The Residence, Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai
The Residence, Burj Khalifa is a 14-storey, 33-apartment residential tower in Downtown Dubai, developed by Emaar Properties directly beside Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Fountain, with internal access to The Dubai Mall. It is a completely different building from The Residences, the unrelated 9-tower Old Town Island complex nearby, and from The Residences at Business Central, an unrelated DAMAC-developed tower in Business Bay. Downtown Dubai 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
14 (+3 basement)
Total units
33 apartments
Completion
2011
Developer
Emaar Properties
Area
Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa district)
About The Residence, Burj Khalifa
The Residence, Burj Khalifa is a fully completed, 14-storey residential tower in Downtown Dubai, with three additional basement levels used for parking, developed by Emaar Properties. Per the developer's own project page, the building sits in "a unique location in the middle of Dubai's most prestigious landmarks: Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Fountain," with direct internal access to The Dubai Mall.
Per Propsearch.ae's building profile, the project was completed by July 2011. Emaar's own official page states the building offers 33 apartments in total, ranging from 4,000 to 8,000 square feet, with three apartments per floor and a maid's suite located in the building's core. Propsearch.ae separately confirms the unit mix as a combination of three-, four-, five- and seven-bedroom apartments, matching real three-, four- and five-bedroom sale and mortgage transactions on file with the Dubai Land Department for this address.
Storey count, total unit count, unit size range and the full amenities list are each sourced from one detailed source apiece (Propsearch.ae for storeys, Emaar's own official page for unit count, sizes and amenities); independent confirmation from a second detailed source such as Bayut or Property Finder could not be obtained this session, since direct fetches returned a bot-protection error or a not-found response. Propsearch.ae's own page additionally carries an internally inconsistent construction-start figure (March 2023) alongside its stated July 2011 completion date, which reads as a template data-entry artifact rather than a genuine second completion date, given the building's long-running, active individually-owned resale history.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
The Residence, Burj Khalifa sits in the Burj Khalifa district of Downtown Dubai, footsteps from Burj Khalifa itself and The Dubai Fountain, with The Dubai Mall around 0.2 to 0.4km away. For a wider view of the area's short-term rental market, Royale Stays' Airbnb management guide for Downtown Dubai covers licensing and demand across the district.
The building is a short walk from The Address Residences Dubai Opera, roughly 0.4km away, per the distances published on the building's own Propsearch.ae profile. It is not part of The Residences, the separate 9-tower Old Town Island complex covered elsewhere on royalestays.com, and it is a different building entirely from The Residences at Business Central in Business Bay.
Building Details
Per Emaar's own official page, in-building facilities include an entrance drop-off, a grand residential lobby, 24-hour concierge service, a residence club lounge, fully equipped office spaces, an infinity lap pool, a poolside cabana, a business centre, a gym with a training studio and a kids' studio. The substructure has three basement levels, used for parking.
The building has an active, individually-owned resale market rather than a single corporate landlord. Propsearch.ae's own log of Dubai Land Department transactions shows 44 sale, mortgage and gift records on file for the building, including a 5-bedroom flat sold on 15 January 2026 for AED 38 million (8,822 sq ft) and a 4-bedroom flat sold on 14 October 2025 for AED 29.52 million (8,230 sq ft). Dubai Land Department's own transaction records additionally tag this address with the building name "Burj Khalifa Residences," an alternate government registration name for this same building, distinct from Emaar's marketing name and from the unrelated 9-tower "The Residences" complex nearby.
Amenities & Transportation
Per the building's own Propsearch.ae profile, residents and guests have a wide range of everyday conveniences within a short walk: supermarkets and mini marts around Boulevard Plaza and Souk Al Bahar roughly 0.3km away, restaurants inside Burj Khalifa itself roughly 0.1km away, pharmacies and opticians around Souk Al Bahar and The Dubai Mall within about 0.3 to 0.4km, and gyms around Vista Arcade roughly 0.4km away. Citizens School, rated "Very good" by government inspection, sits around 1.5km away in City Walk.
The building's Burj Khalifa district location gives residents and short-term guests quick access to Sheikh Zayed Road and Financial Centre Road, putting Business Bay and DIFC within a short drive and the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro station within easy reach. Dubai International Airport is around 15 minutes away by car, with Al Maktoum International around 45 minutes.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Renting an apartment at The Residence, Burj Khalifa short-term needs a DTCM holiday home permit, professional photography, dynamic pricing, round-the-clock guest communication, housekeeping between stays and owners-association coordination. Downtown Dubai is one of the five areas Royale Stays actively manages, and real managed-portfolio figures from the district show three-bedroom units averaging AED 2,220 a night at 88% occupancy, around AED 60,596 a month, the closest published tier to this building's own larger three-, four-, five- and seven-bedroom unit mix. The same area guide confirms units with direct Burj Khalifa or Dubai Fountain views achieve 15-25% higher nightly rates during peak periods, a premium this building's own location is well placed to command given its immediate adjacency to both landmarks. 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.
This guide found no hotel-brand operator running any part of The Residence, Burj Khalifa: the building is a standard freehold residential property with individually-owned apartments and resident-only amenities. There is no policy reason, unlike Vida, the site's only confirmed prohibited brand, that apartments here 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 Downtown Dubai portfolio by unit type, fetched live 2026-09-07 from royalestays.com/airbnb-management-downtown-dubai/, not a building-specific figure; no Royale Stays-managed unit currently exists at The Residence, Burj Khalifa itself. This building's own confirmed unit mix (3-7 bedrooms, 4,000-8,000 sq ft) exceeds the area guide's published 1-3BR tiers, so the 3-bedroom figure is presented as the closest available reference point, not an exact estimate for this building's larger units.
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