Vela Viento

Vela Viento is a single tower by Omniyat, rising in Business Bay and designed by Foster + Partners, offering 12 fully furnished residences across two, three, and four-bedroom configurations, with interiors conceived by the Parisian studio Gilles & Boissier.

# The Tower and Its Position in Business Bay

Foster + Partners has given Vela Viento a language of horizontal lines and continuous curves, a compositional logic that connects it visually to other Omniyat properties along the Marasi waterfront, including Vela and The Lana hotel. The result is a tower with a sculptural coherence that reads differently from the generic glass rectangles that populate much of Business Bay.

At roughly 18 per cent complete as of current reporting, with handover scheduled for December 2028, the project is early in its construction cycle. That timeline suits buyers entering now for capital positioning rather than immediate occupation.

Business Bay sits directly south of Downtown Dubai, separated from it by the Dubai Canal. The district has matured considerably over the past decade, shifting from a largely commercial address to one that supports genuine mixed-use living. The canal frontage along Marasi Drive has become one of the more sought-after residential corridors in the city.

# Residences: Scale, Layout and Finish

With just 12 residences across a single building, the ratio of space to occupancy is deliberately extreme. Two-bedroom apartments start at approximately 3,862 square feet. Three-bedroom units range from around 5,369 to 5,441 square feet. Four-bedroom residences reach up to 10,280 square feet, priced at AED 78 million.

That floor-plate scale puts even the entry configurations well beyond what most Dubai towers describe as a large apartment.

All residences are delivered fully furnished, designed and specified by Gilles & Boissier. The studio is known for work that draws on French classical proportion while remaining firmly contemporary in material selection. Kitchens are fitted and equipped. Select residences include private terrace pools and double-height internal volumes. The developer's description of "hanging dining rooms" formed by the structural voids between tower elements applies to three specific residences, creating spaces that open directly to the sky on multiple sides.

Pricing runs from approximately AED 21.8 million for a two-bedroom unit to AED 78 million for the largest four-bedroom residence.

# Amenities at the Sky Deck and Below

The amenity offering is concentrated at two levels. At ground and podium level, residents have access to an indoor lap pool, a children's pool, a private spa, and meeting rooms.

The more architecturally distinctive provision sits at the Sky Amenities Deck, positioned at around 100 metres, roughly halfway up the building's height. There, an infinity-edge pool overlooks the Burj Khalifa and Marasi Bay. The deck also holds a double-height gym and a dedicated yoga studio. The elevation gives these spaces a different quality from the ground-level amenity decks common in the district; light and sightlines shift substantially at that height.

# Location: Canal Frontage, Downtown Access and Service Charge Context

Business Bay's proximity to Downtown Dubai remains its primary locational argument. The Dubai Mall, the Burj Khalifa, and the main concentration of Dubai's five-star hotel corridor along Sheikh Zayed Road are all within a short drive. The canal itself is walkable from the Marasi waterfront.

The service charge is set at AED 40 per square foot annually. For a four-bedroom unit at 10,280 square feet, that amounts to approximately AED 411,200 per year. Buyers should factor that figure into any yield or holding-cost calculation. It reflects the intensity of amenity and management that a 12-unit building with this specification requires.

# Who Vela Viento Is Built For

Twelve units across one tower is a deliberate choice, not a constraint of the site. Omniyat has consistently used low unit counts to create buildings that function closer to private residences than conventional apartment blocks. Vela Viento continues that approach.

The buyer profile this attracts is typically someone for whom Dubai represents a second or third home rather than a primary residence: a GCC family wanting a Dubai base with genuine space, or a European or Asian buyer seeking a fully managed, turnkey asset in a city where the structural tax and residency incentives remain compelling. At AED 25 million to AED 78 million, the price band overlaps with what comparable floor area would cost in Mayfair or the 8th arrondissement, but without the fiscal drag.

The 2028 completion date gives buyers a four-year horizon. For those comfortable with that timeline, the construction-phase entry pricing and the scarcity of the product combine to make Vela Viento one of the more considered positions available in the current Business Bay pipeline.