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MAG City, MBR City
A villa, townhouse and apartment masterplan by MAG Group and Meydan in District 7, Mohammed Bin Rashid City: layout, unit types, and real short-term rental income from Royale Stays' own managed portfolio.
Developer
MAG Group & Meydan
Type
Villas & Townhouses
Unit Mix
2-4BR + Apartments
Handover
Phased, 2021-2026
Location
District 7, MBR City
About MAG City
MAG City is a mixed residential masterplan in District 7 of Mohammed Bin Rashid City (MBR City), developed jointly by MAG Group, through its MAG Lifestyle Development arm, and Meydan Group. The roughly $1.1 billion project is planned to deliver around 5,100 units across villas, townhouses in two, three and four-bedroom layouts, and lower-rise apartment buildings with studio and one-bedroom units, built out in phases since construction began in December 2019.
The project is sometimes marketed under the 'MAG Eye' brand for its townhouse component, and the 'MAG City Parks' name refers to one specific 247-unit villa and townhouse phase within the wider masterplan, launched in July 2021, not a separate development. MAG City should not be confused with 'MAG 5' or the 'MAG 5 Boulevard' complex: a different MAG Group project entirely, located in Dubai South (Dubai World Central) rather than MBR City, a genuinely different location despite the shared developer name.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
MAG City sits in District 7 of MBR City, part of the wider Meydan masterplan, near Meydan Racecourse and Meydan One. Marketing materials put the community at roughly 25 minutes from Downtown Dubai, around 10 minutes from Dubai Marina, and about 30 minutes from Dubai International Airport (DXB); these are developer-stated drive times, not independently timed by Royale Stays.
MAG City falls within Royale Stays' wider MBR City Airbnb management coverage, though it sits apart from the Azizi Riviera canal towers that guide focuses on: Riviera is a cluster of high-rise apartment buildings on the community's waterfront, while MAG City is a separate, low-rise villa and townhouse district within the same MBR City masterplan. MAG City is also a separate, standalone villa community from Royale Stays' District One villa and mansion guide, another MBR City masterplan nearby with its own developer (Meydan Sobha) built around the Crystal Lagoon.
Unit Types
MAG City's residential mix spans townhouses in two, three and four-bedroom layouts (some phases, including MAG City Parks, include a private elevator and rooftop terrace per unit, with roughly 78 feet of spacing between residences), standalone villa plots, and lower-rise apartment buildings with studio and one-bedroom units. Around 546 townhouses had been handed over across earlier phases as of mid-2023, and the MAG City Parks phase specifically launched 247 units targeting a Q4 2023 handover, per propsearch.ae and opr.ae. Per-unit square footage was not confirmed consistently across sources for this guide and is omitted rather than estimated.
Amenities
MAG City's masterplan amenities include a central clubhouse, fitness centers, outdoor swimming pools, children's play areas, and roughly 48,000 square metres of landscaped green space with cycling and running tracks. The community also includes retail and dining space (reported between around 8,000 and 32,000 square metres depending on the source and phase), per mag.ae, propsearch.ae and opr.ae.
Transportation & Access
Like the rest of MBR City, MAG City has no Metro station of its own. The nearest station is Business Bay Metro (Red Line), roughly 3.5 kilometres or a 15-minute drive from Al Meydan Road, one stop from Downtown Dubai's Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station. Road access runs via Al Khail Road, which the wider district sits directly along. A Metro expansion targeted for completion by 2030 is reported to eventually route through MBR City, though this remains a future infrastructure plan, not a current amenity.
Rental & Price Trends
MAG City's available long-term rental listings (apartments) currently range from around AED 44,999 to AED 65,000 a year for studios and roughly AED 79,999 to AED 95,000 a year for one-bedroom units, per live bayut.com listings. Villa and townhouse purchase pricing in the MAG City Parks phase started from AED 4,800,000 at launch, per opr.ae; these are area-level and launch-pricing reference points, not confirmed current resale figures for every unit type.
Owners weighing a MAG City villa against a standard long-term Ejari tenancy can model both scenarios with Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting anywhere in Dubai, including MAG City villas, requires a DTCM (Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing) holiday home permit. See Royale Stays' holiday home permit guide for the application process.
Royale Stays currently manages a four-bedroom villa in MAG City. Across a four-month tracked window (December 2025 to April 2026, a shorter period reflecting the property's onboarding date), the villa achieved an average daily rate of AED 1,399 and 80.22% occupancy, confirmed via the company's Hospitable booking-channel data. This is Royale Stays' own managed-portfolio performance for this specific villa, not an area estimate.
Management for a MAG City villa covers furnishing, photography, pricing, guest communications and maintenance coordination, the same scope detailed on Royale Stays' services page. For a wider comparison of how full-service management stacks up across Dubai operators, see Royale Stays' guide to choosing an Airbnb manager. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free assessment, from 15% management fee.
Income data reflects Royale Stays' own managed MAG City villa, Hospitable-verified for December 2025 to April 2026, reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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