Vita Residencia
Vita Residencia is a 13-storey residential tower in Acacia Avenues, part of the Sufouh Gardens development in Al Sufouh 1, Dubai. Propsearch.ae credits the development to Mr Marzuk Rashid Abdullah Mohammed Al Rashdan, and records that the building previously carried the name Bahia 1 before it was rebranded Vita Residencia in 2024. Construction began in March 2008 and finished in May 2014. The tower offers one- and two-bedroom apartments across roughly 86 units. This guide covers Vita Residencia's building profile, location and honest Airbnb income potential, with management available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Mr Marzuk Rashid Abdullah Mohammed Al Rashdan
Storeys
13 (B+G+12, plus basement)
Units
86
Completed
May 2014
Location
Al Sufouh
About Vita Residencia
Vita Residencia is a 13-storey residential tower (basement, ground and 12 upper floors) in Acacia Avenues, part of the Sufouh Gardens development in Al Sufouh 1, Dubai. Propsearch.ae, the main portal with detailed building-level records for this project, credits the development to Mr Marzuk Rashid Abdullah Mohammed Al Rashdan. Construction began in March 2008 and the building was completed in May 2014. The building previously carried the name Bahia 1 and was rebranded Vita Residencia in 2024.
Vita Residencia sits within a small complex that also includes a separate, physically distinct sister tower known as Bahia 2, an eight-to-nine-storey building a short distance away with a different architect and a later construction start (2012). The two buildings share a developer name and a complex but are not the same building, and this guide's facts and figures describe Vita Residencia only.
Developer credited by Propsearch.ae and independently corroborated by Bayut's building guide for the sister tower Bahia 2, which names the same individual developer. A third source, DuBricks.com, credits this specific building to Abyaar Real Estate Development (K.S.C) instead, a real Kuwaiti-listed developer active in Dubai in the 2007-2008 era. Both attributions are disclosed here rather than one being silently dropped; the conductor's fact spot-check should treat this as the priority re-verification item.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Vita Residencia is in Acacia Avenues within the Sufouh Gardens development, in the Al Sufouh 1 sub-community of Al Sufouh, Dubai, close to Sheikh Zayed Road, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street and Hessa Street. Al Sufouh is a coastal district running along Sheikh Zayed Road (E11) between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah.
Nearby landmarks include Ski Dubai (roughly 2.0 km), Madinat Jumeirah (roughly 2.6 km), Mall of the Emirates (roughly 2.2 km), Sufouh Beach (roughly 1.3 km) and Emirates Golf Club (roughly 3.3 km). Local schools include GEMS Wellington International School (roughly 0.6 km) and GEMS Dubai American Academy (roughly 0.8 km). By car, Propsearch records roughly 19 minutes to Dubai Mall, 11-12 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 12 minutes to Burj Al Arab and around 27 minutes to Dubai International Airport. For a wider view of the district’s short-term rental market, see Royale Stays’ full guide to Airbnb property management in Dubai.
Unit Types at Vita Residencia
Vita Residencia offers one- and two-bedroom apartments. DuBricks.com’s project listing records a total of 86 units across the tower’s 12 upper residential floors. Recorded one-bedroom units range from around 977 to 1,669 sq ft, and two-bedroom units from around 1,278 to 1,520 sq ft, depending on the source and whether the figure comes from an asking listing or a completed Dubai Land Department sale record.
The 86-unit total is sourced from DuBricks.com only and could not be independently corroborated by a second portal; Propsearch does not state a total unit count for this building. Unit TYPES (one- and two-bedroom) are independently confirmed by two sources (DuBricks.com's rental listings and Propsearch's Dubai Land Department transaction records).
Amenities
Recorded amenities at Vita Residencia include a kids’ play area, a gym, central air conditioning, a shared pool, parking, a lobby, retail outlets, a BBQ area, leisure space and dining outlets. Al Sufouh Park is a short walk away.
Amenity list sourced from DuBricks.com's project page only; not independently corroborated by a second source.
Transportation & Access
Al Sufouh runs along Sheikh Zayed Road (E11), giving direct road access to both Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah. The Dubai Tram operates along Al Sufouh Road toward JBR and Dubai Marina and connects into the Dubai Metro Red Line. Dubai Media City is a short drive away, adding a working-professional population base to the surrounding rental market.
Tram and metro connectivity are general Al Sufouh district facts. No walking-distance figure specific to Vita Residencia was independently confirmed.
Sale Prices & Market Context
Dubai Land Department-sourced transaction records displayed on Propsearch’s Vita Residencia guide page show 2-bedroom apartments in this complex selling and mortgaging in a roughly AED 1.36 million to AED 2.05 million range through 2025 (for example, a 1,441 sq ft 2-bedroom sale at AED 2.05 million in June 2025, and a 1,338 sq ft 2-bedroom sale at AED 1.61 million in September 2025), with a 977 sq ft 1-bedroom sale at AED 1.18 million in May 2025.
For long-term renting, DuBricks.com lists furnished asking rents at this building of roughly AED 129,990 to AED 135,000 a year for a one-bedroom apartment and roughly AED 179,999 to AED 180,000 a year for a two-bedroom apartment.
The individual Dubai Land Department transaction records behind the sale-price figures above label their own 'Building Name' field as 'Bahia 2' (the separate sister tower in the same complex, see the About section) rather than this building's current or former name, even though Propsearch serves this data on Vita Residencia's own guide page. This may reflect a Land Department registry grouping transactions at the master-project (Al Bahia/Sufouh Gardens) level rather than per-tower, or a data-attribution inconsistency on Propsearch's side. These figures are presented as complex-level, DLD-sourced pricing context rather than asserted as precision-matched to this exact tower.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Al Sufouh 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 Vita Residencia specifically. The building operates as an ordinary residential property today; its developer is not a restricted hotel brand, so there is no confirmed policy barrier to running a licensed holiday home here.
Every short-term rental in Dubai requires a DTCM holiday home permit. Royale Stays can arrange the permit application and manage day-to-day operations, including for owners based overseas, for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications. See Royale Stays' Dubai holiday home permit guide for the current permit process.
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