West Wharf, Business Bay
West Wharf is a 19-storey residential tower on the Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay, completed in 2010 with 111 apartments and a single top-floor penthouse. This guide covers what is confirmed about the building and what short-term letting would look like here.
Developer
Corporate Finance House / Capital Trust Gulf Ltd
Storeys
19 (+3 basement)
Units
111
Completed
2010
Area
Business Bay
About West Wharf
West Wharf is a 19-storey residential tower (plus 3 basement parking levels) in Business Bay, built directly on the Dubai Water Canal. It was developed jointly by Corporate Finance House and Capital Trust Gulf Ltd, with construction running from December 2007 to July 2010, according to propsearch.ae's building data.
The tower rises to roughly 72 metres and holds 111 units: a mix of apartments and duplex layouts, plus a single simplex penthouse with its own private pool on the top floor. The architectural consultants were Hazel W.S. Wong and RMJM Dubai. Dubai Land Department transaction records list the project under the name "West Wharef Tower" (an apparent spelling variant of Wharf), the same building this guide covers under its more commonly used name, West Wharf.
West Wharf, Business Bay should not be confused with West Bay Tower, a separate Business Bay building with a similarly worded name (see Royale Stays' own West Bay Tower guide), or with West Wharf Road in Karachi, Pakistan, an unrelated port and industrial thoroughfare with no connection to this Dubai residential tower.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
West Wharf sits directly on the Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay. It is a confirmed nearby building to Elite Business Bay Residence and AG Tower, both part of Royale Stays' wider Business Bay Building Guide cluster.
West Wharf falls within Royale Stays' wider Business Bay coverage area, detailed in Airbnb Property Management in Business Bay.
Unit Types
West Wharf offers 111 units in total: apartments and duplex layouts, plus a single simplex penthouse with a private pool on the top floor, according to propsearch.ae's building data. Recent Dubai Land Department-recorded sales (as of July 2026) show a studio at roughly AED 1,850 per square foot and a three-bedroom unit at roughly AED 2,020 per square foot; one much lower recorded figure in the same batch of transactions looks like a data anomaly rather than a market sale, and is not used here.
Amenities
Amenities include a gymnasium, ground-floor retail units, and three underground parking levels with space for around 164 cars, per propsearch.ae.
Airbnb / STR Potential
West Wharf has been complete and trading since 2010, with Dubai Land Department sale transactions recorded as recently as July 2026. Short-term letting here follows the standard Dubai process: a DTCM holiday-home permit routed through the building's own management company. Corporate Finance House and Capital Trust Gulf Ltd carry no confirmed short-term-letting prohibition, unlike Vida-branded buildings, so there is no policy barrier to Airbnb-style management once title and building-management approval are in place.
Royale Stays manages short-term rentals across Business Bay for a fee starting from 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, guest communications and maintenance. Owners can use the Dubai Property ROI Calculator to model potential returns, and reach out via Royale Stays' Airbnb property management service to discuss management for a unit here.
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