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Short Term Rentals in Sulafa Tower
A 75-floor Al Sayyah Group tower on the Dubai Marina waterfront, completed in December 2010 with 702 apartments: location, unit types and honest Airbnb income potential from Royale Stays' own managed-portfolio data.
Floors
75
Developer
Al Sayyah Group
Completed
2010
Units
702 (1-3BR + penthouses)
Area
Dubai Marina
About Sulafa Tower
Sulafa Tower is a residential skyscraper on the Dubai Marina waterfront, developed by Al Sayyah Group (Wikipedia's own record lists the developer as Al Sayyah & Sons Investment Co. LLC). Construction began in 2006 and the tower was completed in 2010. It stands among the taller residential towers in Dubai Marina, with a height cited between roughly 285 and 288 metres depending on the source.
Sulafa Tower has 75 residential floors. The building's total structure reaches 81 floors once basement and podium levels are counted in, and Wikipedia's own infobox lists a slightly different total of 76 floors, so this guide describes the floor count honestly rather than picking one figure and presenting it as the only correct one. The tower holds 702 units across one, two and three-bedroom apartments plus penthouses, with individual unit sizes reported from roughly 752 to 3,375 square feet.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Sulafa Tower sits directly on the Dubai Marina waterfront, close to Marina Walk (around 0.5km away) and within easy reach of Skydive Dubai (around 1.3km) and The Walk JBR (around 1.8km). By car, it is roughly 17 minutes to Dubai Mall, 8 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 14 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 8 minutes to The Walk JBR, with Dubai International Airport around 25 minutes away and Al Maktoum International Airport around 32 minutes away. For a fuller picture of the wider area, see Royale Stays' guide to Airbnb management across Dubai Marina.
Owners comparing buildings within the same area may also find it useful to look at other Dubai Marina towers Royale Stays has covered: DAMAC Heights, Studio One Hotel and Marina Diamonds, all elsewhere in Dubai Marina.
Unit Types
Sulafa Tower's 702 units are a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments plus penthouses, with individual unit sizes reported from roughly 752 to 3,375 square feet depending on configuration. Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a per-configuration unit breakdown for this pass, so this guide describes the overall mix as reported rather than presenting an invented split 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
Sulafa Tower includes a health club with a gymnasium, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, eight passenger lifts plus one goods lift, and 718 car parking spaces. A single retail outlet, Plus Point Supermarket, operates on the ground floor of the building itself. 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
Dubai Marina is served by the Dubai Tram, which connects to the Red Line Metro at the DMCC and Sobha Realty stations, giving residents and guests a route into the wider Dubai Metro network without relying solely on a car. Sheikh Zayed Road provides direct road access to the rest of the city. Royale Stays has not confirmed the exact walking distance from Sulafa Tower itself to the nearest tram stop, so this guide does not state a specific figure for that. By car, Dubai International Airport is roughly 25 minutes away and Al Maktoum International Airport roughly 32 minutes away from the building.
Rental & Price Trends
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed long-term lease rents or service charges specific to Sulafa Tower from a citable market report in this pass, so no building-specific figures are stated here. At the area level, Dubai Marina's typical long-term rental range for a one-bedroom apartment runs from around AED 95,000 to 140,000 per year, the same range already used consistently across Royale Stays' other Dubai Marina building guides. This is an area-level figure, not building-specific precision for Sulafa Tower. 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 Sulafa Tower, 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 Sulafa Tower 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 Sulafa Tower show genuine short-term rental demand, with booking platforms already carrying listings for the building. Royale Stays does not currently have Sulafa Tower-specific booking data of its own to draw on, so the figures below reflect Royale Stays' own published Dubai Marina managed-portfolio data rather than a claim about this particular building's nightly rate or occupancy: at 78 per cent annual occupancy, a managed one-bedroom in Royale Stays' Dubai Marina portfolio typically generates AED 120,000 to 165,000 gross per year, with net income after management fees from 15 per cent and operating costs typically landing at AED 80,000 to 110,000.
For an owner weighing whether Airbnb makes sense for a unit at Sulafa Tower, the practical starting points are the same as anywhere else in Dubai Marina: confirming the building's short-term letting policy, applying for the DTCM permit, and pricing the unit competitively against comparable Marina 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 managed-portfolio bookings across Dubai Marina, reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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