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Short Term Rentals in Harbour Views Tower 1
A 51-storey Emaar tower on Creek Island in Dubai Creek Harbour, one of Harbour Views' twin towers, completed in November 2020: location, unit types and honest Airbnb income potential from Royale Stays.
Floors
51
Developer
Emaar Properties
Completed
2020
Units
750 (complex-wide, 1-4BR + 14 podium villas)
Area
Dubai Creek Harbour (Creek Island)
About Harbour Views Tower 1
Harbour Views is a twin-tower residential development by Emaar Properties, through its subsidiary The Lagoons Phase One, on Creek Island in Dubai Creek Harbour. Both towers rise 51 storeys, and Tower 1 is the building covered in this guide, standing alongside its identical twin, Tower 2. Construction began in June 2016 and the development was completed in November 2020. Across the two towers, Harbour Views totals 750 residential units, spanning one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments, plus 14 two-storey villas at podium level.
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a Tower-1-specific unit count separate from the complex-wide total, so this guide describes Tower 1's share honestly as unconfirmed rather than presenting an invented figure as fact.
Harbour Views Tower 1 and Tower 2 are identical twins, built to the same height and completed on the same timeline, so most of the facts in this guide apply equally to both. Royale Stays has also published a separate building guide to Harbour Views Tower 2 for owners comparing the two towers directly. Harbour Views is sometimes confused with Harbour Gate, a separate Emaar twin-tower development also in Dubai Creek Harbour: see Royale Stays' building guide to Harbour Gate Tower 2. The two developments are genuinely different: Harbour Gate's Tower 2 rises 35 to 36 storeys depending on the source and was completed in August 2022, while both Harbour Views towers rise 51 storeys and were completed in 2020. See the FAQ below for a fuller comparison.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Harbour Views Tower 1 sits on Creek Island, the centrepiece of Emaar's Dubai Creek Harbour masterplan, built around a landscaped waterfront promenade and an extended lagoon of the historic Dubai Creek. Many upper floors have views toward the Burj Khalifa skyline on one side and the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, home to the area's flamingo colonies, on the other.
Dubai Creek Harbour is a newer part of Royale Stays' coverage area, without a dedicated area guide published yet. For a fuller area-level picture in the meantime, including income data specific to Creek Harbour, see Royale Stays' Dubai Creek Harbour Airbnb management guide. Royale Stays has also covered Creek Edge Tower 1, another Emaar tower in the same district, in a separate building guide to Creek Edge Tower 1, for owners comparing buildings within Dubai Creek Harbour.
Unit Types
Harbour Views' apartments span one, two, three and four-bedroom configurations, according to Bayut's building guide, alongside 14 two-storey villas at podium level with direct access to the podium amenities, per PropSearch. Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a per-configuration unit breakdown specific to Tower 1, so this guide describes the overall complex-wide mix as reported rather than presenting an invented count 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
Bayut's building guide lists Harbour Views' shared amenities as an outdoor swimming pool, a children's play area, a multipurpose hall and a well-equipped gym, alongside a staffed lobby with concierge services. PropSearch separately notes six retail and food outlets at ground-floor level. These are complex-wide amenities rather than facilities independently confirmed as Tower-1-specific, but since Harbour Views shares its podium and ground floor across both towers, they apply equally to residents of Tower 1.
Transportation & Access
Dubai Creek Harbour is primarily reached by road, with Ras Al Khor Road and Bur Dubai Bypass Road connecting the area to Downtown Dubai, Business Bay and the wider city. Royale Stays has not confirmed a Dubai Metro or Dubai Tram station within walking distance of Harbour Views Tower 1 specifically, and this guide does not claim one exists.
Rental & Price Trends
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed long-term lease rents or service charges specific to Harbour Views Tower 1 from a citable market report in this pass, so no building-specific figures are stated here. At the area level, Royale Stays' own published Dubai Creek Harbour income data shows one-bedroom apartments typically grossing AED 7,500 to 11,000 per month, two-bedroom units AED 11,000 to 16,000, and three-bedroom units AED 18,000 to 24,000 at peak occupancy, with annual gross yields generally landing between 8% and 11% of purchase price. These are area-level figures, not building-specific precision for Harbour Views Tower 1. 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 Harbour Views Tower 1, 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 Harbour Views Tower 1 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 Harbour Views Tower 1 are dominated by property portals such as Bayut and PropSearch, which points to genuine buyer and renter interest in the building. Royale Stays did not find an additional named short-term rental operator active in this specific tower during this pass, so the area-level income figures above reflect Royale Stays' published Creek Harbour data rather than a claim about this particular building's nightly rate or occupancy.
For an owner weighing whether Airbnb makes sense for a unit at Harbour Views Tower 1, the practical starting points are the same as anywhere else in Dubai Creek Harbour: confirming the building's short-term letting policy, applying for the DTCM permit, and pricing the unit competitively against comparable Creek Harbour 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 published Dubai Creek Harbour area figures, reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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