Internet City & Media City is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Dubai with average asking rent around AED 160/sqft/yr · ≈ $43.5 PSF/yr USD.
Tech and media free zones. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: AED 160/sqft/yr · ≈ $43.5 PSF/yr USD
Dubai Internet City and Media City are dedicated tech and media free zones. Microsoft, Google, Meta, and most major regional tech HQs sit here.
Big Tech, media holding companies, advertising, e-commerce platforms.
20-40,000 sqft floor plates.
Dubai Metro Red Line (Internet City, Dubai Marina).
Strong residential adjacency in Marina and JLT.
Marina Walk, Madinat Jumeirah, JBR Beach.
Internet City & Media City is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Dubai, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around AED 160/sqft/yr · ≈ $43.5 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Dubai Class A stock, Internet City & Media City typically attracts Big Tech, media holding companies, advertising, e-commerce platforms and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Internet City & Media City: DIFC, Downtown / Business Bay, Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina & JLT. The full Dubai submarket atlas is at /cities/dubai.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Internet City & Media City, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:
Terminology specific to Dubai Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.