The Residences Tower 8, Downtown Dubai
The Residences 8, also known as Burj Residence 8, is a 35-storey Emaar Properties tower in Downtown Dubai, part of the nine-tower Residences complex near Burj Khalifa and Burj Park, completed in 2007 with one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Live listings on Trip.com and Expedia already show short-term stays operating inside the building today, and Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a unit for a fee from 15%.
Floors
35
Developer
Emaar Properties
Completed
2007
Units
1,085 (masterplan total, see note)
Area
Downtown Dubai (Old Town Island)
About The Residences 8
The Residences 8, also referred to as Burj Residence 8, is a 35-storey residential tower developed by Emaar Properties, one of nine numbered towers that together make up The Residences on Old Town Island in Downtown Dubai. The wider masterplan sits on a curving landscaped podium facing Burj Khalifa, Burj Lake and Burj Park, with construction beginning in 2004 and Residences 8 itself completed by 2007, putting it alongside the complex's earlier-delivered towers rather than the newer Opera District developments nearby.
Property portals do not report a unit count specific to Residences 8 on its own. Emaar's masterplan-level figures put the entire nine-tower complex at 1,056 apartments plus 29 town houses, a combined 1,085 units across all nine buildings, so treating that total as a single-tower figure would overstate Residences 8 itself. The safest reading is that Residences 8 is one large, well-established tower within a much bigger masterplan rather than a building with 1,085 units of its own.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Residences 8 sits on Old Town Island, within about a five-minute drive of Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, next to Al Saaha Offices and the wider Old Town retail area. The Residences masterplan functions as a self-contained community, with four levels of parking and round-the-clock concierge and security shared across the nine towers. For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Downtown Dubai covers licensing and demand across the wider district.
Other Downtown Dubai towers covered separately on royalestays.com include Burj Vista Tower 1, The Lofts West Tower, and Boulevard Heights 1, each with its own location, layout and unit mix within the wider district.
Unit Types
Residences 8 offers one, two and three-bedroom apartments, with spacious layouts, floor-to-ceiling windows and modern finishes. Two and three-bedroom units come with multiple en-suite bathrooms, a guest bathroom, and in the larger three-bedroom layouts, utility and storage rooms. Higher floors typically carry direct Burj Khalifa or Downtown skyline views, a common driver of premium pricing in this stretch of Old Town Island.
Amenities
Residents have access to a swimming pool with a separate kids' pool, a fully equipped gym, squash and badminton courts, sauna, jacuzzi and steam room, a library, a mini theatre and a day-care/kids' play area, alongside a 24-hour concierge desk, business centre and event/meeting rooms, pet-friendly policies, four levels of parking, and CCTV, backup generators and round-the-clock security.
Transportation & Access
Old Town Island sits within comfortable walking distance of the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro station, with Sheikh Zayed Road close by for anyone driving, the same access point most Downtown Dubai addresses rely on. Dubai International Airport is roughly 20 to 25 minutes away by car outside of peak traffic.
Rental & Price Trends
No independently verified sale or rental transaction figures specific to Residences 8 were available when this guide was researched, only live portal listing snapshots that change constantly, and inventing a number from those would help nobody. Owners weighing a specific unit's numbers can run their own scenario through Royale Stays' ROI calculator, which works from the figures you actually have rather than a portal average.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Residences 8 already has real, external evidence of live short-term letting: current listings on Trip.com under the name '1-bedroom apartment in The Residence Tower 8 by Deluxe Holiday Homes' and on Expedia under 'Gorgeous 1-Bedroom In The Residence Tower 8' both show apartments inside this specific tower being actively rented to guests today, independently of anything Royale Stays has done. Because Residences 8 is developed by Emaar rather than Vida, the only confirmed prohibited brand for short-term letting, there is no policy reason its apartments can't be run as licensed holiday homes.
Royale Stays does not have earnings data specific to Residences 8 itself, but Downtown Dubai apartments broadly earn AED 90,000 to AED 180,000 or more a year on Airbnb depending on size and management quality, per Royale Stays' own Downtown Dubai Airbnb income data: one-bedroom units typically rent for AED 500 to 750 a night (roughly AED 130,000 to 175,000 a year), two-bedroom units for AED 850 to 1,300 a night (roughly AED 190,000 to 280,000 a year), and three-bedroom units for AED 1,400 to 2,200 a night (roughly AED 300,000 to 430,000 a year), matching Residences 8's own one, two and three-bedroom unit mix.
Royale Stays manages the full short-term rental process end to end, from furnishing and photography to pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance, for a fee from 15%. Owners considering Residences 8 for short-term rental can review Royale Stays' full operational approach in its guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free earnings estimate.
Income context reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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