Elite Residence
At 380.5 metres, this was the world's third-tallest residential building when it opened in 2012 — proof that Dubai Marina's skyline is not office towers but places people actually sleep.
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Elite Residence puts a number on Dubai's vertical ambition: 87 floors, 695 apartments, 12 elevators, completed January 2012. It sits in Dubai Marina directly overlooking Palm Jumeirah, making it one of the clearest reference points for understanding just how extreme the district's residential scale really is.
What to look for
- The full 380.5-metre silhouette — count the 87 floors from street level
- The sightline directly toward Palm Jumeirah that the building overlooks
- The residential bulk: 695 apartments across 76 floors, served by just 12 elevators
It is a private residential building; view it from the Dubai Marina waterfront rather than expecting any public interior access.
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More to see in Dubai
- Burj KhalifaHalf a mile of reinforced concrete, straight up — the tallest structure on Earth since 2009.
- Burj al-ArabA hotel shaped like a dhow sail, planted on its own man-made island 280 meters off the beach.
- Dubai MallIn 2023 it drew a record 105 million visitors — up 19 percent year-on-year from the 88 million recorded the year before.
- 23 MarinaFifty-seven swimming pools stacked into one tower — and since 2026, visible war damage on the skyline.
- Palm JumeirahSand and stone stacked on the Persian Gulf to form a palm shape — only legible from the air, and reportedly still sinking 5 mm every year.
- Rose Tower (Rose Rayhaan by Rotana)A 333-metre hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road that actually outreaches the Burj Al Arab — and most people walk past it.