Harbour Residences, Dubai Marina
Harbour Residences is a 20-storey residential tower on the Dubai Marina waterfront (Marsa Dubai), comprising 205 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments plus penthouses. Originally launched in 2007, the stalled project was acquired by Hector Holdings, an investor associated with the Orra Marina developer, and completed in March 2019. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a unit here for a fee starting from 15%.
Storeys
20
Developer
Marina 3K Ltd (Hector Holdings-backed)
Completed
2019
Total Units
205
Unit Types
Studio-2BR + PH
About Harbour Residences
Harbour Residences is a 20-storey residential tower on the Dubai Marina waterfront, in the Marsa Dubai area, holding a total of 205 units across a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments plus penthouses.
The project has an unusual history. It was originally launched in October 2007 by Dheeraj & East Coast (DEC) LLC, then stalled. In October 2012, Hector Holdings, an investor associated with the Orra Marina developer, bought the stalled project and carried it through to completion in March 2019. Land Department transaction records list unit sales under the project name Harbour Residences, with individual units marketed as Orra Harbour Tower 1 and Orra Harbour Tower 2, which is understood to be the same complex trading under Orra-family branding rather than a separate building.
The Orra Harbour Tower 1/2 branding link is drawn from Land Department transaction data on a single portal source and has not been independently confirmed by a second source. It is presented here as the best-available reading of the record, not an unqualified fact. Confirm before treating as settled.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Harbour Residences sits on the Dubai Marina waterfront in the Marsa Dubai area, with a rooftop communal deck looking across the Marina toward the beach at JBR. Royale Stays’ Dubai Marina Airbnb management service covers how the wider community performs for short-term rentals.
Nearby sibling tower Orra Marina also has its own Royale Stays guide. Orra Marina is a separate 30-storey tower, not the same building as Harbour Residences, though both are connected to the same Orra-affiliated developer group.
Proximity between Harbour Residences and Orra Marina is based on the ledger's general Marina-cluster grouping and their shared developer connection, not an independently confirmed distance check this session. Orra Marina's own lateral-link slots are already at the standing cap of 3 -- live-verify and decide swap-or-skip before executing a reciprocal edit.
Unit Types
Harbour Residences offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments plus a number of penthouses, spread across 205 total units. Land Department records also show a hotel-apartment unit type within the same complex, marketed as Orra Harbour Tower 1 and Orra Harbour Tower 2, alongside the standard residential apartments.
Amenities
The building’s main rooftop communal area has an infinity pool with views across the Marina to the beach at JBR, together with a Jacuzzi and a separate children’s pool. Residents also have access to allocated parking and landscaped communal areas.
Transportation & Access
Harbour Residences’ Dubai Marina waterfront location puts the Marina’s tram and metro network, plus its cafes, retail and dining strip, within reach on foot.
Exact metro/tram walking times for this specific tower were not independently sourced this session. Confirm via a live source before citing a specific minutes figure.
Rental & Price Trends
Across Royale Stays’ managed Dubai Marina apartments, the blended rate runs AED 921 a night at 88 percent occupancy; by unit type, a one-bedroom averages around AED 600 a night, a two-bedroom around AED 755 a night, and a three-bedroom around AED 1,092 a night. No Harbour Residences-specific budget file exists in Royale Stays’ managed portfolio data as of this guide, so these figures are Dubai Marina area-blended, not exclusive to this building. Owners weighing a specific unit’s numbers can run their own scenario through Royale Stays’ Dubai property ROI calculator.
Recorded Land Department sales at Harbour Residences include an 811 sq ft unit at AED 1,825,000 (around AED 2,251 per sq ft) and a similarly sized unit at AED 1,300,000 (around AED 1,603 per sq ft), alongside a 597 sq ft unit at AED 1,510,000 (around AED 2,530 per sq ft), giving a general sense of resale pricing at the building.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting anywhere in Dubai, including at Harbour Residences, needs a valid DTCM holiday-home permit before taking bookings, alongside professional photography, dynamic pricing, round-the-clock guest communication, housekeeping between stays, and owners-association coordination.
Royale Stays runs the full operation for owners here for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications, with a single monthly statement covering revenue, fee, costs and net transfer.
Harbour Residences appears to include both standard residential apartments and a hotel-apartment component (the Orra Harbour Tower 1/2 units, per item 4c of the brief). Standard apartments typically follow the normal DTCM holiday-home permit route; hotel-branded/serviced-apartment units generally route permit applications through the building's own management company instead of a standalone owner application. Which specific units at this building fall into which category was not independently confirmed this session -- verify before publishing a categorical claim either way. No third-party STR-listing evidence specific to Harbour Residences by name was independently searched this session (WebSearch budget exhausted).
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