Rockefeller Tower: 87-Storey Dubai Landmark Set for 2031

LMD has confirmed plans for the 400m Christian A. Rockefeller Business Tower, an 87-storey Grade-A office project in Dubai scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2031. The development carries one of America’s most recognisable family names into the global property market for the first time, and will be delivered through a partnership structure spanning developers, brand representatives and appointed sales consultants.

The project is being developed in partnership with Christian A. Rockefeller, a sixth-generation descendant of the Rockefeller family, represented by Iconique Living Group. UAE consultancy Devmark has been appointed to lead sales and marketing, placing the commercialisation of the tower in the hands of an established local firm while the development itself remains with LMD.

Hamad Al Abbar, Managing Partner of LMD UAE, framed the project as a statement of confidence in Dubai’s trajectory as an international business centre. “This approach to the hotelification of office space draws on our experience in delivering integrated, hospitality-led destinations across Europe, Egypt and the UAE,” he said. His comments place the tower within a wider strategy by the developer to export an integrated, hospitality-led model to the commercial office market, rather than treating the Dubai project as a standalone venture.

The building itself is planned around four collections of offices and five dedicated amenity floors, two of which will focus on health and fitness. The concept aims to extend the workplace experience beyond the traditional office, allowing businesses and employees to access fitness facilities, spa treatments, dining venues and corporate entertainment spaces within the same building. Premium offices will be combined with hotel-style hospitality, wellness facilities, restaurants and business lounges, a configuration the developer presents as a deliberate departure from conventional commercial towers.

Meanwhile, the choice of Dubai as the location for the brand’s first building was explained by Christian A. Rockefeller in terms of the emirate’s policy environment. He said the emirate was selected because of its emphasis on investment, architectural ambition and long-term value, framing the decision as one grounded in the conditions Dubai has created for large-scale, long-horizon development rather than in short-term market timing.

The announcement places the project within Dubai’s continuing effort to attract flagship commercial developments that reinforce its standing as a global business hub. A 400-metre, 87-storey tower of this scale represents a significant commitment of capital and planning, and its delivery timeline, set for mid-2031, will depend on the coordination of the developer, the brand partners and the appointed sales and marketing consultancy through the construction and pre-leasing phases.

The involvement of a sixth-generation Rockefeller family member, represented by Iconique Living Group, gives the project a branding weight that few commercial towers in the emirate carry. The partnership model, in which a family brand, a UAE developer and a local consultancy each hold defined roles, reflects the structure now common among large Dubai developments. LMD’s stated experience in delivering integrated, hospitality-led destinations across Europe, Egypt and the UAE underpins its pitch that the hotelification of office space, long established in the hotel sector, can be applied to the corporate workplace.

Whether the tower meets its second-quarter 2031 completion target will be watched as a test of the model. For now, the project stands as a statement of intent from LMD, its brand partner and the emirate’s development agenda: a Grade-A commercial tower designed to blur the line between office building and hospitality destination, and to anchor a famous family name in Dubai’s skyline for decades to come.