Ras Al Khaimah villas: Four Seasons and Armani Beach Residences at Mina by RAK Properties

Until recently, branded property in Ras Al Khaimah meant apartments near the casino on Al Marjan Island. In 2025 the emirate’s government-backed developer RAK Properties opened a different tier: beachfront villas under the Four Seasons and Armani names. Both sit at Mina, a waterfront masterplan of roughly 400 hectares, and both are, as of September 2026, at the very start of their lives. Anyone considering them now should price that in.

Four Seasons: a resort and 130 private residences

Four Seasons and RAK Properties announced their agreement in February 2025. The plan is a resort of about 150 rooms, suites and villas alongside roughly 130 private residences — villas of four to six bedrooms and apartments of two to five. Killa Design, the practice behind Dubai’s Museum of the Future, was appointed for the concept masterplan. At the time, residential sales were pencilled in for late 2025 and construction for early 2026.

Progress has been slower. In May 2026 RAK Properties said the concept masterplan for the Four Seasons residences had been finalised. We found no published price list or payment plan from the developer at the time of writing, so any “launch price” quoted in listings should be checked against the contract and the emirate’s land registry.

Armani: the brand’s first villas anywhere

On 31 July 2025 Giorgio Armani, RAK Properties and SIE Group announced Armani Beach Residences Ras Al Khaimah — beach villas and apartments in a sheltered bay on Raha Island within Mina. Armani has put its name on towers before, but never on villas, so this is a first. Residents are promised a members-only beach club, concierge and access to the Armani world, with design led by the house’s own team.

RAK Properties’ Q1 2026 report says a contractor has been appointed for the core beach works, so site preparation is under way. The project was announced a month before the founder’s death in September 2025, and the company has continued it. For branded property that is a material point: you are paying for the name, and the licence behind it should survive changes at the top.

How Mina differs from Al Marjan

	Mina	Al Marjan
Product	villas and large apartments, few units	apartments from studios, hundreds per building
Typical buyer	own use or a second home	short-let investor
Demand driver	brand, beach, privacy	Wynn casino from September 2027
Stage	masterplan, site preparation	completions in 2027–2028

Branded beachfront villas are a new segment for the emirate and there is no resale market yet. Selling one in three years will be harder than selling a casino-side apartment: the buyer pool is narrow and there are no comparables. Treat these as long holds rather than a trade on appreciation.

More accessible branded homes are already on sale at Mina, such as Anantara Mina Ras Al Khaimah Residences. For the developer’s track record, see our RAK Properties profile.

For how Armani’s Dubai project has fared, including its delayed completion, read Armani Beach Residences on Palm Jumeirah.