Sobha Solis Tower B

Nineteen doors per floor and 3.40m between slabs: Solis's second tower bets on interior volume

Every floor of Sobha Solis Tower B serves 19 apartments, spread across 36 residential levels sitting between a ground floor and a rooftop terrace. Sobha Realty states a floor-to-floor height of 3.40m, a more generous figure than many rental towers on the outskirts of Dubai offer. Tower B is part of a cluster of four towers set around a shared podium of roughly 4 acres in Dubai Motor City. Towers B, C and D together add up to about 1,550 units, compared with around 766 for Tower A alone. Handover is scheduled for 31 December 2027, on a freehold basis. For a buyer, the real question isn't so much the unit itself but where it sits within a community of more than 2,300 units.

One to three bedrooms, a balcony for every unit

The unit mix is limited to three layouts: one, two and three bedrooms. Every unit comes with a balcony, which the developer presents as a standard feature rather than an upgrade. With 19 units per floor plate, the tower runs on a dense layout, which explains why each tower has 6 to 8 elevators plus a service lift. A rough calculation (36 floors multiplied by 19) points to somewhere around 680 apartments in Tower B, a figure that should be confirmed against the final sales plans. Each tower has its own lobby and entrance, so Tower B residents won't share access with the other three buildings.

A sunken pool beneath the podium and a view of the track

The most distinctive feature of the masterplan is a recessed courtyard. It houses a leisure pool surrounded by trees, with several indoor amenities arranged around it. This sunken design serves a practical purpose: shielding the pool from the noise of the internal roads, which are 7m wide. The podium spans four levels, the top one fully landscaped. The brochure lists more than 30 amenities, including an observation deck facing the Dubai Autodrome circuit, an outdoor cinema, an outdoor climbing wall, cricket nets, a music studio and a dog park.

The Arsenal branding, with a time limit

Sobha Realty highlights a gym developed with Arsenal FC, fitted with equipment comparable to what the London club's players use. The developer itself flags the catch. The Arsenal branding depends on the partnership between Sobha and the club staying in place, and it's only guaranteed for a set number of years. An investor counting on this label to justify a higher rent should treat it as a temporary selling point. The gym will stay, the logo might not.

Between Emirates Road and Mohammed Bin Zayed Road

Motor City sits at the junction of two major arteries in south Dubai. First Avenue Mall and The Ribbon Mall are about a five-minute drive away. Downtown Dubai, Dubai Mall, JBR and Dubai Marina are 20 to 25 minutes out, and DXB international airport around half an hour. The area is still built around car travel, with no metro station nearby. The complex includes its own retail arcade, with dedicated parking for shops at podium and ground level, kept separate from resident parking.

District cooling and engineered stone

The facade uses a floor-to-ceiling double-glazed curtain wall, marketed for its thermal and acoustic insulation. The building is connected to a district cooling network, and condensation from the air conditioning is collected for irrigation. On finishes, the spec sheet stays modest: matte paint, engineered stone countertops, laminate or melamine kitchen cabinetry, and porcelain tiling in the bathrooms. Kitchens come fitted with an oven, gas hob, hood, fridge-freezer and washer-dryer. This is a solid level of finish, not a high-end spec.

Late 2027, the same deadline as Sobha Orbis

Tower B won't be the only new supply hitting the Motor City market at handover. Sobha Orbis, another project from the same developer in the area, also targets late 2027 with around 2,900 apartments. Combined, the two projects add up to more than 5,000 Sobha units delivered within a short window in the same district. That concentration of stock will weigh on rents and on how quickly units get leased up. Solis sets itself apart from Orbis through its shared podium, its sunken courtyard and its view of the track, factors worth weighing before choosing between the two.