13 minutes to the west, which makes weekend access to the coast straightforward rather than aspirational.

Canadian Kids Nursery is 300 metres from the building, a detail that matters to buyers arriving with young children and needing immediate schooling infrastructure.

# Who this suits and where it sits in the current market

Ellington's positioning in Dubai sits between the volume developers and the ultra-luxury tier: higher specification than most comparable-price product, smaller community scale, closer attention to material and spatial quality. For a buyer seeking a manageable, low-unit building rather than a 400-apartment complex, that trade-off is the point.

At AED 3.77 million for 1,420 square feet in Business Bay, with a Q1 2026 handover and construction 36 per cent advanced, the project suits buyers who want a defined delivery timeline rather than a distant off-plan horizon. The semi-furnished specification and canal-adjacent location also make it a credible long-term rental asset for investors who do not intend to occupy immediately.