Kempinski Marina Residences, Dubai Marina
Kempinski Marina Residences is an off-plan residential tower by ABA Group on one of the last remaining waterfront plots in Dubai Marina, developed under an official brand partnership with Kempinski Hotels. Standing 53 storeys with roughly 400 to 450 one to five-bedroom apartments, duplexes, sky villas and penthouses, the building is currently under construction with handover targeted for 2029. Because it carries the Kempinski brand and hotel-style management, the DTCM holiday-home permit here will be arranged through the building's own management company rather than as a standalone owner application once it is delivered, and Royale Stays can support that coordination alongside setup, pricing and guest care for a fee from 15%.
Storeys
53
Developer
ABA Group, Kempinski-branded
Handover
2029 (est.)
Units
Approx. 400-450, 1-5BR + duplexes
Area
Dubai Marina waterfront
About Kempinski Marina Residences
Kempinski Marina Residences is an off-plan residential tower developed by ABA Group under an official brand partnership with Kempinski Hotels, confirmed directly on Kempinski's own corporate site among its upcoming openings. The tower rises 53 storeys on one of the last remaining waterfront plots in Dubai Marina.
The building offers one and two-bedroom apartments alongside two to five-bedroom duplexes, sky villas and a small collection of penthouse suites, with the residential floors featuring vertical gardens and staggered outdoor terraces. Sources vary on the exact unit total, citing figures between 435 and 453; this guide uses approximately 400 to 450 units as an honest range rather than a single unverified number. As with other Kempinski-branded residences elsewhere, ownership here is individual and freehold, with Kempinski providing hotel-style management and services rather than operating a separate hotel wing.
Unit total disclosed as a range (435-453 across different sources, commonly summarised as 'over 400') because public listings have not converged on one figure as of this guide's research date, 2026-09-06.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Kempinski Marina Residences sits directly on the Dubai Marina waterfront, roughly 5 minutes from Dubai Marina Mall, around 10 minutes from Skydive Dubai and Ain Dubai, and about 15 minutes from Palm Jumeirah and Mall of the Emirates.
For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Dubai Marina covers licensing and demand across the community. Other nearby buildings covered separately on royalestays.com include Panoramic Tower, Marina Pearl, and Six Senses Residences. This building is a separate project from the unrelated ‘Marina Residences’ apartment series covered elsewhere on this site, which sits on Palm Jumeirah, not Dubai Marina.
Unit Types
One and two-bedroom apartments run roughly 1,132 to 1,817 sq ft, while two to five-bedroom duplexes range from around 2,001 up to 12,635 sq ft for the largest sky villa and penthouse layouts. A small collection of exclusive penthouse suites tops the building.
Amenities
Planned amenities include an indoor swimming pool, landscaped gardens, a gymnasium, on-site restaurants, a children's play area and CCTV security, alongside the vertical gardens and staggered outdoor terraces built into the tower's residential floors.
Development Timeline & Status
Kempinski Marina Residences is currently under construction, off-plan. Handover is currently targeted for 2029, cited as Q1 2029 by one agent listing and 31 August 2029 in another live listing’s own structured completion data; an earlier estimate of around 2028 appears on some older agent pages and appears to have been superseded. Sales allocation is shown as sold out on at least one major portal as of this guide’s research date.
Because the building has not been delivered, no sale or rental transaction history exists for it yet as a completed tower, so this guide does not publish sale or rental comparables it cannot support with real data.
Future STR Potential
Kempinski Marina Residences is not yet delivered, so there is no current income figure, occupancy data or existing short-term rental listing to report for this building, and Royale Stays does not manage any unit here today. Once handover takes place, owners will need the same building blocks any Dubai Marina holiday home needs: a DTCM holiday home permit, professional photography, dynamic pricing, round-the-clock guest communication, housekeeping between stays and owners’ association coordination.
Because the tower carries the Kempinski brand and hotel-style management, the DTCM holiday-home permit here is expected to be arranged through the building's own management company rather than as a standalone owner application, the same routing already established for other hotel-branded buildings in Dubai. This is a process difference, not a prohibition, which is reserved for Vida-branded buildings only; Kempinski is a separate, unrelated brand. Royale Stays already manages short-term rentals across other Dubai Marina buildings and could extend that same operational model here once delivered, covered in Royale Stays’ guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai. Owners who want an early conversation ahead of handover, or who want to model a scenario using Royale Stays’ ROI calculator, can submit their property for more information.
This section is deliberately written as a future/conditional discussion, not a current-earnings guide. Kempinski Marina Residences has no completed units, no current owners letting short-term, and no Royale Stays-managed unit at this building today.
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