The St. Regis Residences, Downtown Dubai

The brand relationship is documented as a licence. Emaar states that the residences are not owned, developed or sold by Marriott International, and that Emaar uses the St. Regis marks under a licence from Marriott, the same sentence Marriott heads its whole branded-residences portfolio with, including properties it demonstrably services, so that wording on its own settles little either way. Marriott carries the property in its residences directory, and the towers offer concierge services, a butler service, guest suites and residential lounges. Whether there is a management agreement, a residential services agreement or a brand-supplied residential manager is to be confirmed.

Emaar sold the towers out at developer level, and Marriott's directory marks the Downtown Dubai entry as sold out, so every purchase runs through the aftermarket. One qualification matters. Marriott's directory also carries a second Dubai row, The St. Regis Residences, Financial Center Road, marked available; Emaar's own project page sits on Financial Center Road, so the two rows are very likely one property. Nobody should read this page as proof that no primary St. Regis stock exists in Dubai, and we check the position with Emaar directly.

Handover is scheduled, not delivered. Emaar's key-information block gives a delivery date of Q4 2026 and an expected completion of 25 December 2026, while its description text still reads Q4 2025: the date has already slipped once. The towers had not been handed over at the time of writing.

The resale market is wide and the asking figures in circulation disagree with one another, which makes any single headline figure an artefact rather than a market price. The same unit is routinely offered by several brokers at once, so counts of homes on the market overstate available stock, and whole-building lots sit at the top of the range as a ceiling that is not an apartment price. Dubai advertising rules require a per-advertisement permit, so we quote the market on introduction rather than on the page.

Title is freehold, confirmed in the developer's project information. The entry end of the resale market has sat below Emaar's original launch price, which should be tested against what a given seller paid. The service charge is to be confirmed, and for a two-tower branded property that is the first number a buyer should establish.