Dubai Hills Estate is a joint venture between Emaar and Meraas: a 2,700-acre master-planned community built around an 18-hole championship golf course and Dubai Hills Park, about ten minutes' drive from Downtown Dubai and Business Bay.
The concept behind Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Mall is a fair marker of how the area moves: announced in August 2017 for a "late 2019" opening, it in fact opened in February 2022, more than two years behind that first date, and it now anchors the community's day-to-day life. Emaar's own figures put the wider community at 2,700 acres, with 1,450,000 square metres of parks and open space and the golf course and park at its centre.
The community also has several international schools, including GEMS and King's School, medical facilities and the golf club, alongside the mall.
Apartment buildings and towers
The apartment stock in Dubai Hills is mostly mid-rise and high-rise towers, many clustered around the golf course or the park, with views that are harder to come by elsewhere in Dubai. Park Heights, Collective, Golf Suites and the more recent Elvira towers are among the established names, and Emaar continues to launch new phases as the community grows: in its results for the first half of 2026, Emaar listed Dubai Hills Estate among the masterplans it is still actively launching into, ten years after the community began (Emaar Properties H1 2026 results, 7 August 2026).
Our team in Dubai can talk you through which phase and which tower fit your budget and your reason for buying, since a launch-phase unit and an established tower in the same community can differ considerably in what they offer.
Prices in Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Estate transacts at AED 2,432 per square foot on the latest data (Property Monitor, updated 7 June 2026), noticeably above the citywide apartment average of AED 1,969. A unit facing the golf course or the park generally commands more than one facing a car park or a neighbouring building in the same tower.
Our team in Dubai can show you what has transacted recently in a specific tower or phase, which is a more useful guide than a community-wide average when you are deciding what to offer.
A community aimed at families
Dubai Hills Estate draws a large share of the families who relocate to Dubai, for the green space, the calm relative to the towers downtown, and the schools. King's School Al Barsha and GEMS Wellington Academy International are a short drive away, the park has dedicated cycling and running routes, and supermarkets, a pharmacy and a medical clinic sit inside the community itself.
Via Al Khail Road, Downtown is around 10 minutes away, Dubai Marina about 15, and the airport about 20.
What buying into Dubai Hills today looks like
Because the community is still being built out, a purchase here today might sit in an established phase with amenities already running, or in a newly launched phase where the golf course and park exist but the surrounding towers do not yet. Neither is better in the abstract: an established phase lets you see exactly what you are buying, while a new phase can offer a different unit mix and payment plan.
Dubai Hills is not one single, static area, and our team in Dubai can walk you through what is finished today, what is scheduled, and what stage a specific project is at.