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The Opus by Omniyat, Business Bay
A Zaha Hadid-designed twin-tower landmark in Business Bay, home to the ME Dubai hotel and 96 serviced residences: what owners should know about the building and short-term rental income, from a 15% fee.
Developer
Omniyat
Architect
Zaha Hadid Architects
Storeys
20-22*
Residences
96 (serviced)
Area
Business Bay
*Sources report the storey count inconsistently; range shown rather than a single unverified figure.
About The Opus by Omniyat
The Opus by Omniyat is a twin-tower landmark in Business Bay, designed entirely by Zaha Hadid, holding 96 serviced residences alongside the ME Dubai by Melia hotel.
Omniyat developed the building on Al A'amal Street in the Burj Khalifa district, on the Dubai Water Canal side of Business Bay. The two towers rise as a single carved cube, linked by a four-storey atrium at ground level and a three-storey sky bridge 71 metres up. Zaha Hadid designed both the architecture and the interiors down to the bathroom fixtures, the only building where her studio worked at that level of detail. Sources report the tower at 20 to 22 storeys inconsistently, so this guide states a range rather than a single unverified figure. ArchDaily's own project data records construction completion in 2019, while the ME Dubai hotel itself opened March 1, 2020, the better-corroborated date used here as the anchor fact.
The Opus by Omniyat is unrelated to Magnum Opus Bay or Magnum Opus Tower, two separate commercial office buildings from a different developer that happen to share part of the name, one of them also in Business Bay.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Opus sits on Al A'amal Street in the Burj Khalifa district of Business Bay, on the Dubai Water Canal, with Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa a short drive away. For a full picture of Airbnb management across the area, see Royale Stays' Business Bay Airbnb property management guide.
The Opus joins Royale Stays' wider Business Bay Building Guide cluster, alongside The Pad by Omniyat, another Omniyat-developed tower in the same community, and DAMAC Maison Canal Views, on the same Dubai Water Canal waterfront. A third Omniyat tower Royale Stays covers, The Anwa by Omniyat, sits further out on the Dubai Maritime City waterfront.
Unit Types
The Opus Residences comprise 96 fully-furnished units: one, two and three-bedroom apartments plus two and three-bedroom penthouses and duplex or triplex layouts, with published sizes ranging from 984 to 4,436 square feet. Separately, the ME Dubai hotel operates 74 rooms and 19 suites, a total of 93 keys. These are two distinct inventories under one roof, not the same units marketed two different ways. One press report additionally describes a single penthouse reaching over 12,000 square feet, though this figure has not been independently confirmed by a second source.
Amenities
Shared amenities at The Opus include an indoor swimming pool, a spa and gym, 24-hour concierge and valet parking, and dining that includes ROKA's Japanese robatayaki restaurant and MAINE Land Brasserie, all shared across the residential and hotel sides of the building. Owners and prospective renters should confirm current on-site facilities directly with the building's management, since amenity offerings can change over time, and since hotel and residential floors may have different access arrangements to some facilities.
Transportation & Access
Business Bay Metro Station is the closest station to The Opus, with Downtown Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road and the Dubai Water Canal promenade all within a short drive or walk.
Rental & Price Trends
Per Bayut's own live listing data, apartments at The Opus rent for roughly AED 185,000 to AED 650,000 a year, averaging around AED 301,309, Bayut's own aggregate across current listings, not a Royale Stays estimate. Both Bayut and Property Finder carry an active, ongoing resale and rental market for Opus apartments, evidence of the same liquidity that supports a short-term rental conversion. Owners considering a unit at The Opus can run their own numbers through Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator for a unit-specific estimate.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
The Opus Residences are marketed as serviced residences under ME Dubai Hotel management with tiered service packages, not as plain unencumbered freehold apartments, so this is not a building where any owner can simply hand keys to any manager with no further step. Royale Stays cannot apply for a DTCM holiday home permit directly as an outside operator in this hotel-branded building: instead, the building's own management company arranges the permit once Royale Stays reaches out on the owner's behalf, the same route already used successfully at Paramount Tower Hotel & Residences elsewhere in Business Bay. Royale Stays' guide to the Dubai holiday home permit covers what the process and fees generally involve.
Real evidence this route works in practice: an independent short-term rental operator not affiliated with the hotel, Deluxe Holiday Homes, already markets at least one specific Opus apartment publicly, a useful sign for owners weighing the option, though it should be read as an observed case, not the norm. Business Bay is one of Royale Stays' core management areas: furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance are handled end to end, from a 15% fee, as part of the wider Royale Stays Dubai Airbnb management service.
Owners ready to explore what their Opus residence could do can submit their property for a management review to get a clearer read on its Airbnb potential.
Royale Stays does not yet have Opus-specific portfolio data to draw on for this guide; this section reflects the currently available public STR signal only, reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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