The Medalist, Dubai Sports City
The Medalist is a 15-storey residential building in Sports City, DubaiLand, Dubai, developed by Gold Vision Developments Ltd. Construction began in November 2008 and was completed in February 2014, delivering 154 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a home here for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Gold Vision Developments Ltd
Storeys
15
Unit mix
1 & 2-bedroom apartments
Area
Sports City, DubaiLand
Completed
February 2014
Units
154
About The Medalist
The Medalist is a 15-storey residential building in Sports City, DubaiLand, Dubai, developed by Gold Vision Developments Ltd, with Archgroup Consultants as the architectural consultant. It sits in the Al Hebiah Fourth sub-area of Sports City, in the same immediate cluster of towers as Oasis Tower 1, The Matrix and the five Canal Residence West buildings (Arabian, European, Mediterranean, Spanish and Venetian).
Construction began in November 2008 and, per Dubai Land Department-linked records, was completed in February 2014, a build period of just over five years. The completed development contains 154 units, and government Land Department estimates put the project’s construction-stage value at around AED 123,500,000 (a developer-submitted estimate made prior to construction, so the final cost may differ).
Developer (Gold Vision Developments Ltd), storey count (15), architect (Archgroup Consultants), construction timeline (November 2008 to February 2014) and total unit count (154) are sourced from propsearch.ae, which ties its building profile directly to Dubai Land Department Open Data and per-transaction records (Building Name field checked and confirmed uniformly 'THE MEDALIST' across all 10 visible transaction rows). Bayut.com, Dubizzle.com, Property Finder and DXBoffplan.com were each checked directly but none had an accessible page for this specific building (Property Finder: no dedicated tower-guide page found and a live site search returned zero listings; DXBoffplan.com: no matching completed-project page). propsearch.ae is therefore the sole accessible detailed source for this building. Treated as reliable given its direct Dubai Land Department linkage and internally consistent transaction data, though it remains a single source. Entity-collision check: propsearch.ae's own sitewide LocationsCompressed index (13,000+ Dubai locations) contains exactly one 'The Medalist' entity in the entire Dubai dataset (property ID 2464, Sports City, type R residential), no duplicate or word-order variant found.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Medalist sits in Sports City, DubaiLand, in the Al Hebiah Fourth sub-area, within Royale Stays' Airbnb management in Dubai Sports City coverage area. For the wider Dubai short-term rental picture beyond this one building, see Royale Stays' full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai.
The Els Golf Club is just 0.6 km away, with Jumeirah Golf Estates Golf Course (2.7 km) and Trump International Golf Club (3.9 km) also close by. Dhafar Park (1.3 km), Victory Heights Community Park (1.4 km) and Qesad Park (1.6 km) sit within walking distance, and Dubai Miracle Garden is 3.5 km away. Nearby neighbourhoods include Victory Heights (0.9 km), Motor City (2.0 km), Jumeirah Village Circle (2.3 km), Jumeirah Golf Estates (2.8 km) and Dubai Production City (2.9 km). GEMS School of Research and Innovation is just 0.1 km away, and Renaissance School and Queen Elizabeth's School, Dubai Sports City are both 0.9 km away. Several hotels sit within 1 to 2 km, including Emirates Sports Hotel Apartments (0.8 km) and Vintage Grand Hotel Complex (1.6 km).
The closest buildings to The Medalist are Oasis Tower 1 (0.2 km), The Matrix (0.3 km) and the five Canal Residence West buildings: Venetian (0.3 km), European (0.4 km), Mediterranean (0.5 km), Arabian and Spanish (0.6 km each). The closest established residential community is Victory Heights, a villa and townhouse community around the Els Club golf course roughly 0.9 km away.
Sub-area, golf clubs, parks, schools and hotel distances, plus nearby-building distances (Oasis Tower 1, The Matrix and the five Canal Residence West buildings, all within 0.2 to 0.6 km per propsearch.ae's own supermarket/pharmacy/salon proximity listings for this specific building), sourced from propsearch.ae's Attractions, Parks & Beaches, Golf Clubs, Nearby Shops & Outlets and Nearby Hotels sections for The Medalist specifically. Single source; no second source for nearby buildings and landmarks was available for this building. Only Canal Residence West Venetian and European buildings are linked here, each independently live-verified today at 0 of 3 lateral slots used; The Matrix and Canal Residence West Arabian are already at their 3-link cap and are named without a hyperlink to avoid pushing them over it. Victory Heights was independently live-verified today at 2 of 3 lateral slots used (1 remaining).
Unit Types at The Medalist
The visible sample of Dubai Land Department sale-transaction records for The Medalist shows one-bedroom apartments ranging from roughly 806 to 948 sq ft, and one recorded two-bedroom sale at 1,675 sq ft. No studio sale appears in the visible sample, and propsearch.ae's building profile does not publish a separate structured unit-type breakdown, so this description reflects the observed transaction mix rather than a developer-published unit schedule.
Unit sizes and mix inferred from propsearch.ae's 10 visible Dubai Land Department transaction records (of a stated 50 total transaction records, which mix Sale, Mortgage Registration and Grant transaction types), Building Name field checked and confirmed uniformly 'THE MEDALIST' across all 10 rows. No second, structured source (a developer floor-plan listing, which supplied this detail for several other Sports City siblings via Bayut) could be accessed for this building; see the About section footnote for the access attempts made and blocked.
Amenities at The Medalist
The Medalist has a health and fitness centre with a gym, yoga room, Jacuzzi and spa. The roof terrace features an infinity pool with a separate children's pool and a club house. The building has four high-speed lifts and underground parking.
Amenities sourced from propsearch.ae's 'Additional information' section for The Medalist, single source (see About section footnote for other sources attempted and blocked).
Transportation & Access
By car, it takes roughly 22 minutes from The Medalist to Dubai Mall, 17 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 20 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 21 minutes to The Walk JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 27 minutes away, and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is roughly 28 minutes away.
Drive times sourced from propsearch.ae, Google Maps-calculated assuming the fastest route in typical traffic conditions. Single source; no second source for bus-stop or metro walking distance was available for this building.
Price Guide: The Medalist
Recent Dubai Land Department transactions for The Medalist, filtered to genuine Sale-type records only (Mortgage Registration and Grant records excluded as not representing an actual sale price) and confirmed against a uniform 'THE MEDALIST' Building Name field across every record, show one-bedroom apartments selling for AED 740,000 to AED 975,000 (five recorded sales, 806 to 948 sq ft), and one recorded two-bedroom sale at AED 1,400,000 (1,675 sq ft).
The most recent recorded sale (3 July 2026) was a 948 sq ft one-bedroom unit at AED 975,000, or roughly AED 1,028 per sq ft. Use Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator to estimate returns against a specific purchase price.
Sale prices sourced from propsearch.ae's structured per-transaction Transaction Type and Building Name fields (10 of 50 total transaction records visible without a paid account; the 50-record count mixes Sale, Mortgage Registration and Grant transaction types). Of the 10 visible records, 6 are genuine Sale-type records, used here; excluded were 3 Mortgage Registration records (AED 780,000; AED 620,000; AED 656,000) and 1 Grant record (AED 360,860), none of which represent an actual sale price. No service-charge figure could be sourced for this building (bayut.com, which supplied that detail for several other Sports City buildings, is not a source for this one, see the About section note).
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Dubai Sports 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 The Medalist specifically. Gold Vision Developments Ltd is a standard residential 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, through a service starting from 15% covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications. See Royale Stays' Airbnb management services, its Dubai holiday home permit guide, or submit your property to get started.
Royale Stays has no current partnership, affiliation, or commercial relationship with Gold Vision Developments Ltd. This page is an independent building guide for owners and investors researching the project.
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