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Barsha Heights (Tecom): Buying Guide, Prices & Listings
A mixed-use high-rise district on Sheikh Zayed Road, formerly known as Tecom, with genuinely mixed freehold and leasehold tower stock.
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About Barsha Heights (Tecom)
Barsha Heights, formerly known as Tecom, is a mixed-use, high-rise district on Sheikh Zayed Road, roughly 20 minutes from Downtown Dubai, sitting between Al Barsha and The Greens and immediately adjacent to Dubai Internet City. The community spans more than 100 buildings, combining residential towers, commercial offices, serviced apartments and hotels — a genuinely mixed-use identity rather than a purely residential one, reflecting its origins as a Tecom free-zone business district that has grown a substantial residential layer around it.
Barsha Heights in a nutshell
Barsha Heights suits buyers and tenants who want a central, well-connected, Sheikh Zayed Road address close to the Dubai Internet City/Media City employment corridor, at a price point generally below its more purely residential neighbours. Tenure is confirmed tower by tower here — Barsha Heights is one of the few communities in Fidu’s coverage offering both freehold and leasehold towers side by side, so your Fidu agent will confirm the exact status of a specific building on the title deed — and the mixed-use streetscape of offices, hotels and residential towers gives the district an all-day, working-city character.
Neighbourhood
Property types and sub-communities
Stock is studios and one- to three-bedroom apartments across the community’s residential towers, generally offering spacious layouts with amenities such as rooftop pools, wellness centres, concierge services and on-site retail in the newer buildings. The wider community also includes a substantial stock of commercial office towers, serviced apartments and hotels — over 100 buildings in total — reflecting its mixed-use, free-zone-adjacent origins.
Freehold status — who can buy
Barsha Heights carries a genuine mix of freehold and leasehold stock, tower by tower — freehold ownership has been extended to non-GCC nationals in select towers, while others remain outside that framework. Tenure here is confirmed building by building, which is straightforward to do: your Fidu agent will verify the specific title deed via DLD or the Dubai REST app before you make an offer, so you know exactly what you are buying.
Golden Visa eligibility
The property-investor Golden Visa requires a Dubai Land Department valuation of at least AED 2,000,000. The route applies to Barsha Heights’ freehold-registered towers, and your Fidu agent will confirm both the DLD valuation and the tower’s freehold status so you can proceed with certainty.
Handover and completion status
Barsha Heights is a fully built-out, mature mixed-use district — established stock with no handover schedule to wait on, so a unit here is ready to occupy or let from day one. Your Fidu agent will confirm the completion and occupancy status of any specific building.
Sales trends and price per square foot
Bayut’s own listings show apartments in Barsha Heights priced between AED 310,000 and AED 29,250,000, with an average asking price of around AED 7,696,875 — a figure spanning everything from entry-level studios to ultra-luxury and hotel-apartment units, so the per-bedroom figures give the closest read on a typical home. Separately cited market coverage puts a more usable per-square-foot range at roughly AED 900 to AED 1,200 as of 2025, with affordable units starting from around USD 95,000 (roughly AED 349,000). These are asking-price figures from live listings; your Fidu agent will confirm DLD-recorded transaction prices for any specific tower you are considering.
Rental trends and demand drivers
Bayut’s own listings data puts the average asking rent for an apartment in Barsha Heights at AED 105,153 a year, within a range of roughly AED 55,000 to AED 205,000; by bedroom count, studios average AED 66,514, one-beds AED 80,362, and two-beds AED 108,648. Demand is driven by tenants working in the adjacent Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City free zones who want a central, well-connected address at a price point below its more purely residential neighbours.
Gross rental yield
Externally cited market coverage puts rental yields in Barsha Heights at roughly 7% to 8%. Fidu reads yield here from per-bedroom data, which gives the clearest picture of a typical home: Bayut’s own studio sale prices run roughly AED 425,000 to AED 750,000 against a studio rent average of AED 66,514 — the upper end of that price range clears 8–9%, and the lower end gives an indicative yield as high as 11–16%. That sits comfortably alongside the externally cited 7–8% band and puts Barsha Heights among the stronger income plays in central Dubai.
Service charges — what you’ll actually pay
Service charges vary by individual building, reflecting the mix of residential, hotel-apartment and commercial stock, and are published per property on Mollak, RERA’s official service-charge platform — your Fidu agent will confirm the exact figure for any unit you are considering.
Transport, Metro and parking
Dubai Internet City Metro Station on the Red Line serves Barsha Heights, sitting immediately alongside the community on the city’s main rail corridor. Sheikh Zayed Road runs directly through the community, giving fast access along the city’s main arterial corridor.
Schools and nurseries near Barsha Heights
Barsha Heights is served by established schools in the neighbouring Al Barsha communities, a short drive away. GEMS Dubai American Academy sits in Al Barsha South First, and Dubai Heights Academy, offering both the British curriculum and IB programmes, is the other name most commonly associated with the district. Your Fidu agent will confirm exact distances and current KHDA ratings for any property you are considering.
Amenities, healthcare and everyday services
Most apartment towers in Barsha Heights carry supermarkets, salons, gyms, clinics, restaurants and pharmacies within walking distance at the building level, reflecting the community’s dense, mixed-use character.
Lifestyle
Dining, retail and leisure
Dining and retail in Barsha Heights runs largely through ground-floor tenants across its many towers — cafés, restaurants and convenience retail integrated at the building level — rather than a single destination strip, consistent with its mixed-use, tower-dense layout.
Landmarks and things to do
Barsha Heights’ identity rests on its central, mixed-use, Sheikh Zayed Road position — a district defined by direct access to the whole city and to the adjacent Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City free zones.
Outdoor space
Outdoor space in Barsha Heights is largely building-level — rooftop pools and terraces are common in newer towers.
What to know before you commit
Barsha Heights is best suited to buyers who want a central Sheikh Zayed Road address at one of the lowest entry prices in this stretch of the city, and to investors drawn by the per-bedroom yields set out above. Tenure is confirmed tower by tower, and your Fidu agent will check the title deed before you make an offer. The mixed-use streetscape of offices, hotels and residential towers gives the district an all-day working-city character, Dubai Internet City Metro Station sits immediately alongside it, and the Al Barsha schools are a short drive away. If you would prefer a purely residential setting instead, speak to a Fidu agent about The Greens next door.
Location
How Barsha Heights compares to The Greens and Dubai Media City
The Greens, immediately adjacent, offers a lower-density, purely residential, greenery-led alternative with a confirmed on-site nursery and Metro station within walking distance. Dubai Media City, also adjacent, shares Barsha Heights’ free-zone-adjacent, employment-driven character, though with an even smaller residential stock concentrated in fewer towers. Choose Barsha Heights for the lowest entry price among this trio and a genuinely central, well-connected position, with tenure confirmed tower by tower; choose The Greens for a settled, purely residential, confirmed-freehold alternative; choose Dubai Media City to live inside the free zone itself.
Getting to and from Barsha Heights
Sheikh Zayed Road runs directly through Barsha Heights, giving fast access along the city’s main arterial corridor; Downtown Dubai is cited at roughly 20 minutes by car. Dubai Internet City Metro Station is the nearest fixed-schedule public transport option.
Is Barsha Heights a good investment?
The case rests on price and position: externally cited yields of 7–8% and a PSF range of roughly AED 900–1,200 put Barsha Heights among the more affordable, higher-yielding options in this guide series, in a genuinely central Sheikh Zayed Road location. Alongside that, the headline average asking price spans everything from studios to ultra-luxury units, so the per-bedroom figures above are the better guide to a typical home, and tenure is confirmed on a straightforward tower-specific title check. Your Fidu agent will provide current, DLD-verified pricing and confirm both freehold status and building condition for any unit you are considering.
FAQs about Barsha Heights
Is Barsha Heights freehold?
Mixed. Freehold ownership has been extended to non-GCC nationals in select towers, while others remain outside that framework — check the specific building.
Was Barsha Heights called Tecom?
Yes — Barsha Heights was formerly known as Tecom, and both names remain in common use.
Does Barsha Heights have a Metro station?
Dubai Internet City Metro Station on the Red Line serves the community from immediately alongside it, on the city’s main rail corridor.
Are there schools near Barsha Heights?
Yes — the area is served by schools in the neighbouring Al Barsha communities, including GEMS Dubai American Academy in Al Barsha South, a short drive from the district.
What’s the average apartment price in Barsha Heights?
Bayut’s listings run from AED 310,000 to AED 29,250,000, spanning entry-level studios to ultra-luxury units; the per-bedroom figures above give the closest read on a typical home.
What’s the rental yield like in Barsha Heights?
Externally cited coverage puts it at roughly 7–8%, and Bayut’s own per-bedroom studio figures point to 8–9% or higher.
Sources and methodology
Pricing and rent figures come from Bayut’s own listings data for Barsha Heights — asking-price figures drawn from live listings. Yield is read from per-bedroom sale and rent data, which gives the clearest picture of a typical unit. Service charges, school distances and the closest Metro connection are confirmed per property by your Fidu agent.
- Community overview, mixed-use character, towers: Bayut’s Barsha Heights area guide and general published Dubai real estate coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026 — bayut.com/area-guides/barsha-heights.
- Sale prices: Bayut’s own listings data for Barsha Heights (Tecom), accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- Rent prices: Bayut’s own listings data for Barsha Heights (Tecom), accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- PSF range and yield estimate (flagged as non-Bayut): general published Dubai real estate market and investment coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- Freehold/leasehold mixed status: general published Dubai area-guide coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- Freehold framework: Regulation No. 3 of 2006, Dubai Land & Property Department — dlp.dubai.gov.ae.
- Golden Visa threshold: AED 2,000,000 DLD property valuation threshold.
- Metro connectivity: general published Dubai transit coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- Schools: general published coverage and Fidu’s own prior research on neighbouring Al Barsha South (GEMS Dubai American Academy location), accessed 19 Aug 2026.
Figures in this guide are tied to the named, dated sources above; anything that varies building by building is confirmed per property by your Fidu agent.
