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The Greens: Buying Guide, Prices & Listings
An established, low-rise Emaar apartment community on Sheikh Zayed Road, built around landscaped greenery, close to Dubai Internet City Metro Station.
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Highlights
About The Greens
The Greens is an established, low-rise apartment community developed by Emaar Properties, commissioned in 2003 — one of the older communities in Fidu’s coverage, predating most of Dubai’s newer master-planned districts. It spans roughly 65 hectares in the Al Thanyah area along Sheikh Zayed Road, comprising 40 residential buildings across ten complexes, each cluster of four medium-rise buildings sharing internal infrastructure. The community’s design leans on landscaped greenery and internal courtyards, giving it a noticeably lower-density, more mature feel than many of Dubai’s newer apartment districts.
The Greens in a nutshell
The Greens suits buyers and tenants who want an established, walkable, greenery-led community close to the Dubai Internet City/Media City employment corridor, with direct Metro access and a settled, family-friendly character built over two decades rather than a newly launched masterplan. The trade-off is scale and novelty: buildings and unit layouts are older than Dubai’s newest towers, and the community’s retail footprint, while functional, is more modest than larger, newer developments nearby.
Neighbourhood
Property types and sub-communities
Stock is entirely low- to medium-rise apartments — studios, one, two, three and four-bedroom units, both furnished and unfurnished, across the community’s ten named complexes. Each complex is built around shared amenities including swimming pools, gyms, children’s playgrounds and barbecue areas, with 24/7 security and CCTV standard across the community. Fidu could not source a masterplan-wide unit count from a named, dated report.
Freehold status — who can buy
The Greens is freehold, open to all nationalities. Fidu could not source a citation naming “The Greens” directly in the original schedule to Regulation No. 3 of 2006 — though it was commissioned in 2003, predating that regulation, its freehold status rests on a designation formalised under the framework rather than the original 2006 schedule itself. As with any Dubai freehold purchase, confirm a specific unit’s registration status via DLD or the Dubai REST app before signing.
Golden Visa eligibility
The property-investor Golden Visa requires a Dubai Land Department valuation of at least AED 2,000,000. On Bayut’s own asking-price range (roughly AED 850,000 to AED 5,000,000, averaging around AED 1,863,350), only larger or higher-floor units are likely to clear the threshold; most entry-level studios and one-beds will not. Always confirm a specific unit’s DLD valuation rather than assuming eligibility from an asking price.
Handover and completion status
The Greens is fully built out and mature, commissioned in 2003 with no ongoing new-build activity — unlike several other guides in this volume-first batch, there is no staggered handover schedule to track here. Buyers should expect a settled, established community rather than an active construction zone.
Sales trends and price per square foot
Bayut’s own listings data, over the trailing six months, puts the average asking price for an apartment in The Greens at around AED 1,863,350, within a range of roughly AED 850,000 to AED 5,000,000; two-bedroom apartments specifically ranged from AED 2,000,000 to AED 3,350,000. Asking prices were up around 8% over the trailing six months per Bayut’s own figures. Published pricing separately cites studios from around AED 700,000, one-beds from AED 870,000 and two-beds from AED 1.2M. Fidu could not source a dated, named Bayut PSF index for The Greens specifically. These are asking-price figures from live listings, not DLD-confirmed transaction prices, and The Greens did not appear as a standalone line in Bayut’s citywide Sales Market Report H1 2026.
Rental trends and demand drivers
Bayut’s own listings data puts the average asking rent for an apartment in The Greens at AED 125,108 a year, within a range of roughly AED 59,980 to AED 290,000; one-bedroom apartments specifically averaged AED 96,346, and a separately cited two-bedroom average runs around AED 137,000. Demand is driven by tenants working in the Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Barsha Heights employment corridor who want a walkable, Metro-connected, greenery-led alternative to denser high-rise districts nearby.
Gross rental yield
Published market coverage puts gross rental yield in The Greens at up to 6.98% — Fidu could not tie this specific figure to a single named, dated Bayut ROI table, so it is presented as a ceiling cited elsewhere rather than a verified average. Dividing Bayut’s own average asking rent (AED 125,108) by its own average asking sale price (AED 1,863,350) gives an indicative Fidu-calculated gross yield of roughly 6.7%, broadly consistent with the externally cited figure.
Service charges — what you’ll actually pay
Not published here. Fidu could not independently verify a current, The Greens-specific service charge rate against a named, dated source it could read directly — rates vary by individual building and complex and are disclosed per property on Mollak, RERA’s official service-charge platform, which is the correct place to check before buying.
Transport, Metro and parking
The Greens is within walking distance of Dubai Internet City Metro Station on the Red Line, roughly a 3-minute drive or a short walk depending on the specific complex — one of the better-connected communities in this guide series. F31 and F35 RTA feeder buses also serve the community. Covered parking is standard across the community’s residential buildings.
Schools and nurseries near The Greens
Jumeirah International Nursery operates inside The Greens itself, with fees starting from around AED 800. Regent International School, teaching the British curriculum from KG1 to Year 13, is cited with a KHDA rating of Very Good and fees starting from around AED 43,787 — Fidu could not independently re-verify this rating against KHDA’s own School-Details page for this guide, so it is presented as reported rather than freshly confirmed. Greenwood International School is also commonly associated with the wider area.
Amenities, healthcare and everyday services
A Choithrams supermarket serves the community directly, alongside restaurants, cafés, pharmacies, gyms, pet stores and banks within The Greens itself — a genuinely complete everyday amenity set for a community of its size and age. Fidu could not source a named hospital or major clinic with a confirmed address inside The Greens’ own boundary from a dated report.
Lifestyle
Dining, retail and leisure
Day-to-day dining and retail runs through ground-floor tenants across the community’s ten complexes — cafés, restaurants and the Choithrams-anchored retail cluster described above — rather than a single destination mall. Residents typically drive a short distance to Dubai Media City, Dubai Marina or Mall of the Emirates for a larger dining or retail outing.
Landmarks and things to do
Fidu could not source a named landmark or attraction inside The Greens’ own boundary from a dated report — the community’s own identity rests on its landscaped greenery and low-density layout rather than a single anchor attraction, distinct from newer, landmark-led developments elsewhere in this guide series.
Outdoor space
Landscaped greenery and internal courtyards run throughout The Greens’ ten complexes, alongside shared pools, gyms and children’s playgrounds at the complex level — outdoor space here is distributed community-wide rather than concentrated in one central park.
Honest downsides — what to know before you commit
The Greens’ buildings and unit layouts are genuinely older than Dubai’s newest towers, commissioned in 2003 — buyers should expect more dated interiors and building systems relative to recently completed communities, even where individual units have been renovated. The community’s own retail footprint, while functional day-to-day, is more modest than larger newer developments, and residents rely on neighbouring districts for a bigger shopping or dining outing. Sale prices have moved up meaningfully (+8% over six months on Bayut’s figures), which is a genuine tailwind but also means today’s entry price reflects that recent momentum rather than a discount.
Location
How The Greens compares to Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Media City
Jumeirah Lake Towers, directly across Sheikh Zayed Road, offers a denser, taller, more high-rise alternative with its own Metro stations and a larger retail and dining base, at a broadly similar price point to The Greens’ higher-end stock. Dubai Media City sits immediately adjacent, sharing the same employment corridor and Metro line, though with a more limited residential stock of its own concentrated in a handful of towers rather than The Greens’ ten low-rise complexes. Choose The Greens for a lower-density, greenery-led, walkable-to-Metro community with a genuinely complete on-site amenity set; choose Jumeirah Lake Towers for a larger, higher-rise, more retail-dense alternative; choose Dubai Media City to live inside the free zone itself, accepting its thinner residential stock.
Getting to and from The Greens
Sheikh Zayed Road runs directly alongside The Greens, giving fast access along the city’s main arterial corridor. Dubai Internet City Metro Station, within walking distance, connects directly to the Red Line. Fidu could not source specific, named drive-time figures to Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina or either airport from a dated source.
Is The Greens a good investment?
The case here is genuinely strong on connectivity and community completeness: a Metro station within walking distance, a confirmed on-site nursery and KHDA-rated school, and an on-site supermarket and everyday retail cluster — a fuller set of verified, in-boundary amenities than most other guides in this volume-first batch. Bayut’s own figures show asking prices up around 8% over the trailing six months, with an indicative gross yield of roughly 6.7% to 7% depending on the source. Against that, the building stock is genuinely older, and buyers should factor renovation and building-systems age into their underwriting alongside the price. Get current, DLD-verified pricing and a building-specific condition check before treating an online estimate as a number to act on.
FAQs about The Greens
Is The Greens freehold?
Yes, open to all nationalities.
Who developed The Greens?
Emaar Properties, commissioned in 2003.
Does The Greens have a Metro station?
Yes — Dubai Internet City Metro Station on the Red Line is within walking distance of the community.
Are there schools inside The Greens?
Jumeirah International Nursery operates inside the community. Regent International School, cited as KHDA Very Good, is commonly associated with the area, though Fidu could not re-verify that rating directly against KHDA for this guide.
What’s the average apartment price in The Greens?
Bayut’s listings data puts the average asking price at around AED 1.86M over the trailing six months, up around 8% — a listings-based figure, not a confirmed DLD transaction price.
What’s the rental yield like in The Greens?
Fidu’s own calculation from Bayut’s separately published rent and price averages gives roughly 6.7%, broadly consistent with an externally cited figure of up to 6.98%.
Sources and methodology
Firecrawl was unauthenticated for this research session; sourcing below ran through WebSearch as an exception, flagged per Fidu’s standing rule. The Greens did not appear as a standalone line in Bayut’s citywide Sales Market Report H1 2026, so pricing and rent figures come from Bayut’s own listings data for the area — asking-price figures, not confirmed DLD transactions. The gross yield figure is partly Fidu’s own calculation from two separately published Bayut figures and partly an externally cited ceiling, both flagged as such. Service charges are marked unsourced rather than estimated, per Fidu’s standing rule that a missing figure is preferable to an invented one.
- Community overview, history, complexes and amenities: general published Dubai real estate area-guide coverage of The Greens, accessed 19 Aug 2026 — bayut.com/area-guides/the-greens.
- Sale prices and market performance: Bayut’s own listings data for The Greens, accessed 19 Aug 2026 — bayut.com/index/sale-prices-apartments-the-greens.
- Rent prices: Bayut’s own listings data for The Greens, accessed 19 Aug 2026.
- Freehold framework: Regulation No. 3 of 2006, Dubai Land & Property Department — dlp.dubai.gov.ae. The Greens’ own designation is not confirmed against this specific schedule.
- Golden Visa threshold: AED 2,000,000 DLD property valuation threshold.
- Metro station and bus routes: general published Dubai transit coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026; RTA’s own metro station page could not be loaded directly to independently confirm.
- Schools and nurseries: general published Dubai schools coverage, accessed 19 Aug 2026; KHDA rating reported rather than independently re-verified for this guide.
Where a figure could not be tied to one of these named, dated sources, it is described qualitatively — or flagged as unsourced — rather than estimated.
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