Sadaf 5, JBR
Sadaf 5 is a 37-storey residential tower in JBR's Sadaf cluster of eight interconnected buildings, developed by Dubai Properties and completed around 2007, with studio to four-bedroom apartments including penthouses on The Walk JBR. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a Sadaf 5 unit on Airbnb for a fee starting from 15%.
Storeys
37
Developer
Dubai Properties
Completed
2007-2008
Units
Studio-4BR + Penthouses
Area
JBR, Sadaf Cluster
About Sadaf 5
Sadaf 5 is a 37-storey residential tower in Jumeirah Beach Residence, developed by Dubai Properties. Most sources covering the wider Sadaf complex date the cluster's construction to 2004 through 2007, while one listing platform specifically dates Sadaf 5's own handover to July 2008, so this guide gives the completion as around 2007-2008 rather than a single unverified date. It is one of eight interconnected towers making up JBR's Sadaf complex, joined at podium level with Sadaf 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and Suha Hotel Apartments, the building that occupies the complex's "Sadaf 3" position but is marketed under its own name rather than that number.
Sadaf 5 is a distinct tower from Sadaf 2, Sadaf 6 and Sadaf 8, Royale Stays' other documented buildings in the same complex: all four share a developer, completion era and podium-level amenities, but each is a separate building with its own unit inventory and its own Dubai Land Department project registration. Sadaf 5 offers studio to four-bedroom apartments, including four-bedroom penthouses on the upper floors, with recorded unit sizes running from around 1,448 sq ft for a two-bedroom up to roughly 2,248 sq ft for a three-bedroom. The exact total unit count has not been independently confirmed by any source checked for this guide, so no figure is stated here rather than an invented one.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Sadaf 5 sits directly on The Walk JBR, roughly 0.3 km from the promenade and about 0.1 km from the Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach, with JBR Beach around 0.3 to 0.7 km away depending on the exact access point, and Reel Cinemas at Dubai Marina Mall about 0.6 km away. For a full picture of Airbnb management across JBR, see Royale Stays' area guide to Airbnb property management in JBR.
Sadaf 5 joins Royale Stays' wider JBR Building Guide cluster, alongside its own documented siblings in the same complex, Sadaf 6 and Sadaf 8, plus other JBR towers Royale Stays has covered including Al Fattan Marine Towers and Al Bateen Residence.
Unit Types
Sadaf 5 offers studio, one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments, including four-bedroom penthouses on the upper floors, in line with the wider Sadaf complex's unit mix. Recorded two-bedroom units run around 1,448 sq ft, with three-bedroom units ranging roughly 1,793 to 2,248 sq ft. 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
Sadaf 5's facilities include a communal gym, a swimming pool, a landscaped communal garden, a BBQ area, and 24-hour security with CCTV surveillance, along with covered parking, consistent with the wider Sadaf complex's podium-level amenities. Owners and prospective renters should confirm current on-site facilities directly with the building's management, since amenity offerings can change over time.
Transportation & Access
JBR is served by the Dubai Tram, with Sadaf 5 within easy reach of a JBR tram stop, connecting onward to the Dubai Marina Metro stations. Dubai International Airport is roughly 35 to 40 minutes away by car. Royale Stays has not confirmed the exact walking distance from Sadaf 5 to the nearest tram stop, so this guide does not state a specific figure.
Rental & Price Trends
Recorded Dubai Land Department-sourced sale transactions show around 50 sales for Sadaf 5, with recent three-bedroom transactions ranging from roughly AED 2,000,000 (AED 1,113 per sq ft) to AED 3,000,000 (AED 1,669 per sq ft) as of June 2026. Separately, live portal asking prices for the building start from around AED 2,249,000. Owners weighing a specific unit's numbers can run their own scenario through Royale Stays' ROI calculator.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting anywhere in Dubai, including at Sadaf 5, 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 Sadaf 5 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.
Sadaf 5 carries some of the strongest building-specific short-term rental evidence Royale Stays has found in the wider Sadaf cluster: Booking.com lists a multi-unit operation, "JBR Sadaf 5 Apartments by Yanjoon", with a guest rating of 8.8, plus separate full-apartment Airbnb listings (including three and four-bedroom units) and an Hotels.com bedspace dorm listing, all specific to this exact building. Royale Stays does not currently have booking data specific to Sadaf 5 to draw on, so this guide does not present a building income figure it cannot support. For context on realistic JBR-wide short-term rental income, Royale Stays' own published figures for the area run roughly AED 100,000 to 130,000 per year for a studio, AED 145,000 to 195,000 for a one-bedroom, AED 210,000 to 300,000 for a two-bedroom and AED 330,000 to 480,000 for a three-bedroom, per the JBR short-term rental guide.
Dubai Properties is the master developer behind Sadaf 5, not a hotel brand: there is no policy reason, unlike Vida, the site's only confirmed prohibited brand, that Sadaf 5 apartments can't be run as licensed holiday homes. The wider operational approach is covered in Royale Stays' guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free earnings estimate.
Income context reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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