Saadiyat Island · Aldar
Photos and renders of the building and grounds — not of this particular unit.
Layouts and the handover date come from the developer's brochure in our archive. Prices and payment plans from the same source are deliberately not published: they are dated to when the brochure was issued and do not match today's prices. I will send the current ones over WhatsApp.
A residential building in Saadiyat Island, currently under construction. Developer — Aldar.
Specifications for Manarat Living III per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
Manarat Living III is a residential building in Saadiyat Island, handover is due Q3 2028.
The developer is Aldar.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 1 870 000 AED; 2 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 6%.
A mid-rise Aldar building in the Grove community on Saadiyat — within walking distance of the Louvre, the Zayed National Museum and the Guggenheim. Five minutes from Saadiyat Beach, with a three-year payment plan.
Saadiyat's cultural district comprises the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim under construction, and the Manarat Al Saadiyat gallery. No other concentration of museums like it exists anywhere else in the region.
For letting, that creates a specific but stable pool of demand: employees of cultural institutions, academics, visiting researchers. Leases are long, turnover is low.
This being the third phase of the project means the first two have already shown how it works in practice — there's something to look at before committing.
A separate market with its own rules for foreign buyers, its own price dynamics and its own liquidity. Comparing yield directly against Dubai isn't a fair comparison.
Aldar is the emirate's largest developer, the capital's counterpart to Emaar. For an under-construction building, that lowers the risk of delivery slipping.
Panoramic sea views, and a mid-rise scale — less strain on the lifts and typically a lower service charge than in a tower.
Materials from the selling side at launch: the surroundings, the payment term and the developer.
The final payment on this building falls in 2028 — under off-plan plans that is 40–60% of the price in one go. A UAE bank closes it: the flat becomes the security, and nothing is added on top of what the developer has already been paid.
Already been invoiced, or missed the date? That is not a dead end either — write and we will look at what the developer will accept.
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The developer's brochure says Q3 2028. The date in the contract for a particular unit can differ — I check it before the deal.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 1 870 000 AED; 2 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 6%. Prices move every day, so it is worth asking for the current list for this building.
What has been written about the building, its developer and Saadiyat Island
Phase one of Abu Dhabi’s Mid-Island Parkway is due in 2027: eight lanes, AED 2.85bn and a 600-metre underwater section. The drive from Saadiyat to Al Reem and Abu Dhabi Island drops from 25 to 10 minutes. Phase two adds 14.5 km towards Al Raha Beach.
Two branded launches on Saadiyat six months apart: Aldar’s Mandarin Oriental Residences (about 228 homes, designed by BIG, from AED 6.2m, Q3 2028) and Nord’s Henge Residences (166 homes, from AED 1.1m, 2028). Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026.
Two premium Aldar launches on Saadiyat: Nobu Residences (88 homes, November 2023, from about AED 7m) and The Source Terraces designed by BIG (June 2024, from about AED 3m). Both are sold out and due in 2027 — so the only way in now is a resale contract.
Aldar brings the Baccarat brand to Abu Dhabi’s residential market: 77 residences in Saadiyat’s cultural district — two- and three-bedroom apartments, four-bedroom sky villas and two signature penthouses.
A Property Finder study puts the UAE’s top residential deal of 2026 at AED 200m for a villa in Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi. Dubai’s ceiling is an AED 170m Palm Jumeirah villa and an AED 147m Jumeirah plot. In Ras Al Khaimah an Al Marjan apartment sold for AED 34m.
Abu Dhabi’s cultural cluster is gaining an arts centre designed by Frank Gehry, standing alongside Louvre Abu Dhabi and the future Guggenheim. What museums do to property prices around them.
Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi is getting one of the region’s largest cultural centres — an opera, ballet and theatre complex designed by the architect behind the Guggenheim Bilbao.
Three weekend escapes from Dubai: the east coast at Khor Fakkan and Fujairah, 1.5–2 hours by car and now reachable by Etihad Rail from Abu Dhabi; and Saadiyat, where the Louvre is joined by new museums and the Guggenheim opens on 11 December 2026. What each tells a property buyer.
The concluding part of the island’s master plan — 6.4 million square metres, the largest marina in Abu Dhabi, hotels and culture. What is significant is not the scheme but that an entire island is being completed.
I will send the available layouts, the real entry price and what owners and tenants actually say about the building — without the brochure language.
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