The Cove, Dubai Creek Harbour
The Cove is a waterfront apartment development on Creek Island in Dubai Creek Harbour, developed by Emaar Properties. Dubai Land Department-tracked records show the completed project as three six-storey buildings totalling 144 apartments, finished in November 2021. Royale Stays manages Dubai Creek Harbour short-term rentals from a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Emaar Properties
Location
Creek Island, Dubai Creek Harbour
Buildings
3 (six storeys each)
Units
144 apartments (1-3BR)
Completed
November 2021
About The Cove
The Cove is a waterfront residential development on Creek Island, within Dubai Creek Harbour, developed by Emaar Properties. Dubai Land Department records track the completed core of the project as three six-storey buildings, The Cove Building 1, 2 and 3, each holding 48 one, two and three-bedroom apartments for a total of 144 units. Construction began in January 2017 and finished in November 2021, following the project's launch in November 2016.
"The Cove" is a common name used elsewhere in the region, most notably The Cove Rotana Resort, an unrelated hotel property in Ras Al Khaimah. This guide covers only The Cove apartment development on Creek Island in Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai, an entirely separate Emaar residential project.
Emaar's own architect-of-record materials describe a considerably larger Cove masterplan for this part of Creek Island, comprising around ten buildings and 1,100 homes delivered across two phases. Dubai Land Department transaction records and property portals, however, track The Cove specifically as the three-building, 144-unit complex described above. This guide uses the smaller, land-registry-confirmed figures as its headline facts and flags the wider masterplan context here rather than asserting a single, unverified total.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Cove sits at the southern tip of Creek Island, Dubai Creek Harbour's Island District, directly on Dubai Creek and close to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected wetland reserve. Emaar's Creek Marina Yacht Club, a landscaped central park and waterfront promenades are all within the immediate neighbourhood. Dubai Land Department registers the surrounding plot under the area name Al Khairan First.
Downtown Dubai and Dubai Mall are roughly a 16-minute drive away, and Dubai International Airport (DXB) is around 20 minutes by car. The Cove joins Royale Stays' wider Dubai Creek Harbour Building Guide cluster alongside Palace Residences North and Dubai Creek Residences North Tower 3, two other Emaar developments nearby on Creek Island. For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, see Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Dubai Creek Harbour.
Unit Types
The Cove's three buildings hold one, two and three-bedroom apartments ranging from around 773 to 2,017 square feet, each with a private terrace or balcony of 72 to 738 square feet. Interiors use stone, marble, light timber veneers and glass finishes.
Emaar's own broader Cove marketing for this part of Creek Island also lists three-bedroom townhouses and two-to-four-bedroom duplexes and penthouses as part of the wider Cove-branded portfolio, though these fall outside the three-building complex this guide's headline unit figures describe.
Amenities
On-site amenities include children's play areas, family spaces and a gymnasium, plus ground-floor retail and dining outlets. Residents have access to the Creek Marina Yacht Club, a central park and landscaped waterfront promenades, with views over the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Several five-star hotels, including Palace Dubai Creek Harbour, Vida Creek Beach, Vida Creek Harbour and Address Grand Creek Harbour, sit within walking distance.
Development Timeline & Status
The Cove launched for sale in November 2016, began construction in January 2017 and was completed in November 2021. The three buildings are fully delivered, freehold and actively traded: Dubai Land Department records show dozens of resale and mortgage-registration transactions, with one-bedroom sale prices running from roughly AED 1.2 million to AED 1.7 million as of mid-to-late 2026.
Because the project is already delivered and reselling on the open market, prospective owners can compare current asking prices directly with a licensed broker or Dubai Land Department records. Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator can help model a specific unit's return.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting at The Cove runs through the same DTCM holiday home permit required anywhere in Dubai. The Cove is a standard Emaar-developed freehold apartment complex, not a Vida-branded hotel property, so it carries no confirmed short-term-letting prohibition. Royale Stays' guide to the Dubai holiday home permit covers what the process and fees generally involve.
Royale Stays manages the full furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications process for owners at buildings like The Cove, from a management fee starting from 15% of gross booking revenue.
Royale Stays does not currently have booking data specific to The Cove; figures above describe the standard management offering.
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