22 September 2026 · Market
Dubai's commercial market is entering a more selective phase.
Demand remains substantial, but scarcity, pricing and the quality of stock are beginning to matter more than the market's headline momentum.
Dubai · Commercial Real Estate · Journal
The market,
considered.
Observations on buildings, capital, businesses, transactions and the forces shaping commercial real estate in Dubai.
01 · Journal
Recent thinking.
Three longer observations on the parts of Dubai's commercial market that are easiest to misread from the headline numbers.
18 September 2026 · Business
Dubai is building an unusually aggressive business environment.
Company formation, capital, infrastructure and policy are changing where commercial demand comes from, and how quickly it can move.
11 September 2026 · Liquidity
Liquidity is not prestige. It is the ability to transact.
A building can look excellent and still be difficult to sell. Buyer depth, ticket size, floor plates and demand often tell a different story.
02 · The week
Where commercial demand is actually moving.
Dubai's office story is no longer simply about rising rents. It is increasingly about the relationship between business formation, occupier requirements, the scarcity of quality stock and the places where companies can actually operate.
The useful question is not whether demand exists. It is where it is concentrating, what it is willing to pay for, and which buildings can absorb it.
03 · Babar Ahmed
Looking at the market from inside it.
I run Ahmed & Ahmed, a commercial real estate brokerage focused on Dubai. The journal is a place to slow down and examine what the market is doing beneath the headline figures.
That means looking at buildings in context: the businesses around them, the demand behind those businesses, the capital moving through the market and the transactions that reveal what buyers and sellers are actually prepared to do.
04 · Weekly note
One note.
Every week.
A short, considered view of what is changing across Dubai's commercial real estate market. No daily noise. Just one useful note.