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Uptown Tower, JLT
Uptown Tower is a 340-metre mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Uptown Dubai, immediately adjacent to Jumeirah Lake Towers and developed by the same master developer, DMCC. The building combines Grade-A offices, the SO/ Uptown Dubai hotel, and a separate 229-unit residential component. Royale Stays does not currently manage a unit at Uptown Tower, but the company runs an active Dubai apartment-management portfolio with a from-15% management fee covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications, and can be reached directly by owners at the tower.
Type
Mixed-Use Supertall
Area
Uptown Dubai, JLT
Height
340 m
Storeys
Around 80
Completed
2023
Developer
DMCC
About Uptown Tower
Uptown Tower is the first completed structure in Uptown Dubai, a mixed-use district developed by DMCC (the same authority behind Jumeirah Lake Towers itself) immediately next to JLT, about two minutes away via Sheikh Zayed Road and the Metro. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and built by Six Construct, part of the BESIX Group, the tower was completed in 2023, rising to 340 metres across around 80 storeys with a diamond-inspired glass facade made up of more than 8,500 panels. Inside, the building splits into three distinct uses: close to 500,000 square feet of LEED Gold-certified office space, the SO/ Uptown Dubai hotel occupying ten dedicated floors with 188 rooms and suites, and a separate residential component of 229 units.
One point of honest disambiguation: Uptown Tower should not be confused with Mercer House, One and Two Uptown Place, or the still-in-development Uptown Dubai Tower 1, all separate buildings within the same wider Uptown Dubai masterplan. Even the Uptown Social cafe that ranks for searches around the area is simply the tower's own Level 2 dining venue rather than a separate business elsewhere in JLT.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Uptown Tower sits about two minutes from Sheikh Zayed Road and the nearest Metro station, five minutes from Jumeirah Beach, and around 20 minutes from Downtown Dubai. Its position next to Jumeirah Lake Towers means residents share JLT's wider access to the Marina, JBR beach, and the Dubai Internet City and Media City business districts, all within a short drive. For the area-level picture, including occupancy and yield context, see the guide to Airbnb management in JLT.
Two JLT towers are already covered in detail on this site: Saba Tower 2, one of the district's established lakeside high-rises, and Goldcrest Views 1, a residential tower overlooking the JLT lakes. Both make useful comparison points for what a more conventional JLT residential building looks like next to Uptown Tower's hotel and office mix.
Unit Types
Uptown Tower holds 417 units in total (figure per propsearch.ae), split between the SO/ Uptown Dubai hotel's 188 rooms, lofts and suites on ten dedicated floors and a separate residential component of 229 units. The residences are genuinely individually held rather than a single investor block: portal listings data shows one, two and three-bedroom apartments at Uptown Tower actively listed for both sale and rent on the open market. The rest of the building is commercial, with close to 500,000 square feet of LEED Gold-certified Grade-A office space.
Amenities
Uptown Tower's ground floor and Atrium level are anchored by a run of dining venues, including Uptown Social for coffee and all-day dining, Sur.Dubai, Lana Lusa Brasserie, Uptown Citronelle, Savant, Lazuli, Celeste, P5 and Jones the Grocer. The SO/ Uptown Dubai hotel adds a ballroom, meeting facilities, a spa and a pool. The wider Uptown Dubai district includes The Plaza, a 21,000 square metre open-air events space with capacity for up to 5,000 people.
Transportation & Access
Getting around from Uptown Tower is straightforward: Sheikh Zayed Road and the nearest Metro station are about two minutes away, which puts Dubai Marina, JBR and the Internet City and Media City office districts within a short drive, and Downtown Dubai at roughly 20 minutes. For guests, that combination of a Metro link plus a fast highway connection covers both airport transfers and day-to-day trips without needing a car for every journey.
Rental & Price Trends
Royale Stays does not currently manage a unit at Uptown Tower, so there is no building-specific occupancy or nightly-rate data to share here. For area-level context: Jumeirah Lake Towers, immediately next door, is commonly cited in property-portal and investment-marketing sources as averaging around 85% occupancy in 2024, roughly 5 points ahead of Dubai Marina, with gross rental yields commonly quoted at 7 to 10 percent. These figures come from portal and marketing sources rather than a RERA or DTCM primary publication, so treat them as commonly cited context for the area generally, not house-verified numbers for this building. For a unit-specific estimate, the Dubai property ROI calculator is the better starting point.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Because Uptown Tower combines hotel-operated floors with a separate residential component, the DTCM holiday-home permit routing works the same way it does at other hotel/residential mixed-use towers covered on this site, such as Burj Daman in DIFC: the SO/ hotel's own 188 rooms and suites are hotel-operated inventory and cannot hold a standalone holiday-home permit, while a genuinely individually held residential unit routes through the building's own management company once Royale Stays reaches out on an owner's behalf. SO/ is an Accor-operated hotel brand, not Vida (the one hotel brand confirmed to prohibit short-term letting outright), so hotel branding on its own is not a blocker here, it is simply a routing detail. Exactly which of the 229 residences qualify for a standalone permit versus sit inside the hotel's own pool has not been independently confirmed by Royale Stays and should be verified with the building's management before listing.
Owners of one of the building's individually held residential units who are considering short-term letting can reach out to Royale Stays directly to discuss whether their property fits. Management covers furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications for a fee starting from 15%, and the full Royale Stays service overview explains how that works across the wider Dubai portfolio.
Uptown Tower pairs a landmark 340-metre address with a genuinely distinct residential component sitting above one of the area's best amenity bases. For owners weighing what that could earn as a short-term rental, get a free earnings estimate or check projected returns with the Dubai property ROI calculator.
Reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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