Canal Residence West Venetian Building
Canal Residence West Venetian Building is a residential tower of roughly 19 to 20 storeys in Canal Residence West (Phase 1), Dubai Sports City, developed by Dubai Sports City. It is one of five architecturally-themed towers in the complex, alongside the Arabian, European, Mediterranean and Spanish buildings, and comprises 274 apartments across studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Property portals record the tower's completion in 2015. 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
Dubai Sports City
Storeys
19 to 20
Total apartments
274
Location
Canal Residence West, Dubai Sports City
About Canal Residence West Venetian Building
Canal Residence West Venetian Building is a residential tower of roughly 19 to 20 storeys, located within Canal Residence West (Phase 1) in the Al Hebiah Fourth area of Dubai Sports City. The development was built by Dubai Sports City and comprises 274 apartments across studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts.
The building is one of five grand towers making up Canal Residence West, each inspired by a different school of classic architecture: European, Arabian, Venetian, Mediterranean and Spanish. Its Dubai Land Department building-name field is recorded simply as "VENETIAN". The adjacent Canal Residence West Arabian and Canal Residence West European Building towers are separate, distinct properties in the same five-tower complex, not the same building under a different name.
Developer and storey count sourced from Propsearch.ae's Canal Residence West Venetian Building guide (live-fetched 2026-09-11: "The project was a development by Dubai Sports City", 19 storeys). Independently corroborated by DXBOffplan.com's Venetian Tower listing (live-fetched 2026-09-11: "by Dubai Sports City (DSC) developer", a 20-storey residential tower). The five-tower, themed-architecture structure is independently confirmed by Propsearch.ae's own page ("One of five major apartment buildings in the Canal Residence West complex") and by Dubai Sports City's own official site, dsc.ae ("the five grand towers of Canal Residence West... Each building is inspired by a different school of classic architecture"), both live-fetched 2026-09-11. Storey count is disclosed as a range because the two sources differ by one floor (Propsearch: 19, DXBOffplan: 20).
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Canal Residence West Venetian Building sits along the canal-side promenade of Canal Residence West in Dubai Sports City, within the Al Hebiah Fourth area of DubaiLand. The community retail promenade at the base of the towers includes a supermarket, a pharmacy, a bakery and multi-cuisine restaurants and cafes, and the wider Dubai Sports City district is home to an international golf course, a cricket stadium and international schools, plus a sports-themed retail mall nearby with around 1.2 million sq ft of leasing space.
For the wider Dubai Sports City picture beyond this one building, see Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide to Dubai Sports City.
Retail promenade and community-wide amenities sourced from DXBOffplan.com's Venetian Tower listing and Dubai Sports City's own official site, dsc.ae, both live-fetched 2026-09-11. Golf course, cricket stadium, schools and nearby retail mall sourced from DXBOffplan.com's listing, live-fetched 2026-09-11.
Unit Types
Canal Residence West Venetian Building offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with 274 units across the tower. Interiors typically feature an en-suite bathroom, a semi-closed kitchen and a wide living room connected to a balcony on select units.
Total unit count (274) cross-confirmed via Propsearch.ae ("The development contains a total of 274 units") and DXBOffplan.com ("a total of 274 units"), both live-fetched 2026-09-11, an exact match between two independent sources. Unit mix (studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom) sourced from Propsearch.ae; DXBOffplan.com corroborates the one-, two- and three-bedroom portion without explicitly listing studios, which does not contradict Propsearch, and Dubai Sports City's own site, dsc.ae, supports the studio-to-3-bed range at the complex level ("a mix of apartments, from single studios to 3-bed duplexes"). Interior layout detail (en-suite bathroom, semi-closed kitchen, balcony) sourced from DXBOffplan.com.
Amenities
Canal Residence West Venetian Building offers a business centre, a children's play area, a gymnasium, a health and beauty salon, a sauna, a swimming pool and a barbecue area, alongside basement parking with round-the-clock security. The ground floor of the wider Canal Residence West promenade adds a supermarket, a pharmacy, a bakery and a choice of restaurants and cafes.
In-building amenities sourced from Propsearch.ae (live-fetched 2026-09-11: "a business centre, a children's play area, a gymnasium, a health and beauty salon, a sauna, and a swimming pool", plus a barbecue area noted in its additional-information section). Parking, security and the promenade retail mix cross-confirmed via DXBOffplan.com, live-fetched 2026-09-11.
Transportation & Access
By car, it takes roughly 24 minutes from Canal Residence West Venetian Building to Dubai Mall, 18 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 22 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 22 minutes to The Walk at JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Al Maktoum International Airport are each roughly 29 minutes' drive. Dubai Sports City has no metro station of its own; the nearest, Dubai Internet City Metro, is around a 10 to 15-minute drive away.
Drive times sourced from Propsearch.ae's Transport & Access section for this specific building (Google Maps-calculated, fastest route in typical traffic, live-fetched 2026-09-11). Nearest-metro distance sourced from Royale Stays' own live Dubai Sports City area guide (airbnb-management-dubai-sports-city, published 2026-08-07), which states this figure honestly as an approximate drive time rather than a direct metro connection.
Sale & Rental Price Trends
Live Property Finder rental listings tagged specifically to the "Venetian" tower within Canal Residence show apartments currently asking roughly AED 54,000 to AED 99,000 per year, based on a sample of 6 active listings, with most clustering between AED 54,000 and AED 65,000 for smaller units.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (via Propsearch.ae) recorded a one-bedroom unit of 1,003 sq ft in the building sold for AED 850,000 in August 2026, works out to around AED 847 per sq ft. This is a plain sale record, not a mortgage registration.
Rental range sourced from Property Finder's live Canal Residence West listings page (live-fetched 2026-09-11), whose own structured listing data tags each unit's location as "Venetian, Canal Residence, Dubai Sports City" with location type "TOWER" and location id "3367", independently confirming Venetian Building as a distinct, portal-recognized tower; sample of 6 live listings priced AED 54,000 to AED 99,000 per year. DLD transaction value sourced from Propsearch.ae's Latest Transactions table for this building (live-fetched 2026-09-11, Transaction ID 1-11-2026-26059, Transaction Type: Sale, Transaction Price: AED 850,000, 1,003 sq ft, AED 847/sq ft).
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 Canal Residence West Venetian Building specifically. Dubai Sports City is the building's master 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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