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Grande Signature Residences, Downtown Dubai
A 70-plus storey Emaar tower in Downtown Dubai's Opera District, completed in 2022 near Dubai Opera: location, unit types and honest Airbnb income potential from Royale Stays' own managed-portfolio data.
Floors
70+
Developer
Emaar Properties
Completed
2022
Units
2-4BR (incl. penthouses)
Area
Downtown Dubai (Opera District)
About Grande Signature Residences
Grande Signature Residences is a residential tower by Emaar Properties in the Opera District of Downtown Dubai, close to Dubai Opera. Construction began in October 2017 and the tower was completed in June 2022. Sources disagree on the exact floor count, with figures ranging from 71 to 78 storeys, so this guide describes the building honestly as around 70-plus storeys rather than presenting a single unverified number as fact.
The building holds two and three-bedroom apartments, plus four-bedroom penthouses positioned on the 70th and 71st floors. Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a total unit count for the tower, so this guide describes the unit mix qualitatively rather than inventing a figure.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Grande Signature Residences sits in the Opera District, the cultural heart of Downtown Dubai built around Dubai Opera, with the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall a short distance away and the Dubai Fountain and Burj Park within easy reach on foot. The Opera District is one of Downtown Dubai's more established pockets, mixing residential towers with dining, retail and cultural venues. For a fuller picture of the wider area, see Royale Stays' guide to Airbnb management across Downtown Dubai.
Owners comparing buildings within the same district may also find it useful to look at other Downtown Dubai towers Royale Stays has covered: Opera Grand, another Emaar tower in the same Opera District, alongside Dunya Tower and Downtown Views II, Tower 2, both elsewhere in Downtown Dubai.
Unit Types
Grande Signature Residences offers two and three-bedroom apartments across most of the tower, with four-bedroom penthouses set apart on the 70th and 71st floors near the top of the building. Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a per-configuration unit breakdown or a total unit count for this pass, so this guide describes the overall mix as reported rather than presenting an invented figure as fact. No floor-plan diagrams are included here: floor plans are typically the developer's or broker's proprietary material and have not been independently verified for this guide.
Amenities
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a building-specific amenities list for Grande Signature Residences in this pass. As with most Emaar residential towers of a similar age and positioning, residents and short-term guests can generally expect a shared pool and gym, but owners and prospective renters should confirm current on-site facilities directly with the building's management rather than assuming a standard set applies.
Transportation & Access
Downtown Dubai's Opera District is served by the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro Station on the Red Line, which sits within walking distance of most of the district, including the general vicinity of Grande Signature Residences. Sheikh Zayed Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard provide direct road access to the rest of the district and the wider city. Royale Stays has not confirmed the exact walking distance from Grande Signature Residences itself to the Metro station, and this guide does not state a specific figure.
Rental & Price Trends
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed long-term lease rents or service charges specific to Grande Signature Residences from a citable market report in this pass, so no building-specific figures are stated here. At the area level, Bayut's H1 2026 Dubai Rental Market Report puts typical annual rents for Downtown Dubai at around AED 133,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, AED 223,000 for a two-bedroom and AED 362,000 for a three-bedroom, the same figures already used consistently across Royale Stays' other Downtown Dubai building guides. These are area-level figures, not building-specific precision for Grande Signature Residences. Owners can also run their own numbers through Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator for a unit-specific estimate.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting anywhere in Dubai, including at Grande Signature Residences, runs through a DTCM (Department of Economy and Tourism) holiday home permit, the same licensing requirement that applies regardless of building or area. An owner considering Airbnb at Grande Signature Residences would need to hold that permit before listing a unit, in addition to confirming the building's own short-term letting policy. Royale Stays' guide to the Dubai holiday home permit covers what the process and fees generally involve.
Search results for Grande Signature Residences show genuine short-term rental demand: alongside Emaar's own listing, booking platforms and property portals, Deluxe Holiday Homes (deluxehomes.com) runs a dedicated page for short-term rentals in the building, confirming an established operator is already active here. Royale Stays does not currently have Grande Signature Residences-specific booking data of its own to draw on, so the figures below reflect Royale Stays' own published Downtown Dubai managed-portfolio data rather than a claim about this particular building's nightly rate or occupancy: two-bedroom units in Royale Stays' Downtown Dubai portfolio typically gross AED 190,000 to 280,000 per year, and three-bedroom units AED 300,000 to 430,000 per year. Royale Stays has not published area-level figures specific to four-bedroom penthouses, so no figure is stated for that configuration.
For an owner weighing whether Airbnb makes sense for a unit at Grande Signature Residences, the practical starting points are the same as anywhere else in Downtown Dubai: confirming the building's short-term letting policy, applying for the DTCM permit, and pricing the unit competitively against comparable Opera District listings. Royale Stays manages the full furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications process for owners who prefer not to handle it directly, and our guide to what separates a strong Airbnb management company from a weak one sets out what to look for when comparing operators. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a management review to get a clearer read on its Airbnb potential.
Income data reflects Royale Stays' own managed-portfolio bookings across Downtown Dubai, reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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