Sol Bay Tower, Business Bay
Sol Bay Tower is a 17-storey mixed-use tower in Business Bay, developed by Sol Properties, the real estate arm of Dubai's Bhatia Group. Set on a prime corner plot along the Dubai Canal, the tower combines studio, one and two-bedroom residential apartments on its upper floors with ground-level retail and dining and two podium levels of office space. Business Bay is one of the five areas Royale Stays actively manages, and the company handles the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a unit for a fee starting from 15%.
Storeys
17 (sources vary, up to 19)
Developer
Sol Properties
Handover
2020-2021
Unit types
Studio to 2BR, plus offices
Area
Business Bay, Dubai Canal
About Sol Bay Tower
Sol Bay Tower is a mixed-use tower on a prime corner plot in Business Bay, along the Dubai Canal, developed by Sol Properties. The design pairs a grand residential lobby with a separate dedicated office lobby, and the corner facade uses uniquely shaped balconies that address both privacy and views, per the project's own architect. The building has been fully handed over since around 2020 to 2021.
Sol Bay Tower was designed by Naga Architects, the same firm behind Sol Properties' sibling tower Sol Avenue elsewhere in Business Bay. The ground floor holds retail outlets and dining, the first two podium levels are office space, and the residential apartments occupy the floors above. As with Sol Avenue, Sol Bay Tower is a straightforward freehold development rather than a branded or hotel-operated property: the residential apartments are individually owned and sold on the open market, which keeps short-term rental setup relatively simple for individual owners.
Storey count is disclosed rather than force-resolved: providentestate.com and propertyfinder.ae's own area-insights page both state 17 floors, matching providentestate.com's own component breakdown of 3 basement levels, ground floor, 2 office podium levels and 17 residential floors (floors 3 to 17); bayut.com's Building Guide states 19 storeys. Handover year is also disclosed rather than force-resolved: bayut.com states 2020, propertyfinder.ae states the building was "handed over in 2021"; both agree the building is fully complete today. No source checked publishes a specific total apartment count for Sol Bay Tower, so none is stated here. Naga Architects' own project page lists 2014 as the project year, most likely the design or announcement year rather than the handover year, following the same distinction Sol Avenue's own construction-start date required.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Sol Bay Tower sits directly on the Dubai Canal in Business Bay, close to Downtown Dubai and Mohammed Bin Rashid City. For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Business Bay covers licensing and demand across the district.
Business Bay is also home to several other towers covered separately on royalestays.com, including Sol Avenue, a separate, purely residential tower by the same developer elsewhere in Business Bay, along with Windsor Manor and Rove Home Marasi Drive, each with its own layout and unit mix.
Unit Types
Sol Bay Tower offers studio, one and two-bedroom apartments on its residential floors, above ground-floor retail and dining and two podium levels of office space, per Naga Architects, providentestate.com and bayut.com. None of the sources checked for this guide publish an exact total apartment count for the building; prospective owners and guests should confirm current unit availability directly with a broker or the building's management.
Amenities
Sol Bay Tower offers a fully equipped gymnasium and a swimming pool with a landscaped leisure deck, per providentestate.com. Bayut's own building guide additionally lists a spa, sauna, running track, children's play area and a barbecue area. The building includes basement parking, a separate grand residential lobby and dedicated office lobby, round-the-clock CCTV and security, and high-speed elevators. Owners and prospective guests should confirm the current facility list with building management, since amenity offerings can change over a tower's lifetime.
Transportation & Access
Sol Bay Tower's Business Bay position on the Dubai Canal gives residents and short-term guests quick access to Al Khail Road and Sheikh Zayed Road, putting Downtown Dubai, DIFC and Dubai Mall within a short drive. Dubai International Airport is around 15 to 20 minutes away by car, with Al Maktoum International around 40 minutes.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Renting a Sol Bay Tower apartment short-term needs a DTCM holiday home permit, professional photography, dynamic pricing, round-the-clock guest communication, housekeeping between stays and owners-association coordination. Business Bay is one of the five areas Royale Stays actively manages, and real managed-portfolio figures from the district show one-bedroom units averaging AED 473 a night at 88% occupancy (AED 12,879 a month) and two-bedroom units averaging AED 801 a night at 88% occupancy (AED 21,874 a month), a range that lines up directly with Sol Bay Tower's own one and two-bedroom mix. Royale Stays does not publish a separate studio-specific figure for Business Bay, so studio owners should treat the one-bedroom number as a directional floor rather than an exact estimate. Royale Stays runs the full operation for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications, with a single monthly statement covering revenue, fee, costs and net transfer.
Sol Properties is a private developer, not a hotel brand, and this guide found no hotel-brand operator running any part of Sol Bay Tower: the residential apartments are individually owned and sold on the open freehold market. There is no policy reason, unlike Vida, the site's only confirmed prohibited brand, that Sol Bay Tower 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 reflects Royale Stays' own managed Business Bay portfolio by unit type, fetched live 2026-09-07 from royalestays.com/airbnb-management-business-bay/, not a Sol Bay Tower-specific figure; no Royale Stays-managed unit currently exists at Sol Bay Tower itself.
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