Vela Viento, Business Bay
Vela Viento is a 95-residence ultra-luxury waterfront tower under development by OMNIYAT in Marasi Bay, Business Bay, designed by Foster + Partners with interiors by Gilles & Boissier and co-branded with Dorchester Collection’s five-star lifestyle services. Handover is expected in the third quarter of 2027. Royale Stays manages Business Bay short-term rentals from a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
OMNIYAT
Residences
95 (2-4 bedroom, plus 1 penthouse)
Handover
Q3 2027 (pre-handover)
Location
Marasi Bay, Business Bay
Architect
Foster + Partners
About Vela Viento
Vela Viento is an ultra-luxury residential tower developed by OMNIYAT on the waterfront of Marasi Bay, Business Bay, designed by Foster + Partners with interiors by Gilles & Boissier. The tower is co-branded 'VELA Viento, Dorchester Collection, Dubai' — Dorchester Collection supplies five-star lifestyle and concierge services to the building's freehold owners, but does not own, develop or operate Vela Viento as a hotel. Dorchester Collection's actual hotel in this portfolio is a separate structure, The Lana, a short walk away on the same promenade.
Vela Viento is the twin tower to a separate, smaller sister building named simply 'VELA' (38 residences, including a three-storey Sky Palace penthouse). The two towers are physically connected by three Skybridge Duplex residences with 'hanging' dining rooms suspended between them, a design OMNIYAT describes as unique to the property. Arabian Construction Company (ACC Group) was appointed main contractor for both VELA and Vela Viento on 7 May 2025, with site mobilisation and early construction milestones complete as of that announcement. Handover is expected in the third quarter of 2027 (VELA is expected one quarter earlier, in Q2 2027).
Vela Viento is not the same building as its sister tower 'VELA' (38 separate residences), nor is it The Lana (Dorchester Collection's hotel in Marasi Bay) or The Lana Residences (a separate 32-storey, 39-home tower also managed by Dorchester Collection). All four are distinct OMNIYAT-developed structures sharing the same Marasi Bay waterfront and, in most cases, the same Dorchester Collection service brand.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Vela Viento sits on the Marasi Bay waterfront island, a canal-front district within Business Bay immediately adjacent to Downtown Dubai and DIFC, with direct access to a landscaped marina promenade offering dining, boutiques and wellness spaces.
Vela Viento joins Royale Stays' wider Business Bay Building Guide cluster alongside Rove Home Marasi Drive, another pre-handover Marasi Bay tower, , The Opus by Omniyat and Eywa Tower, another Dubai Water Canal-front development.
Vela Viento falls within Royale Stays' wider Business Bay coverage area, detailed in Airbnb Property Management in Dubai.
Unit Types
Vela Viento comprises 95 residences across four categories. Viento Residences occupy the floors closest to the water, spanning 18 floors: 60 two- to three-bedroom homes ranging from 2,792 to 5,380 sq. ft., with open-plan layouts, grand terraces and private pools in select units. Horizon Residences, perched roughly 100 metres above ground, span another 18 floors: 31 three- to four-bedroom simplexes and duplexes from 3,511 to 8,252 sq. ft., with large terraces and some private pools. Three Skybridge Duplexes span six floors suspended between Vela Viento and its sister tower VELA: four-bedroom homes of 10,235 sq. ft. with hanging living and dining rooms open to the air. A single Celestial Penthouse tops the residential offering: a four-bedroom home of 20,841 sq. ft. with private terraces and pools framing Marasi Bay, Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai views.
Amenities
A Sky Amenities Deck suspended roughly 100 metres above the city features an infinity pool, a double-height gym, a yoga studio and lounge areas. Podium-level amenities add an indoor lap pool with a connected children's pool, a private spa, and meeting rooms, plus a dedicated golf-cart shuttle service linking Vela Viento to The Lana, Dorchester Collection, Dubai. Dorchester Collection's lifestyle services extend to concierge and personal valet, doorman and porter service, a car-care and valet service, one-off dining events, and a la carte in-residence dining, housekeeping and turndown on request.
Development Timeline & Status
OMNIYAT appointed Arabian Construction Company (ACC Group) as main contractor for Vela Viento (and its sister tower VELA) on 7 May 2025, with site mobilisation and early construction milestones already complete at that point. Handover is expected in the third quarter of 2027.
Vela Viento is still under construction and pre-handover as of this writing. It is not yet occupied and has no current residents, tenants, or short-term rental history.
Future STR Potential
Vela Viento is a pre-handover, off-plan development, so no current Airbnb or short-term rental activity exists there yet, and Royale Stays makes no claim of managing any unit in the building today.
Once handed over, Business Bay's established demand for short-term stays, Vela Viento's canal-front Marasi Bay location near Downtown Dubai and DIFC, and its five-star Dorchester Collection-branded services would make individual units realistic short-term rental candidates for owners. The building's own management company would arrange the necessary DTCM holiday-home permit, the standard route for hospitality-branded residential buildings in Dubai; Royale Stays has no confirmed prohibition here (Dorchester Collection’s own hotel brand line at this address is The Lana, a separate structure from Vela Viento — the only confirmed strict prohibition on Royale Stays' own list is the unrelated Vida brand). Royale Stays' Airbnb management services are available from a fee starting from 15% once units are ready to let.
Royale Stays has no current partnership, affiliation, or commercial relationship with OMNIYAT, Dorchester Collection, or ACC Group. This page is an independent building guide for owners and investors researching the project.
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