Family Office Fit-Out in DIFC, Dubai

KOJ Interiors delivered the fit-out of a 1,430 sq m private family office on a single floor in the Dubai International Financial Centre. The interior was designed by a third-party interior designer. KOJ provided construction-stage design support, including shop drawings, submittals, quality checks and snagging, and built the fit-out.

Delivered in 2026, the project is part of our office fit-out in Dubai portfolio and our wider commercial fit-out in Dubai work.

Brief

A private family office in DIFC: a discreet working office for the team that manages a family’s affairs, rather than a branch or a public-facing headquarters.

Scope

A complete interior fit-out across 1,430 sq m on a single floor, including mechanical and electrical services.

Works included gypsum partitions and liner walls, paint and stucco finishes, a raised floor with tile on cement board, ceilings and bulkheads with LED cove lighting, acoustic glass partitions and joinery. The MEP package covered first-fix, fire-fighting, drainage, a fire alarm panel and distribution-board area, and fire-rated gypsum to the server room.

Lighting and sanitary ware were delivered as separate packages, and building management system works were included as a provisional sum.

Programme

The contract was awarded in May 2026 and work started on site in late June. On 24 September 2026 the project passed to our defects liability team.

All site work ran in the daytime, from 08:00 to 19:00, with no night works. Through July and August, around 8 to 16 operatives were on site each day.

Challenges

The bulkhead in the façade zone required DIFC authority approval, which was obtained. KOJ coordinated fresh air with building management and integrated the building management system with the base-build supplier.

When the programme needed to be recovered, KOJ brought its own carpenters and painters onto the floor. Specification changes and specially made materials were managed within the works.

Finishes

The finishes combine veneer on MDF, a glassfibre-reinforced gypsum ceiling feature with metal inserts, a graphic print on 10 mm acrylic, a tiled raised floor, acoustic mineral-wool partitions, powder-coated shadow channels and LED cove lighting.

Outcome

A 1,430 sq m private family office in DIFC, built to an approved third-party design with KOJ’s construction-stage design support, and handed to our defects liability team in September 2026.

If you are planning an office fit-out in Dubai, in DIFC or elsewhere in the city, contact KOJ Interiors.