Arenco Tower, Dubai Media City: Offices, Floors and Parking

"Arenco Tower, also known as AAM Tower, is a completed 46-storey office tower on Al Marsad Street in Dubai Media City, finished in 2008. It was developed by Arenco Developer, the Arenco Real Estate business of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises. This guide is for companies looking for office space in Media City, and for anyone who wants to know what the tower offers before a viewing.\n\n## Key takeaways\n- Arenco Tower is a completed commercial office tower of 46 storeys, finished in 2008.\n- It stands 243.8 metres (800 ft) tall and has 296 office units with 514,702 sq ft of leasable space.\n- Typical office floors are 14,295 sq ft, and 13 lifts serve the building.\n- Parking is allocated at 1 space per 500 sq ft of leased office area, in a covered podium.\n- The tower has a tenants-only gym, a prayer room, conference rooms, 24-hour security and ground-floor shops.\n- It is an office building only, with no residential apartments.\n\n\n\n## An office tower, not a residential building\nArenco Tower is exclusively a commercial building. It has offices, a few ground-floor shops and services, and no residential apartments. If you arrived here looking for a flat in Media City, this is not the building. Its own page on our site is Arenco Tower.\n\nThe tower is in Dubai Media City, in the Al Sufouh 2 district, on Al Marsad Street. Dubai Media City is part of the TECOM Group's free zones. Tenants may operate under a free zone licence or a Dubai Economic Department licence, so check which one your business needs.\n\n## 46 storeys, 243.8 metres and a three-prism shape\nThe tower is 243.8 metres (800 ft) tall, with 46 storeys. The structure is all concrete, and the total building area is 778,234 sq ft. Thirty-six floors are dedicated office floors, and they sit above a 35-metre-high parking podium.\n\nUruguayan-Canadian architect Carlos Ott designed it, working with Arenco Architectural and Engineering Consultants. The form comes from three triangular prisms of different heights that rise from the podium, which gives the tower a distinctive outline against the Media City skyline. Glass curtain walls run floor to ceiling on all office floors.\n\n## 296 offices, from small suites to full floors\nThe tower has 296 office units and 514,702 sq ft of leasable office space. A typical floor plate is 14,295 sq ft, and the largest reaches 15,409 sq ft, so a company can take an entire floor.\n\nOffice sizes vary a lot. Smaller suites start from roughly 1,000 to 1,130 sq ft. Mid-range options include 1,657, 1,840, 2,346, 2,755, 4,563 and 6,547 sq ft, and full floors run to 14,295 to 15,409 sq ft. Ask for the exact area and a floor plan of the office you are shown.\n\n## What a quoted rent includes\nLease terms vary, but the structure described for the tower is worth knowing before you compare it with other buildings. Service charges are included in the quoted rental rates. DEWA (electricity and water) and chiller charges for district cooling by Empower are billed separately and metered individually. A security deposit and VAT also apply to commercial leases.\n\nWhen two buildings quote different rents, check what each rent includes. A lower rent plus separate service charges can cost the same as a higher all-in rent.\n\n## Views, glass and fit-out\nFloor-to-ceiling glazing gives views of the Arabian Gulf to the west, Emirates Golf Club to the south and the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor, depending on the floor and side. The offices have flexible open-plan layouts, false ceilings with integrated lighting and a wet pantry in each unit. Central air conditioning comes from Empower district cooling.\n\nView and light vary by floor and by side of the building, so look at the actual office at the hour you would be working in it.\n\n## Lifts, parking and building services\nThirteen lifts serve the 46 floors, which matters at the start and end of the working day. Parking is in a multi-storey covered car park inside the 35-metre podium, with an allocation of 1 space per 500 sq ft of leased office area. Ask how many spaces your lease would come with and where they are.\n\nTenants have a fully equipped gym and fitness club that is for building tenants only, a prayer room, and conference rooms. The tower has 24-hour security with CCTV, maintenance teams on call around the clock, and a central reception and lobby. Fire safety systems are installed throughout.\n\n## Ground-floor shops and services\nThe ground floor has a retail section that includes Cafe Italiano Lounge restaurant, an Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank branch, and Glow Medical and Dental Center LLC, plus other retail and food services. Staff can handle coffee, banking and a clinic visit without leaving the building. Ask which outlets are open today and at what hours.\n\n## Getting to Arenco Tower\nThe tower fronts Sheikh Zayed Road and sits on Al Marsad Street, which gives it good road visibility for client-facing businesses. Dubai Internet City Metro Station on the Red Line serves the tower, and there are bus stops in the area. The Nakheel Metro Station is also reachable.\n\nLandmarks in the area include the American University in Dubai, Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Media City, Media One Hotel, One&Only Royal Mirage and the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre. Dubai Marina, Dubai Marina Mall, The Walk at JBR, Skydive Dubai and Palm Jumeirah are also in this part of the city. Visit by Metro and by car at your working hours to see which suits your team.\n\n\n\n## Arenco Real Estate and the owner\nArenco Real Estate was established in 1975 and is a subsidiary of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises. The company holds the whole tower as a single owner, so lease conversations are usually with one landlord rather than with many unit owners. If you are told that a unit is for sale, ask for the title deed and for written confirmation of who is allowed to sell.\n\n## Other projects by Arenco Developer\nArenco Developer has other projects with pages on our site:\n\n- Golden Sands, Mankhool, completed\n- Silver Sands, Mankhool, completed\n- Arenco Offices, Dubai Investment Park, completed\n\nThe company also has a developer page on our site.\n\n## Other buildings in Dubai Media City you can compare\nOffices, hotels and serviced apartments sit side by side in Media City. When you compare buildings, use the same questions in each one: what is included in the rent, how parking is allocated, and what the lifts are like at 9 in the morning. These Media City buildings have pages on our site:\n\n- Concord Tower, completed, by 32 Group\n- Office Park, off-plan, by Equitativa Group\n- The Loft Offices, completed\n- Avani Palm View Hotel and Suites, completed, by Al Fahim Group\n- Arjaan by Rotana, completed, by B&M\n\n## A checklist before you lease an office at Arenco Tower\nArenco Tower is a finished building, so most of these steps are about confirming what you are shown. Take the list to the viewing and tick each step off.\n\n1. Ask for the unit number, floor, exact area in square feet and floor plan. Sizes differ from office to office.\n2. Ask which licence suits your business, a free zone licence or a Dubai Economic Department licence, and check that your activity is allowed in the tower.\n3. Ask in writing what the quoted rent includes, and which charges, such as DEWA and chiller, you will pay separately.\n4. Ask how the deposit and VAT apply, and when each is due.\n5. Ask how many parking spaces come with your lease, where they are, and where visitors park.\n6. Look at the view and light at the hours you will use the office, and check the false ceiling, lighting, wet pantry and air conditioning.\n7. Ride the lifts at the start and end of the working day to see how long they take to arrive.\n8. Ask who the landlord is, and if a unit is being sold, ask to see the title deed.\n9. Once you sign, register the lease in Ejari and keep copies of the contract, the Ejari certificate and every payment receipt.\n10. Ask for the owners' association or landlord service charge budget in writing and check what it covers.\n\nKeep a dated note of every answer, with the name of the person who gave it. Rents and charges change, and a figure without a date is hard to rely on.\n\n## Asking about Arenco Tower\nYou can read more on the Arenco Tower building page and the Dubai Media City area page. Want the latest asking prices or floor plans for Arenco Tower? Message us on WhatsApp and we'll send them, or ask Sophia on aigentsrealty.com.\n\n## FAQ\n### Who developed Arenco Tower?\nArenco Tower was developed by Arenco Developer, the Arenco Real Estate business of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises.\n\n### Where is Arenco Tower?\nIt is on Al Marsad Street in Dubai Media City, in the Al Sufouh 2 district, with frontage on Sheikh Zayed Road.\n\n### Is Arenco Tower the same as AAM Tower?\nYes. Arenco Tower is also widely known as AAM Tower.\n\n### How tall is Arenco Tower and how many offices does it have?\nThe tower has 46 storeys, stands 243.8 metres (800 ft) tall and has 296 office units with 514,702 sq ft of leasable space.\n\n### Does Arenco Tower have apartments?\nNo. Arenco Tower is exclusively a commercial office building with no residential apartments.\n\n### How much parking does Arenco Tower have?\nParking is in a covered multi-storey podium, with an allocation of 1 space per 500 sq ft of leased office area.\n\n### What services does Arenco Tower offer to tenants?\nTenants have a gym and fitness club for tenants only, a prayer room, conference rooms, 24-hour security with CCTV, a central reception and 13 lifts."