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A <\/strong>more tempered quarter for Dubai\u2019s office market: <\/strong>Dubai\u2019s office market is showing signs of a slight cooldown, with rents in several areas stabilizing in 2Q 2025, according to Savills\u2019 Dubai Office Market 2Q report (pdf)<\/a>. Despite 11 of the 23 sub-markets tracked by Savills seeing rents remaining flat q-o-q, rents are still up 36% y-o-y on average.<\/p>\n

REMEMBER-<\/b> <\/span>In 1Q 2025<\/a>, Dubai\u2019s office market saw record-low vacancy and steep rent hikes, as strong demand and tight supply drove rents up across all submarkets <\/span><\/sup><\/sup>\u2014 with average increases hitting 45% y-o-y.<\/span><\/p>\n

Areas seeing rental growth: <\/strong>Prices rose the most in Dubai Silicon Oasis, posting a 13% q-o-q rise, followed closely by a 12% uptick in Al Barsha Heights\u2019 rents. Business Bay, which recorded a 94% y-o-y surge in rents during the first quarter, saw a 10% q-o-q rise this time.<\/p>\n

Leasing demand in 2Q skewed toward bigger offices<\/strong>, with 44% of enquiries concerning spaces between 10k-20k sq ft \u2014 outpacing interest in smaller units below 10k sq ft, which made up 38% of the demand. <\/p>\n

Hold \u2018em: <\/strong>Lease renewals remained the most common transaction type, making up 41% of the total. More occupiers are locking in future growth by negotiating right-of-first-refusal on adjacent units, preferring to stay put rather than relocate \u2014 which accounted for 29% of agreements. Only 12% of transactions came from new entries.<\/p>\n

Financial and tech firms are leading the charge:<\/strong> 53% of Savills\u2019 transactions came from firms working in financial services during the quarter, followed by tech and media businesses at 21% and consulting companies at 11%. <\/p>\n

Another factor potentially accelerating the cooldown?<\/strong> More supply is incoming, wth some 1 mn sq ft expected between late 2025 and 1Q 2026. Plus: Geopolitical developments could weigh on activity, Savills warned. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s still cut-throat. <\/strong>Landlords are increasingly opting for tenants with strong track records amid higher rents and tighter supply, while interest in strata-ownership \u2014 where specific parts of a property are owned by different people \u2014 is also on the rise, Savills noted. Dubai South and Expo City are set to see more growth on the back of greater availability and affordability, the report added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While prime rents remain 36% higher y-o-y on average, rents were flat q-o-q in 11 of the 23 submarkets monitored by Savills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1565],"tags":[87,7,98],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-105775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","tag-dubai","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-real-estate","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"80d831e2-63b1-4fbd-bdf3-e966106c08c6","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/1357.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Dubai office rents steady in 2Q as demand shifts to larger spaces","related_issue":[105765],"teaser":"While prime rents remain 36% higher y-o-y on average, rents were flat q-o-q in 11 of the 23 submarkets monitored by Savills","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/7\/.db1bc0a2-d371-4c09-925e-b9fd47e93524.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nDubai office rents steady in 2Q as demand shifts to larger spaces - 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