Al Murooj Complex, Trade Centre Second
Al Murooj Complex is an 860-unit multi-building development in Trade Centre Second, Dubai, developed by Dubai International Real Estate and completed in 2005. The complex comprises nine individual buildings, five residential apartment blocks, the Roda Al Murooj Apartments, and two hotel/serviced-apartment towers, sitting a short drive from Downtown Dubai and DIFC. This guide covers the unit types, amenities, location and what renting or owning here typically involves.
Developer
Dubai International Real Estate
Units
860 (studio to 3-bed apartments, 4-bed penthouses, retail, two hotel towers)
Completed
2005 (started 2002)
Area
Trade Centre Second, Dubai (Za'abeel 2 / DIFC-adjacent)
About Al Murooj Complex
Al Murooj Complex is a multi-building residential and hotel-apartment development in Trade Centre Second, Dubai, developed by Dubai International Real Estate. Construction began in 2002 and the complex was completed in 2005, making it older stock by Dubai standards, in a well-established part of the city rather than a new-build freehold cluster.
The development comprises nine individual buildings on a shared site: five apartment blocks named Gardenia, Rose, Sunflower, Tulip and Violet, the Roda Al Murooj Apartments building, and two 5-star hotel/serviced-apartment towers, alongside ground-floor retail units. Across all nine buildings the complex holds 860 units in total.
This Al Murooj Complex is a single, specific development and should not be confused with the unrelated Murooj Al Furjan villa community in Al Furjan, or with the general Al Murooj place name sometimes used near Emirates Golf Club, both are different locations entirely. The hotel component’s branding varies by source: Swissotel Al Murooj is confirmed on both the complex’s own listings and independent portals, and some records also reference a Rotana-branded tower, so guests and prospective tenants should confirm the exact operator of a specific unit with the listing agent rather than assuming from the complex name alone.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Al Murooj Complex sits in Trade Centre Second, an area also labelled Za’abeel 2 on some portals and described as bordering Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on others, all three names refer to the same pocket of Dubai, a well-connected corridor just off Sheikh Zayed Road between Downtown Dubai and DIFC.
From the complex it is roughly a 4-minute drive to The Dubai Mall, about 0.8 km (and roughly 7 minutes) to Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai, and about 1.2 km to DIFC itself. Business Bay is around 2.1 km away and City Walk about 1.4 km away. Nearby parks include Index Park (0.5 km) and Al Satwa Public Park (1.3 km), and Reel Cinemas at Rove Downtown sits about 0.3 km away.
Several schools are within a couple of kilometres, including Citizens School (1.2 km, British curriculum) and Jumeira Baccalaureate School (2.5 km, British and IB curriculum). For DIFC towers nearby, see Limestone House DIFC, about 1.2 km away in the same wider financial district pocket.
No other Royale Stays Building Guide currently carries a Trade Centre or Za'abeel area tag in the batch lateral-link ledger, so this page has no same-area-tag sibling yet. The Limestone House DIFC link above is a genuinely nearby (not same-area-tag) mention, flagged for the builder to live-verify and, if kept, record via the ledger session helper.
Unit Types at Al Murooj Complex
Al Murooj Complex offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, four-bedroom penthouses, hotel-style apartments in the two serviced towers, and ground-floor retail shops, for 860 units in total.
Reported sizes run from around 538 sq ft for a furnished one-bedroom hotel apartment up to full residential layouts: one-bedroom apartments cover roughly 805 to 850 sq ft with two bathrooms, a living and dining area and a balcony; two-bedroom apartments run about 1,097 to 1,453 sq ft with three bathrooms; and three-bedroom apartments span 2,163 to 2,313 sq ft with three or four bedrooms and, in some layouts, a maid’s room. Retail shops in the complex range from roughly 2,200 to 3,600 sq ft.
Amenities at Al Murooj Complex
Building-level amenities include covered parking for residents and shop owners, high-speed elevators, round-the-clock security and maintenance staff, central air-conditioning, and CCTV coverage. The complex is pet-friendly.
The hotel-serviced side of the complex adds swimming pools, a gym, sauna, steam room and jacuzzi and spa parlour, plus concierge and guest services and laundry and room service for residents of the hotel-apartment towers. On the ground floor, residents can walk to an on-site supermarket, a pharmacy, several restaurants and cafes, salons, a currency exchange, a gym and a veterinary clinic, all inside the development itself.
Transportation & Access
Sheikh Zayed Road is about a 2-minute drive from Al Murooj Complex, giving quick access to the rest of the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor in both directions.
Zabeel Metro Station is the nearest Dubai Metro stop, roughly a 5-minute walk away and served by buses 27, 29 and X22; Financial Centre Metro Station is a further option, reachable in about 3 minutes by car or a 14-minute walk. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 13 minutes’ drive, and Al Maktoum International Airport is about 43 minutes’ drive.
Rental Prices at Al Murooj Complex
Live sale and rent figures for Al Murooj Complex are tracked on portal sites through interactive charts rather than static published numbers, so this guide does not quote a specific AED figure that cannot be independently re-verified.
What is confirmed: retail shops in the complex lease for roughly AED 440,000 to AED 1.1 million per year depending on size and location within the development, and residential unit sizes run from around 805 sq ft for a one-bedroom up to over 2,300 sq ft for a three-bedroom, a useful basis for comparing per-square-foot asking prices against newer towers nearby.
As an older (2002 to 2005), freehold complex in a well-connected but not flagship-trophy pocket of the city, Al Murooj Complex typically prices below newer DIFC-facing and Downtown-facing towers of comparable size. Prospective tenants and buyers should compare current live listings on major Dubai property portals for an up-to-date figure rather than relying on any fixed number in this guide.
Ownership type (freehold) is reported by one portal source (Bayut) and is not independently corroborated by a second source in this brief; treat as indicative rather than confirmed.
Long-Term Rental Income Potential
Al Murooj Complex is an older, leasehold-market-adjacent complex rather than a new-build freehold investment tower, and its unit mix and building age mean it is best understood as a long-term rental proposition rather than a short-term holiday-home one.
wasl, the Dubai-government-linked leasing company, is confirmed to operate rental units directly inside the complex, which is typical of this generation of Dubai stock and points toward steady long-term tenant demand from professionals working in nearby DIFC and Downtown, rather than a short-stay guest market.
Owners considering short-term or Airbnb-style letting here should note that holiday-home permitting in Dubai is building- and operator-specific, and a complex with an on-site hotel operator, as this one has, may have its own rules about short-term subletting in the residential blocks. Confirm directly with building management and Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism before assuming any unit here is eligible, rather than treating this guide as a substitute for that check. Royale Stays’ Dubai Airbnb property management service focuses on freehold towers in Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, JBR and Business Bay, and does not currently manage a property at Al Murooj Complex.
No short-term-rental earnings figures are implied or estimated for Al Murooj Complex in this guide; Royale Stays has no managed listing history at this specific building.
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