Off-plan developers in Dubai

AG Properties

Mid-market with design focus

With more than twenty years under the Arabian Gulf Properties name, AG builds design-led mid-market towers in Business Bay and emerging Duba...

• Founded: 2003
• Headquarters: AG Tower, Marasi Drive, Business Bay, Dubai

• Flagship AG Tower, Business Bay
• Biophilic, smart-home architecture

3 off-plan projects

ANAX Developments

Mid-premium branded residences

The property arm of ANAX Holding, ANAX builds mid-premium branded residences across Dubai, led by ELLE Residences on Dubai Islands, develope...

• Founded: 2023
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• ELLE magazine branded residences
• Mid-premium branded design

4 off-plan projects

Aark Developers

Premium residential

Boutique developer building small-scale premium residences across emerging Dubai districts and Ras Al Khaimah, distinguished by its Karl Lag...

• Founded: 2023
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Karl Lagerfeld beachfront residences
• Boutique premium scale

2 off-plan projects

Al Barari

Ultra-premium villas and villa apartments

Al Barari is a family-owned developer of ultra-premium villas within Dubai's greenest masterplan, where planted gardens and waterways cover...

• Founded: 2005
• Headquarters: Al Barari, Dubai

• 60%+ green masterplan
• Ultra-premium villas, low density

1 off-plan project

Al Habtoor Group

Premium and luxury residential

A family conglomerate active since 1970, Al Habtoor built Al Habtoor City on the Dubai Water Canal, pairing premium residential towers with...

• Founded: 1970
• Headquarters: Al Habtoor City, Business Bay, Dubai

• Al Habtoor City mixed-use complex
• Dubai Water Canal frontage

2 off-plan projects

Aldar Properties

Large-scale master-communities

Aldar is the largest developer in Abu Dhabi, listed on the ADX and backed by sovereign investor Mubadala. Known for Yas Island and Saadiyat,...

• Founded: 2004
• Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, UAE (projects also in Dubai)

• ADX-listed, ticker ALDAR
• Mubadala sovereign backing

3 off-plan projects

Arada

Premium and ultra-prime residential

Arada is one of the fastest-growing UAE developers, with a pipeline near 130 billion AED. In Dubai it works at the prime and ultra-prime end...

• Founded: 2017
• Headquarters: Dubai (founded in Sharjah)

• Armani Beach Residences, Palm Jumeirah
• ~55,000 homes in portfolio

2 off-plan projects

Azizi Developments

Affordable-mid to premium

One of Dubai's most prolific private developers, Azizi runs more than 100 projects from affordable-mid to premium, and is building Burj Aziz...

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

• Burj Azizi, ~725 m tower
• 100+ projects since 2007

4 off-plan projects

Beyond

Premium waterfront, master-community

Beyond is Omniyat's waterfront brand, concentrated on the roughly 8 million square foot Dubai Maritime City masterplan. Its premium towers d...

• Founded: 2024
• Headquarters: Dubai Maritime City, Dubai

• Omniyat Group waterfront brand
• Dubai Maritime City masterplan, ~8M sq ft

5 off-plan projects

Binghatti Developers

Mainstream to premium branded residences

Binghatti is known for its sculptural facades and branded towers with Bugatti and Mercedes-Benz. In 2025 it led Dubai by sales volume, with...

• Founded: 2008
• Headquarters: Al Jaddaf, Dubai

• Sculptural signature facades
• Branded residences with Bugatti and Mercedes-Benz

7 off-plan projects

Bloom Holding

Mid-premium master-communities

Bloom Holding is an Abu Dhabi developer of family master-communities, building around its own schools and services. In Dubai it is present i...

• Founded: 2008
• Headquarters: Abu Dhabi

• Family master-communities with schools
• Bloom Education, ~18 schools

No off-plan projects

DAMAC Properties

Premium and luxury branded residences

One of Dubai's largest private developers, DAMAC has delivered about 50,000 homes since 2002 and works with fashion and lifestyle names such...

• Founded: 2002
• Headquarters: Barsha Heights, Dubai

• ~50,000 homes delivered
• Branded residences with Cavalli and Versace

10 off-plan projects

DECA Properties

Mid-market

DECA is a boutique Dubai developer and sales partner working in the mid-market, with eight active projects across districts such as Arjan an...

• Founded: 2004
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Boutique mid-market developer
• 8 active projects, 2,155+ units

4 off-plan projects

Danube Properties

Affordable luxury residential

Danube pioneered Dubai's 1 percent monthly payment plan and built its name on affordable luxury: furnished apartments with branded interiors...

• Founded: 2014
• Headquarters: Al Quoz, Dubai

• Pioneer of 1% monthly plan
• Affordable luxury, furnished apartments

3 off-plan projects

DarGlobal

Luxury branded residences

DarGlobal is the international luxury arm of Saudi group Dar Al Arkan, listed on the London Stock Exchange. It specialises in branded reside...

• Founded: 2017
• Headquarters: Dubai

• LSE-listed, ticker DGB
• Branded residences with Trump and Lamborghini

4 off-plan projects

Deyaar Development

Mid-premium

Deyaar is a DFM-listed developer backed by Dubai Islamic Bank, working in the mid-premium segment. Beyond building, it also runs property an...

• Founded: 2002
• Headquarters: Dubai

• DFM-listed, Dubai Islamic Bank backing
• 30+ completed projects

4 off-plan projects

Dubai Properties

Family mid to premium waterfront

A master-developer within government-owned Dubai Holding, Dubai Properties created JBR and the Business Bay district, and built family commu...

• Founded: 2004
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Master-developer under Dubai Holding
• Created JBR waterfront district

4 off-plan projects

Dubai South Properties

Economy and mid (from ~650k AED)

Dubai South is the Dubai government master-developer of a 145 square kilometre district beside Al Maktoum International Airport. Its residen...

• Founded: 2006
• Headquarters: Dubai South, Dubai

• Government master-developer, 145 km2 district
• Beside Al Maktoum International Airport

4 off-plan projects

Dugasta Properties

Affordable and mid-market

Dugasta is a family developer building affordable and mid-market homes in emerging Dubai districts such as Dubai Industrial City, with entry...

• Headquarters: Dubai

• Affordable and mid-market focus
• Entry from ~400,000 AED

3 off-plan projects

Ellington Properties

Premium, design-led boutique

A design-led boutique developer known for architectural detail and gallery-grade interiors, Ellington works across Dubai's prime districts f...

• Founded: 2014
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Design-led boutique developer
• 70+ developments since 2014

4 off-plan projects

Emaar Properties

Prime, master-planned communities

Emaar built Burj Khalifa and the Downtown Dubai district around it. Dubai's largest listed developer, it pairs prime master-planned addresse...

• Founded: 1997
• Headquarters: Downtown Dubai

• 117,000+ units since 2002
• Built Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai

8 off-plan projects

Empire Developments

Affordable and mid-market

Empire Developments is the property arm of Ghani Holdings, active since 1995, building the Empire and Plazzo apartment series in Arjan, JVC...

• Founded: 1995
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Property arm of Ghani Holdings
• Empire and Plazzo apartment series

3 off-plan projects

Expo City Dubai

Premium, sustainability-led

Expo City Dubai is the government master-developer of the Expo 2020 legacy district in Dubai South, building a net-zero-by-2050 community ar...

• Founded: 2022
• Headquarters: Expo City, Dubai

• Government master-developer, Dubai South
• Built on Expo 2020 site

4 off-plan projects

Fakhruddin Properties

Sustainability and wellness-led

Fakhruddin Properties builds around sustainability, wellness and smart-home technology, with its Treppan Living ecosystem running through ev...

• Founded: 2003
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Sustainability and wellness specialist
• Treppan Living ecosystem throughout

5 off-plan projects

IC

Iconic Developments

Premium residential

Established Dubai developer focused on design-led waterfront residences.

• Founded: 2010
• Headquarters: Dubai Marina, Dubai

• Design-led waterfront residences
• Marina and JBR addresses

No off-plan projects

Iman Developers

Affordable-mid

Iman Developers has delivered over 4,500 homes since 2016, best known for its compact, well-finished Oxford series across JVC, Arjan and Mot...

• Founded: 2016
• Headquarters: Dubai, UAE

• 4,500+ homes delivered since 2016
• Recognizable Oxford apartment series

16 off-plan projects

Imtiaz Developments

Affordable-luxury, design-led

Imtiaz Developments is a design-led, family-run builder whose 45-plus projects include The Symphony in Meydan, drawn up with Zaha Hadid Arch...

• Founded: 2012
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Zaha Hadid Architects on The Symphony
• 45+ projects, ~10bn AED

5 off-plan projects

Kerzner International

Ultra-prime, branded residences

Kerzner International owns the One&Only and Atlantis brands, attaching full hotel service to a small number of branded residences on Palm Ju...

• Founded: 1993
• Headquarters: Dubai

• One&Only and Atlantis brand owner
• Hotel-serviced branded residences

No off-plan projects

Kleindienst Group

Themed second-home resort

Kleindienst Group is building The Heart of Europe, a themed resort across six of The World islands, with European-styled villas and palaces,...

• Founded: 1990
• Headquarters: The World Islands, Dubai

• The Heart of Europe developer
• Six islands on The World

10 off-plan projects

LEOS Developments

Premium mid-market, design-led

LEOS Developments brings a British design sensibility to Dubai, with London-referencing projects like Weybridge Gardens and Hadley Heights a...

• Founded: 2003
• Headquarters: Dubai

• British design heritage
• LEOS International, UK and UAE

3 off-plan projects

MAG Property Development

Affordable to ultra-prime

MAG Property Development runs from accessible MBR City homes to its ultra-prime KETURAH wellness brand, whose residences carry The Ritz-Carl...

• Founded: 1978
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Ultra-prime KETURAH wellness brand
• Ritz-Carlton branded residences

4 off-plan projects

ME

MERED

Ultra-luxury

MERED entered Dubai in 2023 with a roughly 286-metre ultra-luxury flagship tower designed with Italian studio Pininfarina in Dubai Internet...

• Founded: 2023 (wejście na rynek ZEA)
• Headquarters: Dubai Internet City, Dubai

• Pininfarina-designed flagship tower
• ~286 m ultra-luxury residence

1 off-plan project

Majid Al Futtaim

Premium master-planned communities

Majid Al Futtaim is the family conglomerate behind Mall of the Emirates and Carrefour's Middle East franchise. Its property arm builds Tilal...

• Founded: 1992
• Headquarters: Dubai, UAE

• Behind Mall of the Emirates
• Property arm builds Tilal Al Ghaf

5 off-plan projects

Meraas

Premium lifestyle and destination

Meraas is Dubai Holding's lifestyle and destination developer, behind Bluewaters Island with the Ain Dubai wheel, plus City Walk, La Mer and...

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: City Walk, Dubai

• Dubai Holding lifestyle developer
• Built Bluewaters and City Walk

3 off-plan projects

Meraki Developers

Mid-market, design-led apartments

Meraki Developers builds design-led mid-market communities across Dubailand and MBR City, controlling construction end to end through full v...

• Founded: 2015
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Full vertical integration model
• Design-led mid-market communities

7 off-plan projects

Meydan Group

Premium residential, MBR City

Meydan Group is the government-linked developer of District One in MBR City, built with Sobha and centred on a crystal lagoon, and home to t...

• Founded: 2010
• Headquarters: Meydan City, Dubai

• District One crystal lagoon
• Meydan Sobha joint venture

5 off-plan projects

Mira Developments

Premium and branded residences

Mira Developments builds fully furnished branded residences with fashion and design houses, including Bentley Home, Trussardi, John Richmond...

• Founded: 2020
• Headquarters: Dubai, UAE

• Branded residences with Bentley Home
• Trussardi, John Richmond, Elie Saab partners

5 off-plan projects

Nabni Developments

Boutique, mid-market to premium

Nabni Developments, formerly Al Jaziri, built its name on the Avenue Residence series in Al Furjan and now delivers the first standalone Wal...

• Founded: 1999
• Headquarters: Dubai, UAE

• First standalone Waldorf Astoria outside USA
• Avenue Residence series, Al Furjan

5 off-plan projects

Nakheel

Waterfront master-planned communities

Nakheel created Palm Jumeirah and The World islands, the engineered coastlines that define Dubai. A state master-developer under Dubai Holdi...

• Founded: 2000
• Headquarters: Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

• Created Palm Jumeirah
• Palm Jebel Ali and The World

3 off-plan projects

Nshama

Affordable/mid, families and first homes

Nshama is built around one large master-community, Town Square Dubai on Al Qudra Road, an affordable family address planned for roughly 3,00...

• Founded: 2014
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Town Square Dubai master-community
• ~750 acres on Al Qudra Road

8 off-plan projects

ORO24 Developments

Affordable-mid

ORO24 has launched more than thirty projects since 2021, building at pace across established mid-market districts. The developer works in th...

• Founded: 2021
• Headquarters: Dubai

• 32 projects launched since 2021
• ~11,750 units sold

3 off-plan projects

Object 1

Mid-market, design-led

Object 1, the property arm of the international TSZ Group, has become one of Dubai's fastest-growing developers, with around 12 design-led,...

• Founded: 2022
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Property arm of TSZ Group
• ~12 active projects since 2022

4 off-plan projects

Omniyat

Ultra-prime / branded residences

Omniyat commissions architects like Zaha Hadid and Foster + Partners for ultra-prime towers, then pairs them with Dorchester Collection and...

• Founded: 2005
• Headquarters: Business Bay, Dubai

• Zaha Hadid, Foster + Partners work
• Dorchester Collection, One&Only residences

2 off-plan projects

Pantheon Development

Affordable-mid

Pantheon builds accessible, design-minded apartments concentrated in Jumeirah Village Circle, where it has delivered more than a thousand ho...

• Founded: 2016
• Headquarters: Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

• 1,000+ homes delivered in JVC
• Elysee and Maison Elysee series

7 off-plan projects

Peace Homes Group

Affordable branded residences

Peace Homes builds branded residences at accessible prices, including Natuzzi Harmony Residences with interiors by Natuzzi Italia. Its Peace...

• Founded: 2012
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Natuzzi Italia branded interiors
• Peace Lagoons private-pool concept

3 off-plan projects

Prestige One Developments

Premium and waterfront

Prestige One develops premium waterfront apartments on Dubai Islands, backed by Prestige Holding Group, active in Dubai since 1967. Launched...

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: Marina Plaza, Dubai Marina, Dubai

• Waterfront focus on Dubai Islands
• Backed by group since 1967

7 off-plan projects

Reef Luxury Developments

Affordable-mid and wellness

REEF's patented Sunken Balcony and Winter Gardens keep private outdoor space cooled to about 22°C year-round. The affordable-mid brand build...

• Founded: 2023
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Patented cooled Sunken Balcony
• Winter Gardens at ~22°C

4 off-plan projects

Reportage Properties

Affordable, high-volume

Reportage builds large Mediterranean-themed communities at Dubai's lowest entry points, using 10% down and 1% monthly payment plans. Its por...

• Founded: 2014
• Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Mediterranean-themed community scale
• 31,000+ units in portfolio

4 off-plan projects

Samana Developers

Affordable and mid

Samana includes a private pool with every apartment, a rare feature in the affordable and mid segment. Since its 2018 debut it has grown pas...

• Founded: 2015
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Private pool per apartment
• 50+ projects since 2018

4 off-plan projects

Segrex Development

Affordable and mid, boutique

Segrex is a boutique developer concentrated in Jumeirah Village Circle, known for Scandinavian design and turnkey finishes. Its ~19 projects...

• Founded: 1995
• Headquarters: Dubai, UAE

• Scandinavian design, turnkey finish
• Concentrated in JVC

2 off-plan projects

Select Group

Premium

Select Group builds waterfront high-rises in Dubai Marina, partnering with Six Senses and Jumeirah Living. The private developer reports aro...

• Founded: 2002
• Headquarters: Dubai Marina, Dubai

• Dubai Marina waterfront specialist
• Six Senses, Jumeirah Living partnerships

2 off-plan projects

Sobha Realty

Premium

Sobha controls the full build process in-house, from architecture to component manufacturing, a model studied by Harvard Business School. It...

• Founded: 1976
• Headquarters: Sobha Hartland, Dubai

• Full vertical integration, no subcontractors
• ~23bn AED 2024 Dubai sales

8 off-plan projects

Sol Properties

Affordable-mid to ultra-luxury

Sol Properties is the development arm of Bhatia Group, drawing on in-house contractor Bhatia General Contracting, active since 1975 with 250...

• Founded: 2004
• Headquarters: Emaar Square, Downtown Dubai

• In-house contractor since 1975
• 250+ completed group projects

1 off-plan project

Taraf

Luxury and branded residences

Taraf develops the Karl Lagerfeld Villas, presented as the only such homes in the world, as the real estate arm of Abu Dhabi's Yas Holding....

• Headquarters: Dubai

• Karl Lagerfeld Villas signature
• Backed by Yas Holding capital

5 off-plan projects

Tiger Properties

Affordable-mid, recently premium

Tiger Properties has delivered roughly 23,000 homes since 1976, making it one of the UAE's oldest private developers. Long focused on afford...

• Founded: 1976
• Headquarters: Dubai

• ~50 years since 1976
• ~23,000 homes delivered

6 off-plan projects

Union Properties

Mid-market, community living

Union Properties has built master communities in Dubai since 1987, from MotorCity with the Dubai Autodrome to Green Community. Listed on the...

• Founded: 1987
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Master communities since 1987
• Creator of MotorCity, Green Community

1 off-plan project

Vincitore Realty

Boutique luxury

Vincitore builds palatial European-Italian architecture in Arjan, with sculpted GRC facades and imported detailing that set its towers apart...

• Founded: 2012
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Classical European-Italian architecture
• Sculpted GRC palatial facades

4 off-plan projects

wasl Asset Management

Diversified (residential, office, retail, industrial, hotels)

wasl is Dubai's government-owned property developer and one of the city's largest rental managers, established in 2008 under Dubai Real Esta...

• Founded: 2008
• Headquarters: Dubai

• Government-owned (DREC) backing
• One of Dubai's largest rental managers

5 off-plan projects