Lavender Gardens Suites
Lavender Gardens Suites is a 39-storey residential tower in Acacia Avenues, part of the Sufouh Gardens development in Al Sufouh 1, Dubai. Propsearch.ae credits the development jointly to La Vender Real Estate and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and records that the building was originally planned as a hotel under the name Element Dubai Al Sufouh before its use changed to residential ahead of opening. Construction was substantially finished by October 2021, after an earlier estimated 2019 completion date slipped. The tower holds 330 units across studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartments. This guide covers Lavender Gardens Suites' building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
La Vender Real Estate & Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Storeys
39
Units
330
Completed
October 2021
Location
Al Sufouh
About Lavender Gardens Suites
Lavender Gardens Suites is a 39-storey residential tower in Acacia Avenues, part of the Sufouh Gardens development in Al Sufouh 1, Dubai. Propsearch.ae, the main portal with detailed building-level records for this project, credits the development jointly to La Vender Real Estate and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. The building was originally planned as a hotel under the name Element Dubai Al Sufouh, but its use changed to residential and it opened under its current name instead. Construction milestones on record show a first trace in January 2016, an estimated 2019 completion that slipped, and substantial completion by October 2021.
Developer, storey count, unit count and the building's history are sourced from Propsearch.ae. Despite an extensive additional search across Bayut, Property Finder, Dubizzle, Dxbinteract, FamProperties, Squareyards and Skyscraper Center, no second independently-operated portal carries a dedicated building profile confirming these specific figures -- unlike some neighbouring Al Sufouh buildings, this one has thin wider portal coverage. Unit types and location are independently confirmed by a second source (see below).
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Lavender Gardens Suites sits in Acacia Avenues within the Sufouh Gardens development, in the Al Sufouh 1 sub-community of Al Sufouh, Dubai. Al Sufouh is a coastal district running along Sheikh Zayed Road (E11) between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. Property Finder's own building-level location record places Lavender Gardens Suites at the same address hierarchy independently confirmed by Propsearch: Al Sufouh, Al Sufouh 1, Acacia Avenues.
Nearby schools include GEMS Wellington International School (roughly 0.6 km away) and GEMS Dubai American Academy (roughly 0.8 km away). By car, Propsearch records roughly 19 minutes to Dubai Mall, 12 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 12 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 17 minutes to The Walk at JBR, with Dubai International Airport around 27 minutes away. For a wider view of the district's short-term rental market, see Royale Stays' full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai.
Unit Types at Lavender Gardens Suites
Lavender Gardens Suites offers studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments, including at least one penthouse-style three-bedroom unit. Propsearch records the building's total unit count at 330. Live listing data independently confirms all four unit types are actively rented in the building, with recorded sizes ranging from around 356 to 768 sq ft for one-bedroom and studio-labelled units, 1,104 to 1,267 sq ft for two-bedroom units, and roughly 1,948 sq ft for a three-bedroom penthouse.
The 330 total unit count and 39-storey figure are Propsearch-only and could not be independently corroborated by a second portal despite an extensive search. Unit TYPES and current listing sizes are independently confirmed by Property Finder's own building-scoped location record and live listing data, fetched 2026-09-11.
Amenities
The building includes a business centre, a fitness centre, free WiFi, meeting spaces, restaurants and cafes, a spa, and two swimming pools. This amenity set is more typical of a hotel than a purely residential Dubai apartment building, which fits the property's origin as a planned hotel before its switch to residential use.
Transportation & Access
Al Sufouh runs along Sheikh Zayed Road (E11), giving direct road access to both Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. The Dubai Tram operates along Al Sufouh Road toward JBR and Dubai Marina and connects into the Dubai Metro Red Line. Dubai Media City is a short drive away, adding a working-professional population base to the surrounding rental market.
Tram and metro connectivity are drawn from Bayut's Al Sufouh 1 area guide. No walking-distance figure specific to Lavender Gardens Suites was independently confirmed.
Rental Prices & Market Context
Property Finder's own building-level rent model (not a Dubai Land Department transaction average) estimates average annual rents at Lavender Gardens Suites of roughly AED 71,000 for a studio, AED 105,000 for a one-bedroom, AED 158,000 for a two-bedroom and around AED 345,000 for a three-bedroom apartment. Live individual listings pulled from the same building on 2026-09-11 broadly track this pattern: one-bedroom and studio-labelled units from AED 69,999 to AED 110,000 a year, two-bedroom units from AED 145,000 to AED 170,000, and a furnished three-bedroom penthouse listed at AED 350,000.
For area-wide context, not this building's own numbers, Bayut's Al Sufouh 1 area guide puts district-wide studio rents from AED 54,000, one-bedroom rents from AED 88,000, two-bedroom rents between AED 129,000 and AED 200,000, and three-bedroom rents between AED 300,000 and AED 330,000 a year. These area figures run higher than the building-specific numbers above, plausibly because Al Sufouh 1 also includes ultra-high-end waterfront villas and serviced residences that pull the district average up.
Building-specific pricing is Property Finder's own market estimate and live asking-listing data, not confirmed against Dubai Land Department transaction records -- no DLD-linked pricing tool returned results for this specific building despite checking Bayut's and Dxbinteract's transaction-analysis pages. The Al Sufouh 1 figures are explicit area-wide context and should not be read as this building's own numbers.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Al Sufouh is not currently one of Royale Stays' five core managed areas (Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, JBR and Business Bay), so this guide does not claim a Royale Stays management track record at Lavender Gardens Suites specifically. The building operates as an ordinary residential property today, not a hotel: although it was originally planned as the Starwood-branded hotel Element Dubai Al Sufouh, that plan changed before opening, and it has always operated under its current name as a residential building. Its developers are not a restricted hotel brand in their current form, so there is no confirmed policy barrier to running a licensed holiday home here.
Every short-term rental in Dubai requires a DTCM holiday home permit. Royale Stays can arrange the permit application and manage day-to-day operations, including for owners based overseas, for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications. See Royale Stays' Dubai holiday home permit guide for the current permit process.
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