Photo of the community −22% Aldar
Abu Dhabi’s largest developer, partly government-owned, which has recently moved across the emirate border into Dubai.
21 lots in stock across 7 projects. Of the 14 with a known status: 1 ready, 13 under construction. By median price — 4th of 15.
- Abu Dhabi exposure
- Institutional-grade counterparty
- Saadiyat and Yas island stock
Median price $1.50M AED 5,500,000
Entry price $790K AED 2,900,000 — the cheapest lot
Per square foot $405 AED 1,489 / sq.ft, median
Completed stock 7% 14 lots discounted, deepest −22%
Where they build
The districts where this developer has the most lots in our stock.
Dubailand 19 Dubai Islands 2
What kind of developer this is
A different emirate’s champion
Aldar is to Abu Dhabi what Emaar is to Dubai: the listed, state-adjacent developer that built the flagship districts. Yas Island, Saadiyat, Al Raha — the addresses an Abu Dhabi buyer names are largely its work.
That makes it an unusually solid counterparty. Delivery risk with Aldar is close to the floor of what this region offers, and the company reports to a public market on the same terms Emaar does.
Saadiyat and the culture argument
Saadiyat Island is the strongest thing in the Abu Dhabi residential market and the reason most Dubai-focused buyers should at least look across: the Louvre is open, the Guggenheim and the Zayed National Museum are under construction, and the island has the beach the rest of the emirate does not.
Prices there have historically sat below equivalent Dubai beachfront, and the gap has been closing rather than widening. That is the trade — a slower, thinner market in exchange for an entry price Dubai stopped offering years ago.
The move into Dubai
Aldar’s Dubai activity so far has been selective — acquisitions and a small number of launches rather than a land grab. It is being treated as a strategic extension rather than a volume play.
For a buyer, that means the Dubai product is priced against local comparables and judged on the district, with the developer’s balance sheet as reassurance rather than as the reason to buy.
Aldar listings in stock
All stock → Photo of the community −22% Photo of the community −20% Photo of the community −17% 
Illustrative photo −13% Haven By Aldar - Sanctuary Dubai Land · 6 BR · Villa 14,800,000 AED 17,000,000
Ask about lot NP1-104150
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−6% Photo of the community −6% Photo of the community −6% Photo of the community −6% Photo of the community −4% Photo of the community −4% Photo of the community −4% What these numbers mean, and what they do not
The developer is inferred from the project name — there is no developer column in the base. So the figures describe our stock, not the company's share of the Dubai market: a developer sitting on an enormous volume of completed housing can look smaller here than one whose projects reach the resale market more often.
These are asking prices, not closed transactions. For a specific building I pull the registered Land Department sales and show where deals actually closed.
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It depends what you are buying and why. Send me your budget and the job it has to do — I will tell you which of this developer's projects make sense right now and which I would walk past.
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