DIFC
The financial free zone of Dubai on Sheikh Zayed Road, with Gate Avenue, art galleries and the Emirates Towers close by.
DIFC is the Dubai International Financial Centre, a free trade zone for business and finance on Sheikh Zayed Road, in the middle of the city. Offices and a business school campus give its streets a working rhythm by day, and in the evening the district turns to its restaurants, galleries and shops.
Gate Avenue is the shopping and dining street of DIFC, linking the podiums of its towers. It opened in phases from 2018, and several art galleries sit among the offices, so a lunch can end with a visit to an exhibition.
The Dubai Metro Red Line keeps the district within easy reach. Financial Centre serves the district, Emirates Towers station serves the area around the Museum of the Future, and World Trade Centre station lies by the exhibition centre.
Next door is the Dubai World Trade Centre, the city’s fair and conference venue. In 2025 it hosted about 400 events and nearly three million visitors, and on a conference morning the walk from the metro is busy with name badges and lanyards.
Our residences here include One Za’abeel, on the Za’abeel end of Sheikh Zayed Road. Ithra Dubai, part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, developed the tower, which Nikken Sekkei designed, and the tower rises 305 metres. It opened on 10 February 2024.
H&H Development and Aman Group are building Janu Residences, Dubai in DIFC, the first residential project of Aman Group in the Middle East. It combines 57 branded residences with a 150-room hotel, a members’ club and a spa, in a tower designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Sales opened in February 2026, and completion is due in 2027, so the project is offered on request.
London Business School has been in the Gate Village since 2007, when its Dubai campus opened as the school’s first campus outside London. The campus sits in Building 2 of the Gate Village, and its Dubai programmes have more than 5,000 alumni.
Each residence offered here is handled personally by your advisor, with private viewings by appointment.
In development: DIFC
- Janu Residences, DubaiH&H Development · Approximate handover: Q4 2027
- Four Seasons Private Residences DIFCH&H Development · Approximate handover: Q4 2028
Photographs: Jackardsiffant (CC BY 3.0), Tara-ghrbb (CC BY-SA 4.0), JessS83 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tim Wu (CC BY-SA 4.0).
