Yansoon 7, Downtown Dubai
Yansoon 7 is a low-rise Emaar-built apartment building in the Yansoon sub-community of Old Town, Downtown Dubai, with a confirmed one to three-bedroom unit mix. Live short-term-rental listings already run on Booking.com and Agoda for this exact building, real external evidence of active guest demand, and Royale Stays can manage setup, pricing and guest communication for a fee from 15%.
Developer
Emaar Properties
Building type
Low-rise residential (Old Town)
Completed
Old Town masterplan, mid-to-late 2000s
Units
1-3BR apartments (no 4BR/Penthouse confirmed)
About Yansoon 7
Yansoon 7 is one of nine numbered buildings in the Yansoon complex, part of Old Town, the low-rise, Arabian-style sub-community Emaar Properties built around Burj Khalifa in Downtown Dubai. It is a low-rise, freehold building with a confirmed one, two and three-bedroom unit mix, all built with wardrobes, an equipped kitchen and a balcony, finished in the sandstone-clad, arched style the wider Old Town district is known for.
Sources disagree on the exact storey count, listing anywhere from four to eight floors, and on the exact completion year, with figures ranging from 2006 (labelled as an anticipated date on one source) to 2008. Rather than assert a single number neither source set agrees on, this guide states only what every source confirms without conflict: the building is complete and ready, part of Old Town’s mid-to-late 2000s build-out, low-rise, and freehold.
For owners, the appeal is not just theoretical: Booking.com and Agoda both carry live listings for units inside this exact building, a genuine external signal that guest demand already exists here, not a hopeful assumption. Because Yansoon 7 is developed by Emaar rather than Vida, the site's only confirmed prohibited brand for short-term letting, there is no policy reason apartments here cannot be run as licensed holiday homes. Royale Stays manages the day-to-day side of turning an apartment here into a working short-term rental, from setup and pricing through to guest communication, as part of its wider Airbnb property management approach in Downtown Dubai, for a management fee from 15%.
Yansoon 7 is confirmed distinct from the separately-covered Yansoon 3 (7 storeys, 1-3BR mix, different Nearby Buildings list) and Yansoon 5 (10 storeys, 1-4BR mix plus a Penthouse Suite) via Bayut's own Nearby Buildings module, which lists Reehan 7, Burj Al Nujoom, Miska 2 and Burj Royale Downtown Dubai as Yansoon 7's own direct neighbours, not Yansoon 3 or Yansoon 5. Yansoon 5's own Bayut data separately names Yansoon 7 as one of its neighbours, further confirming these are two physically distinct buildings within the same numbered series.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Yansoon 7 sits in the Yansoon sub-community of Old Town, close to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard in Downtown Dubai. Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Fountain, Dubai Mall and Souk Al Bahar are commonly cited by brokers and developer marketing as within a short walk or drive of the Yansoon cluster, though that figure comes from marketing material rather than a mapping tool, so treat it as a rough guide rather than a precise distance.
Bayut's own building-guide data names Yansoon 7's closest neighbouring developments as Reehan 7, Burj Al Nujoom, Miska 2 and Burj Royale Downtown Dubai. It also sits close to Yansoon 5, another building in the same numbered series confirmed as a near neighbour in Yansoon 5's own building-guide data. Old Town's village-style layout, low-rise blocks, arched sandstone facades and pedestrian courtyards, sets Yansoon 7 apart from the glass-and-steel towers along Downtown's Boulevard front, while still sitting inside the same wider Downtown Dubai submarket that Royale Stays already manages across.
Sources: bayut.com, propsearch.ae, dubricks.com (checked 2026-09-05). Dubai Land Department transaction records classify Yansoon 7 under the DLD area name "Burj Khalifa" and Master Project "Downtown Dubai".
Unit Types
Yansoon 7 was built with a confirmed one, two and three-bedroom apartment mix only, no four-bedroom or Penthouse units were found in any source checked. All units come with built-in wardrobes, an equipped kitchen and a balcony. Bayut's own building guide puts the average one-bedroom unit at around 734 sq ft.
Recent Dubai Land Department transactions recorded via propsearch.ae show two-bedroom units trading in a range of roughly AED 1,667 to AED 2,083 per sq ft, with a recent three-bedroom sale recorded around AED 1,854 per sq ft, useful context for owners pricing a unit here rather than a precise building-wide size figure. Parking is included with every unit: larger units get two spaces, smaller units get one, per Bayut's building guide.
Unit-size and per-sq-ft figures per bayut.com and propsearch.ae DLD transaction records (checked 2026-09-05). One source (dubricks.com) states a specific total unit count for the building, but since no second source confirms it, it is not repeated here.
Amenities
Yansoon 7 offers a gymnasium, a shared swimming pool, a kids' play area, CCTV security, a barbecue area and on-site maintenance, per Bayut's own building guide. Secure covered parking is provided for every unit, high-speed elevators serve all floors, and the building has round-the-clock security staff plus central air-conditioning.
Transportation & Access
Yansoon 7's Old Town location puts the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station within a short drive, with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard giving quick access to Financial Centre Road and onward to Sheikh Zayed Road. Old Town's pedestrian-friendly layout also makes several of Downtown's attractions walkable rather than drive-only, and street parking is available around the building for visitors.
Rental & Price Trends
Downtown Dubai rents rose roughly 4 to 7% through 2025, according to Bayut's Dubai Rental Market Report, with the submarket described as stable heading into H1 2026. No verified Yansoon-7-specific rent figure is available at the time of writing, so this reflects the wider Downtown Dubai trend rather than a building-specific number. Owners weighing a specific unit's numbers can run their own scenario through Royale Stays' ROI calculator.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
This is where the research lines up with something concrete: Booking.com and Agoda both carry live listings for units inside Yansoon 7 today, an external signal of live guest demand rather than a hopeful assumption.
For context, Downtown Dubai apartments generally average around AED 654 a night for a one-bedroom (about AED 17,888 a month), AED 1,093 a night for a two-bedroom (about AED 29,901 a month), and AED 2,220 a night for a three-bedroom (about AED 60,596 a month), based on Royale Stays' own Burj Vista Tower 1 income analysis for the area, these are Downtown-wide averages, not a Yansoon-7-specific figure. Royale Stays runs the pricing, guest communication and turnover work for owners who want to convert a Yansoon 7 apartment into a managed short-term rental, for a management fee from 15%.
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