Dubai Mall is a district of Dubai, 2.2 km from Equiti Metro Station.
Dubai Mall is the focal leisure and retail complex adjacent to Downtown Dubai and forms an important landmark within central Dubai. The complex combines large-scale retail space with a broad mix of family attractions, dining and entertainment facilities. It is positioned within the wider Umm Suqeim 3 / Downtown Dubai area and serves as a major destination for visitors and residents across the city.
Dubai Mall is one of the world’s largest shopping, leisure and entertainment destinations. The mall’s total area is 12 million sq ft, roughly equivalent to 200 football pitches. The complex hosts over 1,200 shops, including more than 165 brands that were new to the region or opened standalone stores for the first time. International retailers include Galeries Lafayette, Bloomingdale’s, Hamley’s, Waitrose and Book World by Kinokuniya.
Dubai Mall sits in the Downtown Dubai / Umm Suqeim 3 corridor. The Address Dubai Mall occupies a plot adjacent to the mall, while the Zabeel expansion increased the mall’s footprint by around 40% by linking buildings with multiple bridges, including a 200 m-long and 50 m-wide link bridge. The expansion also added parking and new retail and dining space.
Metro: the nearest Dubai Metro station is on the Red Line (code R31), approximately 2,240 m from the mall site. Planned works include enhancements to station entrances and pedestrian bridges, expanded concourse and platform areas, additional escalators and lifts, separate entry and exit gates, more fare gates, expanded commercial areas and improved integration with other public transport modes.
Distances to key Dubai locations include:
Typical driving times are around 21 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 20 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 25 minutes to The Walk JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is around 14 minutes away by car, while Al Maktoum International Airport is approximately 43 minutes away.
From 1 July 2024, the mall introduced a paid parking system in cooperation with Salik. The first four hours on weekdays and the first six hours on weekends are complimentary, with fees applied thereafter.
The mall combines large-format retail with multiple entertainment facilities and family attractions, including:
The Zabeel expansion added retail and restaurant space alongside new parking capacity. Emaar Properties has announced a further AED 2 billion expansion intended to add 240 luxury stores and dining outlets. The mall has also introduced design-led retail concepts, including a Presentedby Store with 3D-printed lattice walls inspired by sneaker design.
The mall complex has undergone several expansion phases and continued investment. The Zabeel Expansion connected the original complex to a new building via multiple link bridges, increasing the overall footprint and retail capacity while delivering additional parking. Separate enhancement works have been planned or delivered to improve the metro interchange and pedestrian connectivity.
Dubai Mall is primarily a destination location suited to retail, leisure and hospitality activity, as well as residential and commercial uses that benefit from proximity to a major city attraction. It is relevant for:
Is Dubai Mall connected to Downtown Dubai?
Yes. Dubai Mall forms part of the Downtown Dubai / Umm Suqeim 3 corridor and is adjacent to The Address Dubai Mall.
What transport links serve the mall?
The site is served by the Red Line metro station (code R31), approximately 2,240 m from the mall. Planned upgrades include improved entrances, pedestrian links, concourse and platform capacity, and interchange facilities.
What major attractions are at the mall?
Major attractions include Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, KidZania®, SEGA Republic, Dubai Ice Rink, Reel Cinema and the Souk precinct, alongside more than 200 food and beverage outlets and over 1,200 shops.
Have there been recent expansions?
Yes. The Zabeel Expansion increased the footprint by about 40% and added parking and retail floor area. Emaar has announced a further AED 2 billion expansion programme to add around 240 luxury retail and dining outlets.
The figures below come from registered Dubai Land Department transactions, not from listings. We show the median rather than the mean, so that one-off penthouses do not distort it.
The yearly figure compares the last 12 months with the 12 before them. Calendar years would not work here: the current one is unfinished, so the comparison would understate the change. The median across the whole district moved -6% over the same year — that gap reflects which buildings came to market, not existing homes changing in price.
From 2022 to 2025 — +16% on the price per square metre across 1 buildings that traded in both years.
Top to bottom: purchase price per m², year, annual rent per m², gross yield. Showing the last 13 years, from 2014.
* 2026 is still in progress, so its bar covers part of the year and is not directly comparable with the ones before it. The growth figure below uses completed years only.
All figures are medians rather than means: in thin years the mean swings with the mix of units and shows movement the market never had. The yield is gross — service charges are not published in the register, so they cannot be deducted honestly.
| Building | Deals | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|
| THE DUBAI MALL RESIDENCES | 142 | 28 755 |
Source: Dubai Land Department transaction registry. Prices per square metre, sale transactions.
Dubai market as a whole: prices, transactions and trends (DLD data) →
Largest management companies in the area: Emaar Community Management (18), Emaar Hospitality Community Management (12), Luxury Owner Association Management Services Co. (3).
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RERA-approved 2026 budgets from the DLD service charge index (Mollak); residential buildings. Rate is AED per sq ft per year; YoY compares the same buildings in 2025.
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