Emaar Properties is a major, publicly listed developer in Dubai, responsible for Downtown Dubai, built around the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, and Dubai Hills Estate, developed as a joint venture with Meraas. This page sets out what Emaar builds, and what our team checks with a client before they buy into one of its communities.
What Emaar builds
Emaar Properties is listed on the Dubai Financial Market under the ticker EMAAR. Its Dubai portfolio spans Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina, Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai Creek Harbour, Emaar Beachfront, Arabian Ranches and newer masterplans including Emaar South, near Al Maktoum International Airport, and The Valley in Dubailand.
As with every developer in Dubai, Emaar’s off-plan sales are structured through the Dubai Land Department: buyer payments go into a project escrow account under Law No. 8 of 2007, and the sale is recorded in the DLD’s interim register, Oqood, under Law No. 13 of 2008, before the Title Deed follows at handover.
Emaar runs its own community management company for completed developments, which administers service charges and maintenance once a community hands over.
Downtown Dubai
Downtown Dubai is built around the Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, with a cluster of residential towers, hotels, offices and retail in a compact, walkable district. Residential projects include The Address Residences, Boulevard Point, Burj Vista, Act One | Act Two, Opera Grand, The Grande, St. Regis Residences and Vida Residences.
Apartments in Downtown Dubai transacted at an average of AED 3,011 per square foot between January and June 2026, against a citywide apartment average of AED 1,969 (Property Monitor data, updated 7 June 2026). Price varies with the view, the floor and the specific tower, and a Burj Khalifa view carries the largest premium.
Dubai Hills Estate
Dubai Hills Estate is a joint venture between Emaar and Meraas, part of Dubai Holding; neither company publishes its share of the venture. Emaar describes it as a 2,700-acre masterplan of 11 million square metres, with 1,450,000 square metres of parks and open space, an 18-hole championship golf course and the 282,000 square metre Dubai Hills Mall.
Dubai Hills Mall opened on 17 February 2022, five years after the community was launched in August 2017 with the mall originally scheduled for late 2019. In its results for the first half of 2026, Emaar listed Dubai Hills Estate among the masterplans it is still launching into, a decade after the community began.
The community includes villas, townhouses and apartments, a hospital, schools and extensive parkland. Apartments there transacted at an average of AED 2,432 per square foot between January and June 2026 (Property Monitor data, updated 7 June 2026).
Dubai Creek Harbour and Emaar Beachfront
Dubai Creek Harbour is Emaar’s waterfront masterplan on the historic Dubai Creek, built around residential towers, an island district and a marina, with the Dubai Creek Tower still in development. Key projects include Creek Rise, Creek Gate, Harbour Views, Palace Residences, Vida Creek Harbour and the Creek Beach district. Apartments there transacted at an average of AED 2,600 per square foot between January and June 2026 (Property Monitor data, updated 7 June 2026).
Emaar Beachfront sits between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah, with direct beach access and 27 residential towers. Other current Emaar communities include The Valley in Dubailand, Emaar South near Al Maktoum Airport, Rashid Yachts & Marina at Port Rashid, and Arabian Ranches 3, the newest phase of that villa community.
Buying off-plan from Emaar
You register interest through Emaar or through Augusta Properties; for a popular launch, early registration matters, as some sell out within hours. At launch you select a unit, pay a booking amount and sign the Sales and Purchase Agreement together with the Oqood registration.
Payment plans are set by Emaar per project and written into the contract. Splits during construction and at handover, sometimes extending beyond it, are set by the developer for that project and can change from one launch to the next. We check the current plan on a specific project before advising a client on it.
We hold a direct relationship with the Emaar sales team and hear about upcoming launches early. We present the units and the plan that fit what a client is looking for; the client chooses, and we manage the registration and everything that follows.
What we check before a client buys into an Emaar project
We do not quote a yield or a growth figure for a community: what a unit returns depends on its entry price, its service charge and the rent it achieves. What we check with a client is the specific project: its position in the masterplan, its handover date set against Emaar’s own history on that community, the service charge on the building, and how it compares with what else is transacting nearby.
We work with every leading developer in Dubai, Emaar included, and present the options that fit a client’s plans. The client chooses the project; we manage the purchase and everything that follows.