Al Fattan Plaza, Al Garhoud: Office Sizes, Tenants and Location

Al Fattan Plaza is a commercial office building on Airport Road in Al Garhoud, completed in January 2000. It suits companies that want a working address on Airport Road, especially in logistics, freight and professional services.

Key takeaways

• Completed in January 2000 by Al Fattan Properties, designed by Arif & Bintoak.
• Basement, ground and 10 upper floors, with offices above ground-floor retail.
• Offices start at 880 sqft, and a full floor plate is 17,324 sqft.
• About 103 companies work from the building.
• Basement parking is provided at 1 space per 1,000 sqft.
• Located on Airport Road (D89) in Al Garhoud.

The building on Airport Road

The address is 32, 65 Street (Airport Road / D89), in Al Garhoud. Al Garhoud is a mixed-use district of old Dubai, bounded by Dubai International Airport on the east, Dubai Creek on the west, Port Saeed on the north and Umm Ramool on the south. Emirates' headquarters is also on Airport Road, opposite Terminal 3.

Al Fattan Properties LLC, which was established in 1974, developed the building, and Arif & Bintoak designed it. It is a basement, ground and 10 upper floor building (B+G+10), with commercial offices above ground-floor retail.

The design centres on a full-height atrium in the middle of the building. It brings daylight into the interior, and the offices wrap around it.

Al Fattan Properties owns and manages the building. In more than 25 years of operation it has served airport-linked businesses, logistics operators, energy companies and professional service firms.

Office sizes, from 880 sqft to a full floor

The smallest individual offices are about 880 sqft. At the other end, a full floor plate is 17,324 sqft, so a single company can take an entire level.

The upper office floors have balconies that run the full length of the floor. That is unusual for an office building, so ask which floors have them if outdoor space matters to your team. The offices are modular, so ask whether a neighbouring unit can be added later if your team grows.

What the building provides

Security is staffed 24 hours a day, with a front desk and lobby reception, and CCTV cameras run around the clock. Several high-speed elevators serve the floors, and the building has central air conditioning.

Parking is in a secure basement at 1 space per 1,000 sqft. Each office floor has a pantry area, and there are prayer rooms on several floors. On the ground floor you will find a coffee shop and an ATM. Etisalat payment services, DEWA utilities and telecom-ready infrastructure are in place.

The companies based here

About 103 companies work from Al Fattan Plaza, with more than 1,000 employees between them. The tenant mix is led by logistics, freight and cargo, energy supply, business services and professional services.

The businesses on the floors include a freight and cargo company, a logistics consultancy, a gas pipeline and LPG distributor, a corporate training firm, a business setup consultancy, an architecture practice, an IT and web development company and a cleaning contractor. Ground-floor retail and food outlets serve the people who work in the building.

Who an office here suits

The range of sizes means the building works for very different companies. A small firm can start with an office of about 880 sqft, while a business that wants its own floor can take a 17,324 sqft plate. Companies that depend on the airport, such as freight forwarders, cargo handlers and logistics operators, are the natural fit for an address on Airport Road, and that is what the tenant list reflects.

If your business sits outside those sectors, the tenant mix still tells you something useful: most of your neighbours would be service and supply businesses. Ask building management how visitors and deliveries are handled at the front desk before you sign.

Al Fattan Properties and its other buildings

Al Fattan Properties is the real estate arm of the wider Al Fattan Group, a UAE-based group with interests in real estate, engineering, industrial and commercial trading. Its projects range from offices and apartments to villa communities and hotels, so the buildings below are not all the same type. The company has its headquarters in DIFC. Other Al Fattan Properties projects on our site include:

• Currency House, DIFC, completed
• Al Fattan Downtown Towers, Downtown Dubai, completed
• Al Fattan Business Hub - Marina, Jumeirah Beach Residence, completed
• Al Fattan Marine Tower, Jumeirah Beach Residence, completed
• Al Fattan Crystal Towers, Jumeirah Beach Residence, completed

Ten checks before you lease an office at Al Fattan Plaza

A building completed in 2000 is a known quantity, so you can check most things in person. A careful tenant would work through this list.

1. Ask for the exact size of the office and a floor plan, and confirm whether the quoted area is net or gross. Offices run from about 880 sqft to 17,324 sqft.
2. Ask which floor the office is on, and whether it has one of the full-length balconies on the upper floors.
3. Get in writing what the rent includes. Central air conditioning, DEWA utilities and building services can be inside the rent or billed on top.
4. Ask how many basement parking bays come with the lease. The ratio is 1 space per 1,000 sqft, so a small office gets few, and ask where visitors park.
5. Visit at different times of day. Arrive at the morning peak and again at lunchtime to see how busy the elevators, lobby and basement are.
6. Read the lease terms for the length of the term, renewal conditions, the notice period and the condition in which the office must be handed back.
7. Ask whether the office is fitted out or empty, and what approval building management needs before you change the layout.
8. Check which telecom and internet services are already connected to the office, since the building is telecom-ready.
9. Register the tenancy contract in Ejari. If you need a trade licence at this address, ask the licensing authority which tenancy documents it requires.
10. Ask what refurbishment has been done in the common areas and when the office fit-out was last updated. In a building that has operated for more than 25 years, it is a fair question, and the answer helps you judge how much work the space needs before you move in.

Planning the move into your floor

Offices at Al Fattan Plaza are modular and wrap around a full-height atrium, so the first practical question is how your space will be laid out. Ask for a plan that shows the atrium, the pantry on the floor and the position of the elevators, then decide where reception, meeting rooms and desks would go.

Each office floor has a pantry area, and several floors have prayer rooms. Ask whether the pantry is shared with other tenants on the floor and who cleans it. Ask who controls the central air conditioning and how a request to change the temperature is handled.

The building has 24-hour security, a front desk and lobby reception. If your business receives couriers, drivers or visitors all day, as the logistics and freight firms in the tenant list do, ask how they are registered at the desk and where they wait. The ground floor has a coffee shop and an ATM, which suits a short client meeting in the building.

Finally, ask about telecom and internet. The building is telecom-ready, so check which providers are already connected and how long a new line takes to arrange. Ask the same of building management and the landlord, and keep their answers in writing.

Before you sign, ask for a short written note of what the landlord looks after and what you must maintain inside the office, such as lighting, partitions and flooring. In a building completed in January 2000, it helps to know who pays if something needs replacing. Ask also what happens to any fit-out you pay for when the lease ends, and whether the office must be handed back empty or can be left as it is.

Other buildings in Al Garhoud you can compare

Buildings in the same district differ in age, layout, facilities and service charges, so it helps to compare before you commit. Other buildings in Al Garhoud on our site include:

• Manazel Garhoud, under construction, by Al Tayer Real Estate
• Al Garhoud Villas, under construction, by Al Kazim Group

More about the developer: Al Fattan Properties. For recent registered transactions across Dubai, and for how area figures are counted, see our methodology page.

Next steps

You can see more on the Al Fattan Plaza building page. Want the latest asking prices or floor plans for Al Fattan Plaza? Message us on WhatsApp and we'll send them, or ask Sophia on aigentsrealty.com.

FAQ

Who developed Al Fattan Plaza?

Al Fattan Properties developed it, and Arif & Bintoak was the architect.

When was Al Fattan Plaza completed?

It was completed in January 2000.

How many floors does Al Fattan Plaza have?

It has a basement, a ground floor and 10 upper floors (B+G+10).

What office sizes does Al Fattan Plaza have?

Individual offices start at about 880 sqft, and a full floor plate is 17,324 sqft.

How many companies are based at Al Fattan Plaza?

About 103 companies work from the building, with more than 1,000 employees between them.

How much parking does Al Fattan Plaza have?

Parking is in a secure basement at 1 space per 1,000 sqft.

Where is Al Fattan Plaza?

Al Fattan Plaza is on Airport Road (D89) in Al Garhoud.