Vela Viento

Vela Viento is a single residential tower by Omniyat in Business Bay, designed by Foster + Partners and furnished by Parisian interior practice Gilles & Boissier. It holds twelve residences, priced from approximately AED 21.8 million to AED 78 million, with completion scheduled for Q1 2027.

# The tower and its position in Business Bay

Foster + Partners gave Vela Viento its horizontal lines and curved geometry, a language the practice also applied to the adjacent Vela tower, and which extends across Omniyat's broader canal-front portfolio including The Lana. The result is a building that reads as deliberately composed rather than incidental, its form recognisable at scale against the Business Bay skyline.

At eighteen per cent complete as of current reporting, the tower is under construction with an escrow account registered under number 1008096859. Business Bay itself sits immediately south of Downtown Dubai, with direct frontage onto the Dubai Water Canal and Marasi Bay. The district has evolved considerably beyond its original commercial brief; today it contains hotel towers, high-density residential and a working restaurant and leisure culture along the waterfront.

# Residences: scale, configuration and finish

Twelve residences across two, three and four-bedroom configurations. Sizes run from 3,862 sq ft at the lower end of the two-bedroom range to 10,280 sq ft for the largest four-bedroom unit. These are not compact apartments designed for yield; they occupy floor plates that would be considered generous even by London or Hong Kong prime standards.

All residences come fully furnished, with interiors by Gilles & Boissier, the Paris-based duo whose work elsewhere in the Omniyat portfolio includes The Lana hotel. The kitchen is equipped as standard.

Pricing reflects the scale. Two-bedroom residences are listed from around AED 21.8 million. Three-bedroom units range from approximately AED 37.5 million to AED 43.1 million. Four-bedroom residences carry prices between AED 51.1 million and AED 78 million. Service charge is fixed at AED 40 per sq ft annually.

# Amenities at elevation

The building's amenity floor sits at the 100-metre mark, roughly halfway up the structure. From there, a double-height gym, yoga studio, indoor lap pool and children's pool, private spa and an infinity-edge pool all face outward across Marasi Bay and the Downtown skyline.

Meeting rooms are also available within the building, acknowledging the practical reality that buyers at this price point often retain a working life alongside their residence.

The amenity programme is deliberately compact. Twelve residences share these facilities rather than hundreds, which is the relevant denominator.

# Business Bay: the canal-front address

The Dubai Water Canal runs directly through Business Bay, and Marasi Bay sits at its broadest point. Views from the upper floors of Vela Viento reach across the canal to Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa. The surrounding streets have matured: restaurants, hotels, and retail now sit within walking distance in a way that was not true of Business Bay a decade ago.

The nearby list for Vela Viento has not been formally published, but the district's proximity to Downtown Dubai, Dubai International Financial Centre and Sheikh Zayed Road is established geography. Business Bay Metro station provides direct rail access.

# Who this building is built for

Twelve units across one tower at this price range is a deliberate constraint. Omniyat has structured Vela Viento as a near-private residence rather than a conventional apartment block, and the unit count alone communicates the intent.

The buyer profile is specific: an individual or family for whom a four-bedroom apartment at 8,000 to 10,000 sq ft represents a primary or secondary residence rather than an investment vehicle. The furnished specification and the Gilles & Boissier commission signal that Omniyat is competing for the same buyer considering a comparable address in Paris's 8th arrondissement, Mayfair or the Peak in Hong Kong. The difference is that Dubai's residential property carries no capital gains tax, and Q1 2027 delivery allows time to plan an occupation schedule around a building that does not yet exist in its finished form.