−17% Omniyat
The top of the Dubai market: small numbers of buildings, serious architects, and branded residences with operators attached.
26 lots in stock across 14 projects. Of the 24 with a known status: 6 ready, 18 under construction. By median price — 9th of 152.
- Ultra-prime purchases
- Branded residences with real operators
- Trophy assets
Median price $5.88M AED 21,598,500
Entry price $327K AED 1,201,000 — the cheapest lot
Per square foot $2,193 AED 8,055 / sq.ft, median
Completed stock 25% 16 lots discounted, deepest −17%
Where they build
The districts where this developer has the most lots in our stock.
Business Bay 11 Palm Jumeirah 8 Dubai Maritime City 3
What kind of developer this is
A deliberately small portfolio
Omniyat does not build volume. It builds a handful of buildings at a time on the best plots available — the Palm, Business Bay’s canal frontage, Marasi — and commissions architects and interior designers whose names carry outside the region: Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners, Gilles & Boissier.
The One at Palm Jumeirah, The Lana, Orla and Vela are the reference points. These are trophy assets, priced accordingly, and the buyer pool is international and small.
Branding that comes with an operator
The distinction I keep making elsewhere matters most here: Omniyat’s branded work is done with operators — Dorchester Collection, Mandarin Oriental — who run the building rather than license a logo to it.
That is what sustains the premium over a decade. A serviced residence with a real operator has staffing, standards and a reputation the operator will not let decay; a building that bought a name has a nice lobby and a management company.
Liquidity at the top
Ultra-prime is thin by definition. There may be a handful of comparable registered sales in a year, which cuts both ways: pricing is less anchored, so a good negotiator does well, and exit takes as long as it takes.
Buy here with a horizon and without a financing plan that requires selling on a schedule.
Projects by Omniyat
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AnwaMaritime City
AvaPalm Jumeirah
BELLA by PASSOPalm Jumeirah
EnaraBusiness Bay
Lumena Alta by OmniyatBusiness Bay
One at Palm JumeirahPalm West Beach
Orise by BeyondJumeirah Peninsula Bay
Orla by OmniyatPalm Jumeirah
SouleverDubai Maritime City
Talea by BeyondThe Forest District Jumeirah Peninsula
The Alba ResidencesThe Palm Crescent
The Alba Resort ResidencesPalm Jumeirah
Omniyat listings in stock
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−16% 
Photo of the community −15% Photo of the community −11% 
−10% −10% One at Palm Jumeirah Palm Jumeirah · 3 BR · Apartment 28,000,000 AED 31,000,000
Ask about lot NP4-256759
−8% One at Palm Jumeirah Palm Jumeirah · 4 BR · Apartment 49,500,000 AED 54,000,000
Ask about lot NP4-104649
−7% Photo of the community −7% −6% Photo of the community −5% Photo of the community −4% How Omniyat looks in the market's transactions
Revenue 6.5
AED bn, January–July 2026
· same segment
Transactions 212 the segment above AED 15m only
Average ticket 30.7 AED m · market 2.4
Invisible in the overall count, and second in the segment above AED 15m: 212 transactions worth AED 6.5bn. The average deal there is around AED 30m, higher than the luxury segment’s volume leader. This is a developer whose entire business sits on the top floor of the market, and comparing it by transaction count with mass-market construction is meaningless.
The average ticket and the segment shares are our own arithmetic on the revenue and the transaction count — the source summaries do not carry them. Transaction data for January–July 2026 (the top ten developers together: 36,808 transactions worth AED 86.8bn), checked 24 August 2026. This is the whole market, not our stock.
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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Omniyat on video
Project breakdowns from the English channel. Every clip has a written version on a page of its own.
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Lumena Alta by Omniyat: Dubai’s most luxurious office tower
Omniyat applies its luxury residential playbook to offices at Lumena Alta. What a genuinely prime office building offers, who leases it, and whether the premium translates into investment returns.
WatchIn the news
Omniyat's Marasi Bay island: a beach club by the Burj Khalifa and a fully funded $11.7bn portfolio
Omniyat bought a reclaimed island in Marasi Bay to build the Burj Khalifa district's only urban beach club and Sunset Park, a private floating island for VELA Viento residents. In March 2026 it priced a $600m sukuk at 7.25% and said its $11.7bn launched portfolio is fully funded to completion.
Palm Jumeirah branded residences: ELA by Omniyat, run by Dorchester Collection, from AED 43m
ELA Residences is Omniyat’s ultra-prime scheme on the Palm Jumeirah crescent: Zaha Hadid Architects design, Dorchester Collection service, three- and four-bedroom homes and duplexes. Launched June 2024, under construction since May 2024, entry around AED 43m, handover still Q1 2028.
UAE developers under S&P and Moody's review: liquidity, construction costs and handover dates in 2026
In March 2026 S&P saw no liquidity pressure at Emaar, DAMAC, Omniyat and PNC Investments. In July Moody's reported most UAE projects due in 2026–27 on schedule despite imported materials costing 20–25% more. What off-plan buyers should take from both.
Omniyat: the ultra-prime end, where the rules are different
A developer that builds few buildings at the very top of the market. How the ultra-prime segment behaves differently on pricing, liquidity and comparables — and what due diligence looks like there.
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Omniyat: questions and answers
How much does a Omniyat apartment cost?
The median across this developer's lots in our stock is $5.88M (AED 21,598,500), with entry from $327K. The median per square foot is $2,193. These are asking prices out of our own base, recalculated every night; they follow what the developer and its sellers actually have on the market, not the price list on a corporate site.
Are there discounts on Omniyat property?
Right now the base holds 16 lots from this developer priced below the market, with the deepest cut at 17%. This is not a Omniyat promotion: below-market prices come from private sellers on resale or assignment who need a quick exit. An algorithm sets the size of the discount against comparable property; no broker types it in by hand.
What projects is Omniyat building?
The site catalogue covers 12 projects by Omniyat, each with a building passport — storeys, units, handover date and bedroom mix. They are listed above, and the “Where they build” block shows the districts with the most of its lots. Any lots on sale appear directly beneath their project.
Should I buy from Omniyat direct or through a broker?
Money-wise there is no difference: on off-plan the broker is paid by Omniyat, not by you, so calling the sales office direct saves nothing. What differs is the view — the developer’s sales team sells only its own buildings and will not mention that the same unit costs less next door or that this project hands over later. On resale and assignment the commission is the usual 2% plus VAT.
Is Omniyat worth buying
The answer depends on the purpose. Send your budget and goal — I will go through which Omniyat projects are worth considering now and which I would skip.
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