Retail
Dubai’s Malls Are Selling Time, Not Just Space: The Experiential Retail Turn in 2026
Dubai's largest mall operators are pouring billions into theatres, cinemas, wellness and dining rather than more shops. The product being sold is…
Roksolana Pyrtko
Published by Roksolana Pyrtko
Retail
Who Actually Fills Dubai’s Malls: The Footfall Economics of an Expat-and-Tourism Market
Dubai's population passed four million and the city drew 19.59 million overnight tourists in 2025. Together they explain why the emirate's tenant…
Retail
Dubai’s Two-Speed Retail: How Community Malls and Super-Prime Play Different Games
A neighbourhood centre in Nad Al Sheba and The Dubai Mall are both counted as retail, but they run on opposite business…
Retail
Dubai’s Prime Retail Is a Landlord’s Market in 2026 — and Scarcity, Not Growth, Explains Why
Dubai's malls look packed, yet the retail market has tilted decisively toward landlords in 2026. A constrained prime pipeline, near-full occupancy and…
Investment
How Dubai Protects Off-Plan Buyers: Escrow, RERA Oversight and Oqood
Buying off-plan means paying for something that does not yet exist. Dubai's answer is a per-project escrow account under Law No. 8…
Investment
Dubai’s Record Transaction Year and Where the Real Commercial Yield Sits in 2026
Dubai recorded roughly AED 917 billion in real estate transactions in 2025, but that headline mixes two different metrics — and the…
Logistics
Dubai South and Etihad Rail: How the Track Reprices Warehouse Location
Etihad Rail's freight terminal at Jebel Ali and its national network are quietly redrawing which industrial addresses command a premium. Dubai South,…
Investment
Freehold Reform and Foreign Ownership of Dubai Commercial Property
For years, foreign freehold in Dubai meant either a designated zone plot or a free-zone address. A July 2025 memorandum began to…
Logistics
Jebel Ali’s Warehouse Squeeze: Why Dubai’s Scarcest Real Estate Is a Shed
Grade-A warehouse rents at JAFZA and Dubai South rose by roughly a fifth to a quarter in 2025 as vacancy fell below…