Qasr Sabah, Dubai Production City
Qasr Sabah is a three-building residential complex in Dubai Production City (formerly International Media Production Zone), in the Me'Aisem First sub-community of Dubai. Developed by RSG International through its subsidiary RS Realty, the complex comprises Qasr Sabah 1, 2 and 3, three separate seven-storey buildings sharing amenities and a common architectural identity. Construction began in November 2013 and the buildings were handed over in August 2015. Across the three buildings, Qasr Sabah holds around 402 apartments, mostly one-bedroom units. This guide covers Qasr Sabah's building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
RSG International
Buildings
3 (Qasr Sabah 1, 2, 3)
Storeys per building
7
Total units
~402 (384 one-bed, 18 studio)
Location
Me'Aisem First, Dubai Production City
About Qasr Sabah
Qasr Sabah is a multi-building residential complex in Dubai Production City, in the Me'Aisem First sub-community of Dubai. The development comprises three separate seven-storey buildings, Qasr Sabah 1, Qasr Sabah 2 and Qasr Sabah 3, sharing a common architectural identity and a set of amenities. It was developed by RSG International (trading as RSG Group of Companies) through its subsidiary RS Realty, with construction starting in November 2013 and the buildings handed over in August 2015.
Across the three buildings, Qasr Sabah holds around 402 apartments, predominantly one-bedroom units alongside a smaller number of studios. The exterior design blends Mediterranean and Arabic architectural elements, with golden domes on the rooftops, white facades, and marble and granite lobby flooring inside each building.
Qasr Sabah is a separate, distinct RSG development from Burj Sabah, the RSG-developed tower in Jumeirah Village Circle covered in Royale Stays' own Burj Sabah, JVC building guide. The two share a developer group and part of a name but are unrelated buildings in different areas of Dubai; this guide covers only the Qasr Sabah complex in Dubai Production City.
Building structure, developer, storey count and construction timeline per propsearch.ae, the developer's rsg.group listing and famproperties.com's transaction-data page.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Qasr Sabah sits in Me'Aisem First, part of Dubai Production City, a self-contained mixed residential and media-industry community in the DubaiLand area of Dubai. The complex is close to several established residential districts: Jumeirah Golf Estates (about 1.4 km), which has hosted the Dubai World Championship, Midtown by Deyaar (1.5 km), Jumeirah Village Triangle (1.6 km), Victory Heights (1.7 km), Dubai Sports City (2.2 km), Jumeirah Village Circle (3.0 km) and The Springs (3.1 km).
Families in the area have access to several well-regarded schools, including Sunmarke School (1.7 km) and Arcadia British School (1.8 km), both offering British and IB curricula. Leisure options nearby include Dubai Miracle Garden (about 5.9 km) and several golf courses, including the Jumeirah Golf Estates course and The Els Golf Club. Within the Qasr Sabah complex itself, ground-floor retail includes a mini mart, two gents' salons, a ladies' salon and a casual restaurant, so residents can handle everyday errands without leaving the development. For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, see Royale Stays' full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai.
Location, sub-community and nearby-landmark distances per propsearch.ae's building guide for Qasr Sabah; the developer's rsg.group page gives the same Dubai Production City / Me'Aisem First locational description.
Unit Types at Qasr Sabah
Across its three seven-storey buildings, Qasr Sabah offers around 402 apartments in total: roughly 384 one-bedroom units and 18 studio apartments. One-bedroom layouts are by far the dominant unit type transacting on the resale and rental market, with unit sizes typically ranging from about 568 to 652 sq ft based on recent Dubai Land Department-registered sales.
Layouts follow a straightforward apartment-building format rather than branded-residence-style customization, in keeping with the complex's positioning as an accessibly priced, established residential option in Dubai Production City.
The 384 one-bed / 18 studio breakdown is per propsearch.ae's building research. Propsearch.ae's and famproperties.com's Dubai Land Department transaction samples both show one-bedroom units in every sale and rental record.
Amenities at Qasr Sabah
Shared amenities across the three Qasr Sabah buildings include a swimming pool, a gymnasium, children's play areas and tennis courts. Each building offers central air conditioning, part of 500 secure parking spaces shared across the complex's ground and podium levels, and round-the-clock security.
Ground-floor retail within the complex covers everyday needs: a mini mart, gents' and ladies' salons, and a restaurant, all reachable without leaving the building.
Core amenities (swimming pool, gymnasium, children's play areas, tennis courts) per propsearch.ae and famproperties.com. Parking-space count and ground-floor retail tenant detail per propsearch.ae's building research.
Transportation & Access
Qasr Sabah's Dubai Production City location puts it roughly 20 to 25 minutes by car from several of Dubai's key destinations: about 20 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 21 minutes to Burj Al Arab, 22 minutes to The Walk at JBR, and 25 minutes to Dubai Mall in Downtown Dubai, all drive times that assume typical traffic conditions.
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly a 30-minute drive, while Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) in Dubai South is about 33 minutes away, useful for residents whose travel patterns lean toward the newer southern airport. The development sits close to Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, the two arterial routes connecting Dubai Production City to the rest of the city's road network.
Drive times sourced from propsearch.ae's building guide for Qasr Sabah, calculated via Google Maps under typical traffic conditions.
Sale Prices & What to Expect
Recent Dubai Land Department-registered sales at Qasr Sabah show one-bedroom apartments transacting broadly in the AED 400,000 to AED 680,000 range, for units sized roughly 568 to 652 sq ft, putting price per sq ft in the AED 650 to AED 1,190 band depending on unit condition, floor and exact size.
A representative recent transaction: a 580 sq ft one-bedroom apartment in Qasr Sabah 1 sold for AED 600,000 in August 2026 (about AED 1,034 per sq ft). On the rental side, one-bedroom units have recently registered in the AED 35,000 to AED 51,000 per year range for standard 12 to 13-month contracts, positioning Qasr Sabah as an accessibly priced option relative to Dubai's better-known waterfront and Downtown addresses.
Price figures per propsearch.ae's and famproperties.com's Dubai Land Department-linked transaction tables (both republish the same underlying DLD Open Data feed). The AED 600,000 / 580 sq ft transaction appears in both.
Airbnb & Rental Income Potential
Qasr Sabah functions today as a long-term sale-and-rental building rather than a short-term or Airbnb-oriented address: every transaction identified in Dubai Land Department records for this complex is a standard annual rental contract or freehold sale, with no evidence of an existing short-term rental market at the property.
Dubai Production 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 Qasr Sabah specifically. RSG International is a private real estate developer rather than a restricted hotel brand, so there is no confirmed policy barrier to running a licensed holiday home in the building.
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.
No short-term-rental prohibition applies to RSG-developed, non-hotel-branded buildings. Sale and rental records on propsearch.ae and famproperties.com for this building are standard annual/freehold transactions.
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