The Diplomat Residences, Town Square
The Diplomat Residences is a six-storey apartment building in Town Square, DubaiLand, developed by Nshama Development. It offers studio to three-bedroom apartments and was completed in 2024. This guide covers The Diplomat Residences' developer, unit types, pricing and honest Airbnb income potential, with links to the sister Building Guides already published for Town Square. Management is available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Nshama Development
Unit types
Studio to 3-bedroom apartments
Completion
2024
Location
Town Square, DubaiLand
About The Diplomat Residences
The Diplomat Residences is a six-storey residential building in Town Square, DubaiLand, developed by Nshama Development through its subsidiary Nshama Properties. The project was completed and handed over in 2024, and offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments arranged around a courtyard pool deck, with a panoramic-window lobby and concierge desk at ground level.
Developer, storey count, unit mix and completion per PropertyFinder.ae, Bayut.com, Propsearch.ae and the developer's own official site (nshama.ae). Note on naming: "The Diplomat" on its own is a name shared by several unrelated entities worldwide, including a Netflix political drama series and an unrelated Hollywood, Florida beach resort and condominium building. This page uses the full project name, The Diplomat Residences, Town Square, Dubai, throughout, matching how Dubai property portals (Bayut, Property Finder, Propsearch, the developer's own site) list this building.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Diplomat Residences sits within Town Square, a large master-planned family community in DubaiLand built around Town Square Park. Dubai British School Mira is around 0.7 km away and Fairgreen International School around 3.6 km, while Town Square Park itself is about a 5-minute walk. Global Village, the seasonal retail and entertainment district, is roughly 7.4 km away, and the nearest hotel is about 5.5 km away.
Town Square as a whole is around 25 to 30 minutes' drive from Downtown Dubai via Al Qudra Road, connecting onward to Emirates Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road.
Several other Royale Stays Building Guides already cover Town Square and are worth checking for comparison: Ascot Residences, Liva Apartments and Town Square Safi 2B.
Unit Types
The Diplomat Residences is a mid-size, six-storey building offering studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Reported sizes run from around 317 to 318 sq ft for a studio, roughly 621 to 622 sq ft for a one-bedroom, around 908 sq ft for a two-bedroom, up to about 1,460 sq ft for a three-bedroom unit, depending on layout.
Unit mix and sizes per Bayut.com's building guide (studio and one-bedroom figures) and an aggregated project listing (two- and three-bedroom figures), which agree with Bayut's stated size range.
Amenities
Shared amenities at The Diplomat Residences include a courtyard swimming pool, a fully equipped gymnasium, a sauna, steam bath and jacuzzi, a shopping podium at ground level, a children's play area, a jogging track, barbecue areas, covered parking and high-speed elevators. Town Square's wider community amenities are also close by, including a large central park with splash pads, a skate park, cycling routes, a dog park and hundreds of retail and dining outlets.
Transportation & Access
Town Square has no Metro or Tram station within the community. The RTA feeder bus F32 connects Town Square to Mall of the Emirates metro station, and Town Square also runs its own community shuttle service to EQUITI Metro Station on the Route 2020 extension. Most residents rely on a car, taxi or ride-hailing service, with Downtown Dubai around 25 to 30 minutes' drive via Al Qudra Road.
Sale Prices & What to Expect
According to Dubai Land Department transactional data reported by both Bayut and Property Finder, apartments at The Diplomat Residences sold at an average of AED 1,114,924 across 21 recorded sales in the trailing 12 months (roughly AED 1,062 per sq ft). One-bedroom units averaged AED 891,464 across 10 sales, and two-bedroom units averaged AED 1,411,097 across 8 sales. Both sources note prices moved down around 4% over the prior 6 months, and cite an average gross return of around 7%.
Sources: PropertyFinder.ae's transactions page for The Diplomat Residences and Bayut.com's market-analysis transactions page for the same building, both explicitly citing Dubai Land Department transactional data, with matching figures.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
The Diplomat Residences is a standard residential apartment building developed by Nshama, not a hotel or serviced-apartment brand, so there is no confirmed policy barrier to running a licensed Dubai holiday home here. Town Square already has real short-term rental activity nearby: a direct competitor runs a dedicated short-term rental page for a neighbouring Town Square building.
Every short-term rental in Dubai requires a DTCM holiday home permit, applied for directly by the owner in a standard residential building like The Diplomat Residences. Royale Stays can manage the listing, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications, for a fee starting from 15%. See Royale Stays' Dubai holiday home permit guide for the current permit process, or the wider Airbnb property management in Dubai guide for how Royale Stays runs a listing end to end.
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