Azizi Riviera 1, Meydan
Azizi Riviera 1 is a 10-storey residential tower in Azizi Riviera, part of the Meydan One community in Mohammed Bin Rashid City. It is one specific, standalone building within Azizi Developments' much larger, roughly 75-tower Riviera masterplan, not the community as a whole, and it holds a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments only. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a unit here for a fee starting from 15%.
Storeys
10
Developer
Azizi Developments
Completed
2024 (handover June 2024)
Units
378 (studio and 1-bedroom only)
Complex
Azizi Riviera (~75-building masterplan)
About the Building
Azizi Riviera 1 is a 10-storey residential tower developed by Azizi Developments, located in Azizi Riviera within the Meydan One community of Mohammed Bin Rashid City (the Dubai Land Department records the immediate community area as Al Merkadh). The building holds 378 units, all studios or one-bedroom apartments, no larger layouts.
Construction began in October 2017 and the building was formally handed over on 1 June 2024, several years later than the community's original estimate, worth stating plainly rather than glossing over. Riviera 1 is one of roughly 75 individually numbered towers across the wider Azizi Riviera masterplan, and this guide covers Building 1 specifically, not the community as a whole or any of the other Riviera towers already covered on this site.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Azizi Riviera sits inside Meydan One, close to Al Khail Road (about a minute's drive) and Meydan Racecourse (about two minutes). Downtown Dubai and Sheikh Zayed Road are both roughly 10 minutes away, Festival City and IKEA around the same, Dubai International Airport about 15 minutes, and Palm Jumeirah about 22 minutes.
Riviera 1 is one of several Azizi-developed towers covered separately on this site, including Azizi Riviera 23, Azizi Riviera 59 and Azizi Riviera 5, each a separate numbered building with its own layout and unit mix.
Unit Types
Every unit in Azizi Riviera 1 is a studio or one-bedroom apartment, one of the more compact unit mixes among the Riviera towers, some of which run up to two or three bedrooms. That makes Riviera 1 particularly suited to solo travellers, couples, or short stays rather than larger family bookings.
Amenities
Residents of the wider Azizi Riviera community have access to a retail boulevard, a lagoon-side promenade with cafes and shops, and Les Jardins, a large landscaped green space, alongside the development's crystal lagoon. Building-specific amenity details for Riviera 1 were not independently confirmed beyond this community-level offering.
Transportation & Access
Riviera 1 is close to Al Khail Road and Meydan Racecourse, putting Downtown Dubai and Sheikh Zayed Road within about 10 minutes by car. There is no Metro station in the immediate area today, a Gold Line extension through MBR City has been discussed as a future improvement, not a current option, so the area should be treated as car-dependent for now.
Rental & Price Trends
Reliable, current resale and rental pricing specific to Azizi Riviera 1 was not independently verified during this research pass. Live Dubai Land Department transaction data does show ongoing sale and mortgage activity in the building, confirming an active resale market, but this guide does not state a specific AED/sq ft figure without a verified source. Owners considering a unit here can run their own numbers through Royale Stays' ROI calculator.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Azizi Riviera 1 is a standard freehold residential building, so the normal route applies: a DTCM holiday-home permit, arranged through Royale Stays' holiday home permit guide, and a licensed operator handling furnishing, pricing, guest communication and maintenance for a fee starting from 15%. There is already a visible booking-platform presence tied to this address, a direct booking.com listing appeared in the fresh SERP pull for this exact keyword, consistent with real short-term-rental activity already happening in the building.
Azizi is a private developer, not a hotel brand: there is no policy reason, unlike Vida, the site's only confirmed prohibited brand, that Azizi Riviera 1 apartments can't be run as licensed holiday homes. Royale Stays' Airbnb management services cover furnishing, photography, dynamic pricing, guest communications, check-in and maintenance coordination. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free assessment.
Income context reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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