# Living in Dubai Studio City, Dubai: prices, vibe, who it suits

> A TECOM free zone built for film, TV, music and broadcast production; a Dubai property portal's guide lists 275 companies from the media industry on site.…

Source: https://www.askeric.io/dubai/dubai-studio-city

## Dubai Studio City at a glance

A TECOM free zone built for film, TV, music and broadcast production; a Dubai property portal's guide lists 275 companies from the media industry on site. Alongside the studios and back lots, the community has grown a residential side of mid-rise apartment towers, such as Glitz, Azizi Mirage and Beach Oasis, and Samana Golf Avenue, set around a community park with a leisure deck and barbecue area. There is no Metro station within the community and residents are car-dependent. On a Dubai property portal's June 2026 sale index, Dubai Studio City apartments average about AED 1,434 per sqft, below neighbouring Motor City (AED 1,599), Arjan (AED 1,575) and Jumeirah Village Circle (AED 1,511) on the same index and date.

## Who it suits

- Yield-focused investors targeting studio and 1-bedroom apartments. Dividing a Dubai property portal's own June 2026 rent and sale indices implies a gross yield of roughly 7 to 8 percent for this community; this is our calculation, not a Dubai property portal-published yield figure.
- Media, film, TV, music and production professionals working in the TECOM free zone itself.
- Young professionals, couples and small families wanting an affordable freehold apartment near the GEMS Metropole, Victory Heights and Dwight School Dubai campuses in neighbouring Motor City and Dubai Sports City.

## Homes and prices

Apartments only, studio through 3-bed. No villas or townhouses. A handful of commercial and office plots serve the TECOM media free zone itself, plus one hotel and serviced-apartment tower, Studio One Hotel.

Bayut asking-price index (sale, June 2026): apartments overall about AED 1,434 per sqft, with studio about AED 1,643, 1BR about AED 1,358, 2BR about AED 1,320 and 3BR about AED 1,237 per sqft. On Bayut's index specifically this reads roughly flat year on year overall (-0.71%), though studios rose 5.94%. Bayut's matching rent index for the same date shows apartments averaging about AED 118 per sqft per year (studio about AED 130, 1BR about AED 107, 2BR about AED 94). Studios in the community run roughly AED 540,000 to 620,000 against observed listings. No other AED sale or rent band is stated here: the unit-size assumptions used to derive 1BR, 2BR and rent bands in an earlier draft were unsourced and produced ranges with no overlap against observed inventory (a claimed 1BR band of AED 950,000 to 1.3M and a 2BR band of AED 1.45M to 1.85M both sat above live listings, for example), so per-sqft is the only load-bearing figure until a sourced unit-size breakdown exists. (as of 2026-06.)

**Ownership:** Freehold, open to non-GCC foreign buyers, sold and registered with the Dubai Land Department. Designation is plot and building-specific, so always verify the individual plot on the DLD register before purchase.

## Getting around

No Metro station within Dubai Studio City itself. a Dubai property portal's area guide puts the nearest station, Dubai Internet City on the Red Line, at about a 10-minute drive, with RTA feeder buses F30 and F32 running on to Mall of the Emirates Metro station. By car, allow roughly 15 to 20 minutes to Dubai Marina and about 15 minutes to neighbouring Motor City. Downtown Dubai and DIFC take longer and vary more with traffic on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and E311, so treat any single peak or off-peak figure as an estimate rather than a sourced number.

## Lifestyle

First Avenue Mall in neighbouring Motor City, about 15 minutes away, and City Centre Me'aisem in Dubai Production City are the closest shopping malls. On site, a Dubai property portal's guide lists a Spar Express and a Blue Mart convenience store and a single community park with a leisure deck and barbecue area. For fuller grocery, healthcare, mosque and school options residents lean on Dubai Sports City, home to Spinneys, Zoom and Lifco supermarkets under about 10 minutes' drive. Dubai Miracle Garden is about 8 to 10 minutes away and Dubai Autodrome about 5 minutes.

## Schools nearby

- GEMS Metropole School - Dubai Branch (Motor City, UK curriculum) (KHDA rating: Good (2023-2024))
- Victory Heights Primary School L.L.C. (Dubai Sports City, UK curriculum, FS1-Year 6 only) (KHDA rating: Outstanding (2023-2024))
- Dwight School Dubai (Dubai Sports City, IB curriculum) (KHDA rating: Good (2023-2024))

## Developers active here

TECOM Investments (master developer / free zone authority, a Dubai Holding subsidiary), Danube Properties (Glitz 1-3), Azizi Developments (Mirage 1, Beach Oasis 1 & 2, Vista), Samana Developers (Golf Avenue, Santorini, Mykonos), Prescott (Verano by Prescott), Alyakka (Ryah Living), QUBE Development, Meilenstein Developments (Studio 101)

## Provenance

Last verified 2026-07-29 by human-signoff-2026-07-29.

Sources:

- https://www.bayut.com/area-guides/dubai-studio-city/
- https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/living-dubai-studio-city/
- https://www.bayut.com/index/rent-prices-apartments-dubai-studio-city.html
- https://www.bayut.com/index/sale-prices-apartments-motor-city.html
- https://www.bayut.com/index/sale-prices-apartments-arjan.html
- https://www.bayut.com/index/sale-prices-apartments-jumeirah-village-circle-jvc.html
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Live asking prices and current listings for Dubai Studio City are on the page itself: https://www.askeric.io/dubai/dubai-studio-city