−13% The Acres
Meraas’s villa community in Dubailand: low-rise, heavily landscaped, and built around swimmable lagoons and green corridors.
24 units in stock. 24 with a confirmed status: 0 ready, 24 under construction. 11th most expensive of 67 districts by median price.
- detached villas at Dubailand prices
- Meraas design quality
- lagoon and green corridor living
Median price $2.23M AED 8,195,000
Entry price $1.50M AED 5,500,000 — cheapest unit
Per square foot $457 AED 1,677 / sq ft, median
Ready stock 0% 24 units discounted, up to −13%
What this area is actually like
What The Acres is
The Acres is a standalone villa community developed by Meraas in the Dubailand area, built around swimmable lagoons, landscaped corridors and a network of walkable green routes between clusters.
The product is detached villas rather than townhouses — three, four and five-bedroom houses on their own plots, which distinguishes it from most of the affordable Dubailand product.
The design language is Meraas: lower density than the surrounding communities, heavier landscaping and a more deliberate approach to public space.
Why Meraas matters here
Meraas built City Walk, La Mer, Bluewaters and Madinat Jumeirah Living, and its consistent characteristic across all of them is placemaking — designing spaces people actually use rather than amenity that photographs well.
In a Dubailand context, where most communities are functional grids of townhouses, that is a genuine differentiator and it is what the price premium reflects.
The developer is also part of Dubai Holding, which brings the delivery reliability of a government-linked group.
The location
Dubailand, off Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, roughly thirty to thirty-five minutes from Downtown off-peak and longer at peak. No metro.
It sits among the mid-band outer-ring communities, closer than The Valley and Damac Hills 2, further than Dubai Hills.
Surrounding amenity is the Dubailand cluster — Cityland Mall, Global Village, the Al Barari and Majan retail — plus schools in the wider area.
Delivery and what to check
Construction is under way across phases. Confirm your phase, its completion date and what lagoon and landscaping elements are contracted with it.
Plot position relative to the lagoons and green corridors, which is the main internal price variable.
The service charge, which in a heavily landscaped low-density community with water features will be above the Dubailand average.
What is planned on adjacent land, since Dubailand has considerable undeveloped plots.
The investment case
A detached villa on its own plot at a Dubailand price point, from a developer with a genuine design reputation. That combination is unusual and it is the argument.
Yields will be moderate — this is priced above the surrounding communities — and the case rests on the product quality holding value better than the generic townhouse stock nearby.
The risk is the location: no land constraint in Dubailand means supply responds to demand, which caps appreciation regardless of product quality.
Who it suits
A family that wants a detached house with a garden and genuinely good landscaping, and prefers Meraas design to a generic townhouse cluster.
A buyer willing to pay a premium over the neighbouring Dubailand communities for a better-executed product.
It suits poorly a pure yield investor, anyone needing to be central, and anyone who needs the community complete now.
Available now in The Acres
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Residential price index 167.33 IV квартал 2025
Quarter on quarter +3.32% QoQ
Year on year +8.9% YoY
Full year 2025 +9.81% index 162.51
This is the official index for the whole emirate, not for The Acres: the Dubai Land Department does not publish a district breakdown publicly. Treat it as background — it tells you whether the market is rising or flat while you read the prices above. Transaction data for a specific building I pull separately, on request. Source: Dubai Land Department, read 07/08/2026.
Questions about The Acres
Who is developing The Acres?
Meraas, part of Dubai Holding, the developer behind City Walk, La Mer, Bluewaters and Madinat Jumeirah Living. Its placemaking reputation is what distinguishes The Acres from the generic townhouse product nearby.
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