Services · Location & Lease Advisory
Restaurant & Retail Location Advisory in Dubai
We find the right space, negotiate the lease from the tenant's side, and get you open on terms that protect your profitability. For restaurant, retail and wellness brands entering or expanding in Dubai.
Book a 20-min location callArion Group is a tenant-side location and lease advisory firm in Dubai. Unlike a broker, whose fee comes from the landlord, we work only for the founder. We represent your interests through site selection, commercial negotiation and the move to opening.
A broker works for their company and the landlord. We work for you.
A traditional commercial broker
Arion Group
Paid by the landlord and you, pushed by their brokerage company
Paid by you, working for you, the founder
Incentive is to close any deal and meet sales objectives
Incentive is your long-term profitability as a business
Shows you whatever is on their list
Shows only sites that fit your concept, budget and P&L
Pushes you toward a signature
Tells you honestly when to walk away
Job ends when the lease is signed
We can stay through fit-out, launch and opening
[ How we work ]
From brief to opening
Brief and criteria
We define your concept, footprint, budget and the districts that fit.
Search and shortlist
We scout on and off market, and shortlist only sites worth your time.
Site visits and assessment
We weigh footfall, adjacencies, servicing and the numbers behind each unit.
Commercial negotiation
We negotiate rent, rent-free periods, escalation, exclusivity and break terms in your favour.
Lease and handover
We guide heads of terms, coordinate lease review, and manage handover.
Fit-out to opening
We can stay involved through fit-out and launch, not just the signature.
[ What we negotiate ]
The terms that decide your P&L
Base rent
We average around 20% below asking.
Rent-free fit-out periods
Time to build without paying for a space you cannot trade from.
Escalation caps
Rent increases agreed now, so year three holds no surprises.
Exclusivity and use clauses
Protection from competing concepts opening next door.
Break options
A clean exit if the site does not perform.
Service charge and incentives
The costs around the rent, pinned down before you sign.
[ Results ]
30,000+ sqft secured · ~20% average below asking · +35 brands opened
[ Who it's for ]
Built for founders, not landlords
Restaurants and F&B
From first cafe to flagship restaurant, we find the rooms your concept can win in.
Retail and lifestyle
High-street, mall and community locations matched to how your customer actually shops.
Wellness and fitness
Clinics, studios and recovery concepts placed where demand already lives.
Founders opening their first Dubai site, and groups expanding across the city.
[ Questions ]
What founders ask us first
You. We work only for the founder, so our advice carries no divided loyalties.
A broker is paid by the landlord to fill space. We represent you, negotiate against the landlord's terms, and stay accountable through opening.
A broker costs you nothing because the landlord pays them, which is exactly the problem: they work for whoever pays them. Their job is to fill the space. Ours is to protect your budget and your concept, so we answer only to you.
We are not paid to close a deal, so we have no reason to rush you into one. We are paid to secure the right site on the right terms, and we will tell you to walk away from the wrong one. Often the most valuable thing we do is stop a founder signing a bad lease.
Base rent, where we average around 20% below asking, plus rent-free periods, escalation caps, exclusivity and break clauses.
Before you commit to a space. The best terms are won early, before you have fallen in love with a unit.
All of Dubai, with the deepest experience in Palm Jumeirah, Bluewaters, Citywalk, Downtown, Dubai Hills and DIFC/Business Bay.