The Quayside is an Ellington Properties tower on the Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay. It is 118 homes, from 542 square foot studios up to a single penthouse of just over 10,000 square feet, with freehold title and an anticipated service charge of AED 18 per square foot.
Ellington describe it as being in the heart of Business Bay, and the connectivity backs that up. The project brief puts Business Bay metro station 5 minutes away, Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa at 11 minutes, the Museum of the Future at 12 and DIFC at 16. Nothing else in the drive time list is under 11 minutes, so this is a metro and Downtown play rather than a beach one.
The Quayside at a glance
| Property Name | The Quayside |
| Developer | Ellington Properties |
| Location | Business Bay, Dubai |
| Property Type | Apartments and penthouse |
| Unit Types | Studios, 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom plus maids and 3 bedroom apartments, plus one penthouse |
| Total Units | 118 |
| Sizes | 542 sq ft to 10,004 sq ft |
| Size basis | As published by Ellington Properties in the project brief |
| Starting Price | Not published by the developer. Price on request |
| Payment Plan | 20 percent on booking, the balance across construction milestones, 30 percent on completion |
| Handover | Not stated in the launch collateral. Confirm with the developer before you commit |
| Service Charge | AED 18 per sq ft |
| Ownership | Freehold |
| Project Status | Off plan |
| Building | Canal facing tower in Business Bay |
| Parking | 1 space for studios, 1 and 2 bedroom homes, 2 spaces for 3 bedroom homes |
| Lifts | 3 passenger lifts and 1 service lift |
Unit mix and sizes
| Type | Units | Size range |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | 15 | from 542 sq ft |
| 1 Bedroom | 46 | 758 to 986 sq ft |
| 2 Bedroom + Maids | 42 | 1,420 to 1,567 sq ft |
| 3 Bedroom | 14 | from 1,739 sq ft |
| Penthouse | 1 | from 10,004 sq ft |
One and two bedroom homes are 75 percent of the building between them. Note that every two bedroom here comes with a maids room, which is unusual at this size and matters to the family tenant market. The single 10,004 square foot penthouse is roughly six times the largest three bedroom and is the only one of its kind in the building.
The published schedule is a multi column grid that does not reproduce reliably in text form, and the extracted rows do not total 100 percent. The headline terms above are safe. Request the signed schedule through Cresco rather than relying on any online summary.
Questions answered
Who is the developer of The Quayside? Ellington Properties, a Dubai based design led developer founded in 2014.
Where is The Quayside? Business Bay, Dubai.
When is handover? Not stated in the launch collateral. Confirm with the developer before you commit
Is The Quayside freehold? Yes. The developer states freehold ownership, which is open to all nationalities.
What is the payment plan? 20 percent on booking, the balance across construction milestones, 30 percent on completion
What is the service charge? AED 18 per sq ft, as anticipated by the developer.
What is the starting price? Ellington has not published a price list in this collateral. Contact Cresco Real Estate for current availability and pricing.
Is The Quayside on the canal? Yes. It sits on the Dubai Water Canal in Business Bay. Ellington place it in the heart of the district.
How far is the metro? 5 minutes to Business Bay metro station according to the developer drive time table, the closest landmark on their list by some margin.
About Business Bay
Business Bay is the commercial and residential district immediately south of Downtown Dubai, built around the Dubai Water Canal extension of Dubai Creek. It is freehold and open to all nationalities. It has the deepest tenant pool in Dubai for one and two bedroom stock because of its proximity to Downtown and DIFC, and correspondingly the heaviest competing supply. Canal frontage is the differentiator within it.
Ellington Properties has delivered across Downtown Dubai, Jumeirah Village Circle, Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Hills Estate and Ras Al Khaimah. The house style is consistent: art led lobbies, heavy amenity decks and interiors designed in house rather than outsourced.
What the developer does not tell you
No anticipated completion date appears in this launch pack. Get it in writing on the SPA.
The service charge is marked anticipated, not committed.
The size basis is not split into internal and outdoor area here as it is on some other Ellington projects. Ask which measurement applies before you compare price per square foot against a neighbouring tower.
Business Bay has heavy competing supply. Ask how many comparable units are handing over in the same window within a one kilometre radius, because that is what sets your rent on day one, not the specification of this building.
Every figure on this page is taken from Ellington Properties official project collateral. Cresco Real Estate LLC, RERA ORN 34288.
More about Business Bay
Read the Cresco area guide to Business Bay. Prices, rental yields, handover timelines, schools, commute times and what actually sells there.
Open the Business Bay area guide
You may also want to read how buying off plan works and work out the rental yield.
