Fairmont Residences Solara Tower, Downtown Dubai
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower is a 56-storey Fairmont-branded residential tower under construction in Downtown Dubai's Burj Khalifa district, developed by SOL Properties. Rising 277 metres across an estimated 246 units, the tower carries a mix of one to four-bedroom apartments plus two five-bedroom duplex penthouses, alongside Fairmont Hotels & Resorts' hospitality services and Accor's owner loyalty benefits. Construction began in 2024 and the building is currently expected to complete in Q4 2027. This guide covers the building's facts, unit types and what a unit here could realistically earn as a short-term rental once complete.
Developer
SOL Properties
Location
Downtown Dubai, Burj Khalifa District
Building Type
56-storey branded residences
Expected Completion
Q4 2027
About Fairmont Residences Solara Tower
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower, recorded in Dubai Land Department data as Solara Tower Dubai, is a 56-storey residential tower plus four basement parking levels under construction in Downtown Dubai. The project is developed by SOL Properties (recorded with the Land Department as SOL Properties Development), under the patronage of the Bhatia Group, which has operated in Dubai's property sector since 1975. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, part of the Accor group, provides the branded hospitality services associated with the residences. The tower rises to 277 metres and will contain an estimated 246 units. Construction began in 2024, following a first-trace filing in January 2024, and the estimated handover date is Q4 2027.
Sources differ slightly on the exact dates involved. Independent construction-trade press reported groundbreaking around September 2024 with completion expected by Q4 2027, closely matching Dubai Land Department-sourced tracking data (estimated construction start August 2024, estimated completion Q4 2027). A separate property portal listing shows sales starting 1 October 2024 with a differing estimated completion of March 2027. This guide uses the Q4 2027 estimate, the figure agreed by the two independent sources. The tower occupies a plot originally planned for a different, since-cancelled development, FL2 Holdings Towers.
Location and Nearby Landmarks
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower sits in Downtown Dubai, in the area Dubai Land Department records label Burj Khalifa, within a few hundred metres of several established Downtown towers including Bahwan Tower Downtown, Claren Towers and 8 Boulevard Walk. Bay Avenue Mall & Park is about 0.5 km away, the Fountains at Dubai Mall are roughly 0.7 km away, and KidZania is about 1.0 km away.
For the wider area, from Old Town Island to the Opera District and the Burj Khalifa waterfront, see Royale Stays' Downtown Dubai area guide. Owners comparing nearby buildings can also see the guides to Bahwan Tower Downtown, Claren Tower 2 and 8 Boulevard Walk, all within a few hundred metres.
Unit Types
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower will comprise an estimated 246 units across one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments, plus two five-bedroom duplex penthouses with private rooftops. Average unit sizes run from about 1,106 sq ft for a one-bedroom up to roughly 2,075 sq ft (two-bedroom), 2,779 sq ft (three-bedroom) and 4,606 sq ft (four-bedroom), with the two duplex penthouses averaging around 19,600 sq ft. Every two-bedroom-or-larger layout includes a maid's room, living and dining rooms are finished to a 3.65m ceiling height, and the penthouses carry a double-height ceiling of 9 metres.
The developer's own marketing material describes the two largest penthouse residences as 'Sky Mansions' or 'Sky Palaces' and, in places, as triplex rather than duplex layouts, while Dubai Land Department-sourced building data describes them as duplex. This guide uses the more consistently externally-verified duplex description, flagged for confirmation against the final as-built layout. In November 2025, one of these penthouses reportedly sold for around AED 174 million, among the highest-value residential sales recorded in the area that year.
Amenities and Lifestyle
Planned amenities include an adults-only pool and a separate children's pool, a cinema room, a clubhouse, a padel tennis court, meeting rooms, a golf simulator, a residents' lounge, restaurants, a spa club with steam room and sauna, and dedicated yoga and meditation spaces alongside the development's zen gardens. A 40-metre adults-only rooftop pool with a pool bar and private seating areas tops off the amenity offering.
A concierge desk, valet parking, dry cleaning and laundry services are also planned, alongside a range of a la carte hotel-style services available to owners through the building's Fairmont affiliation, covering everything from in-residence catering and event planning to childcare and personal training.
Fairmont Brand and Ownership Benefits
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower is a branded residence: individually owned freehold apartments carrying the Fairmont name and hospitality services rather than a hotel operated as a single business. Owners are set to gain access to Accor's Ownership Benefits Programme, which includes Diamond status in ALL (Accor Live Limitless, Accor's loyalty programme), the ability to gift Gold status to a family member or friend, a dedicated VIP reservation desk, automatic room upgrades on arrival at participating hotels, and 20% off the best available rate across Accor's global portfolio.
Fairmont, founded in 1907, is part of the Accor group and operates more than 500 luxury addresses worldwide, including The Plaza in New York, The Savoy in London and Raffles in Singapore, according to the developer's own marketing material.
Transportation and Access
From Fairmont Residences Solara Tower it is roughly an 8-minute drive to The Dubai Mall, about 22 minutes to Burj Al Arab, around 23 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, and about 27 minutes to The Walk, JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 19 minutes away by car, and the newer Al Maktoum International Airport is about 44 minutes away.
Drive times are third-party estimates based on typical traffic conditions and will vary by time of day.
Rental and Price Trends
Government-registered Dubai Land Department transactions show recent off-plan sales activity at Fairmont Residences Solara Tower: a two-bedroom unit (1,719 sq ft) sold for AED 6.1 million (about AED 3,550 per sq ft) in July 2026, a three-bedroom unit (2,728 sq ft) sold for AED 10.5 million (about AED 3,850 per sq ft) the same month, and a one-bedroom unit (953 sq ft) sold for AED 2.84 million (about AED 2,980 per sq ft) in June 2026. Over 50 sale transactions have been recorded for the building to date. These are individual registered transactions, not an independently verified average, and actual achievable prices vary by exact unit, floor and view.
Owners weighing a specific unit's earning potential, whether as a long-term let or a short-term rental, can run their own numbers through Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator.
Airbnb and Short-Term Rental Potential
Fairmont Residences Solara Tower is a Fairmont-branded residential development, not a standalone hotel, so it is expected to follow a similar short-term rental framework to other hospitality-branded residences in Dubai: a DTCM holiday-home permit should be available to owners, though whether the application runs directly or is routed through the building's appointed management company will only be confirmed at handover, not during the current off-plan construction phase. Downtown Dubai as a whole is one of the most established short-term rental markets in the city, with strong year-round demand driven by Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa and the wider Downtown and Business Bay events calendar.
Royale Stays manages Airbnb and short-term rental units across Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, JBR and Business Bay for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance coordination. Owners planning ahead for handover can submit their property for a free earnings estimate, or call +971566424239 to talk through what a unit here could realistically earn.
No building-specific occupancy or nightly-rate figures exist yet since Fairmont Residences Solara Tower has not been handed over. The framing above reflects Downtown Dubai's general market position and the standing Royale Stays permit-routing guidance for hospitality-branded buildings, not a Solara Tower-specific earnings or permit claim.
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