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Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa)

Armani Residences

Operating

The residences

The name licensed to this project and carried on the building. A brand is not a company: it holds no title, builds nothing and runs nothing.
Armani
The business the brand comes from — hotel, fashion, design, automotive, restaurant, club, or a developer’s own name.
Fashion / Design
How many separately titled homes this project sells, counting every kind it sells. Where it sells more than one kind, each is named and its own count given.
144
Whether a hotel shares the site, the building is mixed-use, or it is residences only.
Hotel on site
Every handover date the project has been given, oldest first.
Nov 2008
When the residences were handed over to buyers.
2010
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What the brand does · Master plan · Residence types · What you buy · Price · Announced · Sales opened · Construction started

Not recorded is a statement about this register: no sourced value is held for these. It is never a claim that anyone withheld them.

Who is behind it

The company that runs properties under this project’s brand and sets the standards carried under it. It need not own the name — who owns it is the brand licensor.
not recorded
The firm that runs the building day to day — staffing, maintenance, residents’ services.
not foundNo opened page names a company operating the 144 residences as distinct from the hotel licence, which covers "the hotels and resorts" as a category.
The party that promotes the project and carries it through to delivery. May also hold title to part of it — being one does not make it the other.
Emaar PropertiesNamed in the opening release as one of the two collaborating parties.
The practice or individual who designed the interiors.
Armani/CasaResidences furnished from the Armani Casa home furnishings collection.
The party the brand name was licensed to for this project. A contract for a name — it carries no title and no duty to run the property.
EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLCHolder of the long-term Armani licence for operation of the hotels and resorts. See armaniOperatorFinding — the licence names hotels and resorts as a category, not the 144 residences specifically.
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Holds title to · Architect · Main contractor

Not recorded is a statement about this register: no sourced value is held for these. It is never a claim that anyone withheld them.

How this project is structuredEmaar Properties developed the Armani-branded hotel and residence component of Burj Khalifa in collaboration with Giorgio Armani S.p.A. Giorgio Armani S.p.A. awarded a long-term licence to EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLC for the operation of the hotels and resorts, with Emaar responsible for the project's real estate, construction, management and operations.

Sources

www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-first-armani…
27 Apr 2010Opening release: establishes the Armani/Emaar collaboration, 160 guest rooms, 144 residences, levels 9-16.Accessed 28 Jul 2026
propsearch.ae/dubai/burj-khalifa
Establishes the hotel/residence split inside the tower.Accessed 28 Jul 2026
www.hotelmanagement-network.com/projects/armani
Establishes the licence to EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLC, Emaar's management/operations responsibility, and the Armani Casa interior.Accessed 28 Jul 2026

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4 open questionsabout this project

Points this record cannot yet settle, with the sources on each side. Both readings are published rather than one being chosen quietly.

When was the Armani component of Burj Khalifa completed?

Projects
  • 2010, the hotel openingThe opening release, dated 27 April 2010, unveils the world's first Armani Hotel in Burj Khalifa with 160 guest rooms and 144 residences.source ↗
  • January 2012A January 2012 completion date appeared in summary text derived from the tracker page for Burj Khalifa. A direct read of that page did not surface the figure as a quotable statement, so it is recorded as unverified.source ↗
Downtown Dubai & DIFC · Source conflict · open

Which firm designed the Armani Residences, and on which floors do they sit?

Projects
  • Levels 9 to 16, 144 residences, no architect credit foundThe opening release places 144 private residences on levels 9 to 16 and credits Giorgio Armani with design, content and style. No opened page names an architect for the residence component specifically.source ↗
  • Residences for Armani on floors 19 to 39, designed by Skidmore, Owings & MerrillThis reading surfaced in search-result text and conflicts with the floor placement in the opening release. No page carrying it was opened, so no architect credit is recorded on the project.
Downtown Dubai & DIFC · Source conflict · open

Does a company run the Armani Residences at Burj Khalifa, distinct from the hotel, or is Armani here a bare name licence? This determines the brand's licensing model ("operated" vs "name-only") and a project carrying the wrong one fails the downstream build gate.

Projects
  • A licence naming "the hotels and resorts" as a category, not the residences specificallyGiorgio Armani SpA awarded a long-term licence to EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLC for the operation of the hotels and resortssource ↗
  • Emaar responsible for the project's management and operations, scope unstatedEMAAR fully responsible for the project's real estate, construction, management and operations.source ↗
  • The official release names no company running the residences at allA collaboration between Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and Emaar Properties, Armani Hotel Dubai is the first in a collection of hotels, resorts and residences to be unveiled in international destinations.source ↗
Downtown Dubai & DIFC · Scope · open

Whether EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLC and Emaar Hospitality Group are one company under two names, or two companies inside the Emaar group.

Projects
  • EMAAR Hotel & Resorts LLCThe Armani licence is recorded to "Emaar Hotels & Resorts LLC" as the holder of the long-term licence for operation of the Armani hotels and resorts.source ↗
  • Emaar Hospitality GroupEmaar's own release describes Emaar Hospitality Group as the hospitality and leisure business of Emaar Properties, owning the Address Hotels + Resorts, Vida Hotels and Resorts and Rove Hotels brands. It names no Armani licence and does not name the other entity.source ↗
Downtown Dubai & DIFC · Name clash · open