Waldorf Astoria Residences, Palm Jumeirah
Waldorf Astoria Residences is a standalone branded-residence development on Palm Jumeirah's Crescent, comprising 104 homes across eight low-rise buildings next to the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. Royale Stays manages Palm Jumeirah short-term rentals from a fee starting from 15%.
Location
Palm Jumeirah Crescent
Units
104 homes, 3-5BR + penthouses
Layout
8 low-rise buildings ("mansions")
Product type
Serviced apartments (not villas)
About Waldorf Astoria Residences
Waldorf Astoria Residences is a standalone residential development on the Crescent of Palm Jumeirah, built next to the existing Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel and sharing access to some of the hotel's amenities. It is a distinct product from the hotel itself: the hotel is a six-storey property that opened in 2014, while the Residences is a separately developed, individually owned branded-residence project comprising 104 homes spread across eight low-rise buildings, marketed as "mansions." Homes range from three to five-bedroom apartments up to multi-storey penthouses.
The project's landscape and site planning were handled by CONDE Urban Design in collaboration with LW Design Group, working for a client recorded as SHUAA in partnership with the Waldorf Astoria brand. This developer attribution comes from a single design-firm source and has not been independently corroborated by a second source, so treat it as indicative rather than fully confirmed. A firm completion or handover date for this specific development has not been independently confirmed either; treat any listing site's handover estimate as a target date rather than a guarantee until Royale Stays can verify it directly.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Waldorf Astoria Residences sits on Palm Jumeirah's Crescent, the outer breakwater of the island, directly beside the Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah hotel. From here it is a short drive to Atlantis The Palm and Nakheel Mall at the trunk of the Palm, and roughly 20 to 30 minutes by car to Dubai Marina or Downtown Dubai depending on traffic.
The "Waldorf Astoria Residences" name is used for more than one Dubai project, so it is worth being precise: this guide covers only the Palm Jumeirah Crescent development. A separate, unrelated Waldorf Astoria Residences tower exists in Business Bay (developed by NABNI Developments), and another unrelated Waldorf Astoria Residences project exists in Al Hamra Village, Ras Al Khaimah, an entirely different emirate. None of the figures in this guide apply to either of those projects.
Nearby on the same stretch of the Crescent, Royale Stays also covers One Crescent, another Crescent-area building in our Palm Jumeirah Building Guide series.
Unit Types
Waldorf Astoria Residences comprises 104 individually owned homes spread across eight low-rise buildings, ranging from three to five-bedroom apartments up to multi-storey penthouses. This is a serviced-apartment product, not a villa community: Royale Stays currently manages Palm Jumeirah apartments and does not yet manage Palm Jumeirah villas, so this building falls squarely within Royale Stays' existing Palm Jumeirah service line.
Amenities
Reported amenities include a 200-metre infinity pool, a rooftop bar, a residents' lounge, a private cinema and music studio, a 43,000 square foot spa and fitness centre, a kids' club, a business club, guest suites, valet and concierge services, and smart-home systems fitted as standard. The project's own landscape designers describe a deliberate separation between resident-facing spaces (a dedicated Fitness Center and Club Room, a Lounge Pool and terrace) and the neighbouring hotel's guest areas, intended to give residents privacy from hotel guests while still sharing the site's sea views.
Transportation & Access
Palm Jumeirah has no Dubai Metro station of its own, so most residents and guests use private car, taxi or ride-hailing apps such as Careem to reach Waldorf Astoria Residences, with the Palm Monorail available for getting around the island itself. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 30 to 40 minutes by car depending on traffic, with Al Maktoum International (DWC) a longer drive.
Rental & Price Trends
No Waldorf Astoria Residences-specific short-term rental data has been published, and the building's own handover status is not independently confirmed, so the figures below are Palm Jumeirah area-blended averages provided as planning context only: two-bedroom units average around AED 1,423 a night at 88 percent occupancy (roughly AED 38,922 a month), while three-bedroom units average around AED 1,696 a night (roughly AED 46,565 a month). Given the building's branded, beachfront-adjacent positioning, well-presented units here could reasonably be expected to sit at or above these blended averages once operational, though no building-specific data confirms this.
Rates cited are Palm Jumeirah area averages, not Waldorf Astoria Residences-specific figures. Royale Stays' Dubai Property ROI Calculator can help owners model potential returns for their own unit.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Waldorf Astoria Residences is a serviced-apartment, hotel-adjacent branded product rather than a standard freehold-only building, so the short-term letting permit process here is typically routed through the building's own management company once it is operational, rather than a standalone owner application to Dubai's tourism authority. This is the normal path for hotel-branded and serviced-apartment buildings generally, and Royale Stays has found no evidence of a Waldorf Astoria-specific prohibition on short-term letting (unlike Vida-branded buildings, which are confirmed not to permit it).
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed the building's completion or handover status, so there is no existing Royale Stays-managed listing or occupancy track record to point to for this specific development today. Royale Stays offers full Airbnb and holiday-home management, furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance for a fee starting from 15%, and owners can submit a property for a free earnings estimate ahead of or following handover.
No confirmed brand-wide Waldorf Astoria short-term-letting prohibition was found in research for this guide, but permit routing is arranged through the building's own management company rather than a standalone DTCM application, consistent with other hotel-branded and serviced-apartment buildings.
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