Elite 3 Sports Residence
Elite 3 Sports Residence is a 20-storey residential tower in Dubai Sports City, developed by Triplanet Range Group through its subsidiary Triplanet International Ltd. The building holds 314 freehold apartments across studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. This guide covers the building's profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Triplanet Range Group
Storeys
20
Total apartments
314
Location
Dubai Sports City
About Elite 3 Sports Residence
Elite 3 Sports Residence is a 20-storey residential tower in Dubai Sports City, developed by Triplanet Range Group through its subsidiary Triplanet International Ltd. The building holds 314 freehold apartments across studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, sitting above seven floors of covered parking.
Elite 3 is one of several numbered buildings in the wider Elite Sports Residence complex in Dubai Sports City, all developed by the same Triplanet group but each a separate, individually registered building with its own storey count and unit count. Royale Stays already covers sibling towers elsewhere in the complex, Elite 1 Sports Residence (a smaller, separate 10-storey building), Elite Sports Residence 5, and Elite 9 Sports Residence, a separate 23-storey, 288-unit building; each shares a developer and a naming convention only, not a building. The Dubai Land Department's own transaction records list this specific building under the alternate name "Elite Residences 3", the same property marketed elsewhere as "Elite 3 Sports Residence" or "Elite Sports Residence 3".
Sources differ slightly on the exact completion date: Bayut states the tower launched in 2007 and construction finished in 2011, while Propsearch's Dubai Land Department-linked milestone record states construction began in December 2009 and finished in November 2013. Both agree the building has been complete and occupied for over a decade.
Developer, storey count, unit count and unit mix sourced from Bayut.com (Elite 3 Sports Residence Building Guide: "Developer: Triplanet International FZC", "Number of floors: 20", "Number of units: 314 units") and Propsearch.ae ("a development by Triplanet Range Group through its subsidiary Triplanet International Ltd", "20-storey residential building", "a total of 314 units"), exact agreement on storeys, units and unit mix. Completion date is a genuine, disclosed conflict between sources: Bayut ("launched in 2007... construction was completed in 2011") vs. Propsearch's Milestones panel (Construction Started December 2009, Construction Finished November 2013). DLD internal building name ("Elite Residences 3") sourced from Propsearch.ae's individual transaction records for the building (Building Name field).
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Elite 3 Sports Residence is close to Golf Course Drive and Victory Heights Street, roughly 7 minutes from Dubai International Stadium and 11 minutes from Dubai Autodrome. The Els Golf Club is about 0.9km away, and Dubai Miracle Garden is roughly a 14-minute drive. Neighbouring buildings include Elite Sports Residence 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, Hamza Tower and Sports City Mosque.
For the wider Dubai Sports City picture beyond this one building, see Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide to Dubai Sports City.
Nearby buildings and landmarks sourced from Bayut.com's "Nearby Buildings" and "Major Landmarks" sections for this specific building, and Propsearch.ae's "Attractions" and "Golf clubs" sections, consistent with each other.
Unit Types
Elite 3 Sports Residence comprises studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments across its 314 units. Bayut's floor-plan listings show studios of roughly 428 to 500 sq ft, one-bedroom units of roughly 815 to 925 sq ft and two-bedroom units of roughly 1,290 to 1,400 sq ft. Dubai Land Department transaction records for the building show studio sales between about 416 and 482 sq ft, broadly in line with the developer's floor-plan range, and a two-bedroom sale at 1,331 sq ft, which falls within the developer's stated range.
Unit mix and developer floor-plan size ranges sourced from Bayut.com ("Apartment Types in Elite 3 Sports Residence" section). Actual sold-unit sizes sourced from Propsearch.ae's Latest Transactions table for this building, each row individually confirmed Building Name: Elite Residences 3.
Amenities
Elite 3 Sports Residence offers separate gyms for men and women, an outdoor swimming pool, a kids' pool, a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, separate spas for men and women, a BBQ area, a landscaped garden and a prayer room. Seven floors of covered parking, round-the-clock CCTV security, 24-hour concierge and district cooling from Emicool are included.
Amenities sourced from Bayut.com's "Facilities in Elite 3 Sports Residence" section, cross-supported by Propsearch.ae's summary ("covered car parking, a swimming pool, health club, steam room and sauna, gymnasium and a barbecue area").
Transportation & Access
The Sports City / Dubai Sports City Offices 2 bus stop is served by routes F32 and J02. The nearest Dubai Metro station, Dubai Internet City on the Red Line, is roughly a 14-minute drive. Propsearch's own commute estimates put Dubai Mall at roughly 22 minutes' drive, Palm Jumeirah at roughly 16 minutes, Burj Al Arab at roughly 19 minutes, and Dubai International Airport (DXB) at roughly 27 minutes.
Bus access sourced from Bayut.com's "Transportation" and "Bus Stations" sections for this specific building. Metro and commute-time estimates sourced from Propsearch.ae's "Transport & Access" section (Google Maps-calculated).
Sale & Rental Price Trends
Dubai Land Department transaction data (via Propsearch.ae) records several recent Sale-type transactions for Elite 3 Sports Residence: studios between AED 367,000 (416 sq ft) and AED 459,266 (442 sq ft), and a two-bedroom unit at AED 1,060,000 (1,331 sq ft). No Sale-type transaction for a one-bedroom unit was visible in the publicly accessible portion of the Land Department record at the time of research.
A separate AED 840,000 figure sometimes quoted for this building is a Mortgage Registration record from the same Dubai Land Department dataset, recorded for the same 1,331 sq ft two-bedroom unit that later sold for AED 1,060,000 in an actual sale, not a purchase price in its own right.
DLD sale transaction figures sourced from Propsearch.ae's Latest Transactions table for this building, each row individually confirmed Transaction Type: Sale, Building Name: Elite Residences 3. The AED 840,000 / 1,331 sq ft record is individually confirmed Transaction Type: Mortgage Registration on the same page, dated the same day (18 Aug 2026) as the AED 1,060,000 Sale record for a unit of the same size.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Dubai Sports City 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 Elite 3 Sports Residence specifically. Triplanet Range Group is the building's developer rather than a restricted hotel brand, 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 the day-to-day operation, 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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