Marriott Residences, Business Bay
Marriott Residences, Business Bay is a 17-storey residential tower developed by MAG Group (through its subsidiary Fortune 5) in collaboration with Marriott Hotels, offering branded 1 and 2-bedroom apartments a short walk from Downtown Dubai. Royale Stays manages Dubai short-term rentals from a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications.
Developer
MAG Group (Fortune 5)
Storeys
17 (+3 basement)
Location
Business Bay, Dubai
Unit Types
1 & 2-bedroom apartments
About Marriott Residences, Business Bay
Marriott Residences, Business Bay is a 17-storey residential tower in Business Bay, developed by MAG Group Holding through its subsidiary Fortune 5. The project is a branded-residences collaboration with Marriott Hotels, meaning Marriott licenses its name and service standards to the building rather than operating a hotel on site: there are no hotel guest rooms, only privately owned residential apartments finished and serviced to Marriott’s design and hospitality standards.
The tower occupies a plot originally earmarked for a different, since-cancelled project known as DEC Business Tower. Construction on the current Marriott-branded scheme began in December 2022, with a targeted handover of December 2024. Dubai Land Department transaction records from as recently as August 2026 show units changing hands as ready, completed freehold property, confirming the building is finished and occupied rather than still under construction.
The building comprises 17 residential storeys plus three basement parking levels. VX Architects served as architectural consultant, with Aroma International Building Contractors as main contractor. Recorded Dubai Land Department transactions show a mix of 1-bedroom apartments (roughly 762 to 874 square feet) and 2-bedroom apartments (around 1,152 square feet).
Dubai Land Department registry records for this building's individual unit transactions currently show it under an earlier working name, "West Five Business Bay Residences" (Project: West Five Business Bay Residences, Area: Business Bay). This is not related to West Five, the separate large mixed-use community developed by Union Properties near Al Furjan and Jebel Ali; it is a pre-rebrand registration name for this same Marriott-branded tower.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Marriott Residences, Business Bay sits inside the Business Bay district, within walking distance of several other towers along the Business Bay waterfront and a short drive from Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa.
Neighbouring buildings include Sobha Ivory Tower 2, Park Central, Oxford Tower, Safeer Tower 1, Ubora Towers and AG Tower, all within a few hundred metres. Hotels in the immediate vicinity include Barcelo Business Bay, Citymax Business Bay and Renaissance Business Bay, alongside Anantara Downtown Dubai roughly a kilometre away. Downtown Dubai’s Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa are within a short drive, around two kilometres from the building.
Families are served by several schools within 1.4 to 1.8 kilometres, including GEMS Our Own Indian School and Lycee Francais Jean Mermoz (North Campus), both rated "Very good" in government school inspections, alongside Global Indian International School Dubai and Dubai International School Al Quoz.
See the full Business Bay Airbnb management guide for area-wide rental context, or explore nearby buildings we also cover: Ubora Towers, Park Central and AG Tower.
Amenities & Building Features
As a Marriott-branded residence, the building’s amenities are positioned around hospitality-standard service rather than a typical residential-only offering.
Building amenities include a concierge desk, in-residence dining service, a gymnasium, a swimming pool with a lounger deck and cabanas on a multi-purpose podium level, valet parking, and a staffed lobby with doorman service. These are designed to mirror the day-to-day service guests expect from a Marriott property, translated into an owned-apartment setting.
Short-Term Rental Potential & Permit Considerations
Marriott Residences, Business Bay is a purely residential tower: Marriott’s role here is a brand and service-standard licence, not a hotel operating agreement, and there are no hotel guest rooms on site.
Individual apartments trade as ordinary freehold property, confirmed by Dubai Land Department sale and mortgage records for the building. For hotel-branded or serviced-apartment buildings like this one, Royale Stays does not apply for a Dubai Tourism (DTCM) holiday-home permit directly as an outside operator; instead, the permit is arranged through the building’s own management company once we reach out directly. This keeps the building fully viable for short-term rental management, the process is simply routed through the building’s management rather than a standalone owner application.
Royale Stays manages Dubai short-term rentals from a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing optimisation, check-in, guest communications and maintenance coordination. For the current holiday-home permit process generally, see our Dubai holiday home permit guide.
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