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Community · Emerging · Masterplan by Emaar Properties
First phases handed overDubai Creek Harbour
A district that will be unrecognisable by 2030 — which is the opportunity and the caveat in one sentence.
- StageStage
- First phases handed over
- DeveloperMaster developer
- Emaar Properties
- TypesProperty types
- ApartmentsPenthousesBranded residences
- FromFrom
- AED 1.96M
- Drive timesDrive times
- Downtown Dubai — 12 minDXB airport — 15 minDIFC — 18 min
What it is
A second Downtown, built on the water this time.
Dubai Creek Harbour is an Emaar-led district on the eastern bank of the creek, facing the Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary and twelve minutes from Downtown. The first towers handed over in 2019; the promenade, the marina and the retail spine have followed in phases, and a great deal is still to come.
- Master developer
- Emaar Properties
- Completion
- Planned · 2029Island phases through 2029; the wider master plan has no published end date
You are buying the district's future more than the tower's present.
Phases and delivery
Handed over · 2019–2022
Creek Island — first towers
Dubai Creek Residences, Harbour Views, Creek Horizon and Creek Gate: the towers around the marina and the first stretch of promenade.
Handed over · 2022–2025
Creek Beach district
Lower-rise buildings around the man-made beach and the Vida hotel; the Address Harbour Point towers on the island tip.
Under construction · 2026–2029 (developer targets)
Palace cluster and later island towers
Palace Residences, Creek Waters and the recent launches on the island's western edge, handed over in stages.
- Planned · 2030s (no dates published)
Eastern districts of the master plan
The largest part of the six-square-kilometre plan has no launched buildings; it is land.
What exists today
What is physically there in Dubai Creek Harbour.
Around a dozen towers on Creek Island and in the Creek Beach district are handed over and occupied. The marina promenade with cafes and restaurants, Creek Beach and the Vida hotel are open and trading.
Retail is a promenade strip and a supermarket, not a mall. The retail spine in the master plan is unbuilt; residents drive to Festival City or Downtown for anything beyond daily needs.
No school operates inside the district. Road access via Ras Al Khor Road to Downtown and the airport is complete; the internal road network on the island is finished, and site traffic uses it.
The Blue Line metro station announced for the district is not built. Assume you are driving for the life of a five-year plan.
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Handed over · 2019–2022
Creek Island — first towers
Dubai Creek Residences, Harbour Views, Creek Horizon and Creek Gate: the towers around the marina and the first stretch of promenade.
Handed over · 2022–2025
Creek Beach district
Lower-rise buildings around the man-made beach and the Vida hotel; the Address Harbour Point towers on the island tip.
Under construction · 2026–2029 (developer targets)
Palace cluster and later island towers
Palace Residences, Creek Waters and the recent launches on the island's western edge, handed over in stages.
- Planned · 2030s (no dates published)
Eastern districts of the master plan
The largest part of the six-square-kilometre plan has no launched buildings; it is land.
- Off-plan investors
- Payment plans, new specification and a district still rising in price per square foot.
- Downtown workers
- Twelve minutes to the office at a lower entry price than Downtown itself.
- Less suited to
- Families who need schools nearby today, and anyone sensitive to construction noise.
Planned — not built
Nothing in this list exists yet. Dates are the developer's own where any have been published — treat them as intent, not as a move-in plan.
- Retail spine and district park (Emaar master plan)Planned · No date published
- School site within the master planPlanned · No date published
- Downtown Dubai12 min
- DXB airport15 min
- DIFC18 min
- Dubai Marina32 min
Ras Al Khor Road links straight to Downtown and the airport. A metro connection has been talked about for years and is not built; assume you are driving.
Twelve minutes to Downtown by car, and a metro that remains a plan. Budget your commute on the road, not the map.
Existing — built and open
- Ras Al Khor Road link to Downtown and DXBRoad
- Creek Marina and promenadeMarina
- Creek BeachBeach
- Vida Creek Harbour hotelHotel
- Promenade retail and supermarketRetail
Planned — not built
Target dates are the developer's or the authority's, and several have moved before. Treat them as upside, not as a commute plan.
- Blue Line metro station, Dubai Creek HarbourPlanned · 2029 (RTA announced target)
Schools — operating
- No school inside the district yet. Nearest are Deira International in Festival City and the Nad Al Sheba schools, both around ten to fifteen minutes.
Healthcare — operating
- Clinics in the tower podiums for everyday needs; Latifa and Rashid hospitals are ten to fifteen minutes across the creek.
Planned — not open
A site on a masterplan is not a school. Nothing below has an operator or an opening date we would plan a move around.
- A school site is allocated in the Emaar master plan; no operator or opening date has been announced.Planned · date TBC
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
- Off-plan investors
- Payment plans, new specification and a district still rising in price per square foot.
- Downtown workers
- Twelve minutes to the office at a lower entry price than Downtown itself.
- Less suited to
- Families who need schools nearby today, and anyone sensitive to construction noise.
Planned lifestyle & amenities
Planned — not built
Nothing in this list exists yet. Dates are the developer's own where any have been published — treat them as intent, not as a move-in plan.
- Retail spine and district park (Emaar master plan)Planned · No date published
- School site within the master planPlanned · No date published
Connectivity & infrastructure
- Downtown Dubai12 min
- DXB airport15 min
- DIFC18 min
- Dubai Marina32 min
Ras Al Khor Road links straight to Downtown and the airport. A metro connection has been talked about for years and is not built; assume you are driving.
Twelve minutes to Downtown by car, and a metro that remains a plan. Budget your commute on the road, not the map.
Existing — built and open
- Ras Al Khor Road link to Downtown and DXBRoad
- Creek Marina and promenadeMarina
- Creek BeachBeach
- Vida Creek Harbour hotelHotel
- Promenade retail and supermarketRetail
Planned — not built
Target dates are the developer's or the authority's, and several have moved before. Treat them as upside, not as a commute plan.
- Blue Line metro station, Dubai Creek HarbourPlanned · 2029 (RTA announced target)
Schools & healthcare
Schools — operating
- No school inside the district yet. Nearest are Deira International in Festival City and the Nad Al Sheba schools, both around ten to fifteen minutes.
Healthcare — operating
- Clinics in the tower podiums for everyday needs; Latifa and Rashid hospitals are ten to fifteen minutes across the creek.
Planned — not open
A site on a masterplan is not a school. Nothing below has an operator or an opening date we would plan a move around.
- A school site is allocated in the Emaar master plan; no operator or opening date has been announced.Planned · date TBC
Projects in this community
When the supply lands.
1 project we cover in Dubai Creek Harbour, grouped by the year they are due to hand over — so you can see where completions cluster before you pick one.
Handover to be confirmed
1 project- New launchEmaar Properties
Next step
Availability in Dubai Creek Harbour comes from a person.
Most of Dubai Creek Harbour is still a plan, so what is genuinely open to buy is a short list that changes launch by launch. Tell us the budget and the handover year you can live with and we will send what is open now, at today's prices, with the phases we would avoid.
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OAC18 Perspective
Buy Creek Harbour for the entry price and the view. Buy the floor plate, not the render.
- Where it is strong
- Entry pricing sits well below Downtown for a comparable specification, the creek view is scarce and cannot be built out on the water side, and Emaar has delivered every phase so far.
- Where it falls short
- Construction will continue for years and the retail spine is unfinished. Podium-facing units are priced as if they faced the creek. There is no school and no metro today.
- Supply and handover
Handovers cluster: several towers of 300 to 500 apartments each complete within the same twelve months, and their owners list for rent and resale at the same time. Rents on the island have dipped for a season after each cluster and recovered within a year so far; we plan for the dip rather than hoping to avoid it.
Because the land to the east is Emaar's, the pipeline of new launches here is long. That keeps entry pricing disciplined and means an early buyer competes with new launches at resale for the foreseeable future.
We recommend it for off-plan buyers with a five-year horizon who ask for the floor plate before they reserve. We do not recommend it to families who need a finished neighbourhood this year.
Compare with nearby communities
Where else the same money goes.
EstablishedDowntown Dubai
Finished and walkable, twelve minutes away, at a materially higher price per square foot.
EstablishedBusiness Bay
Canal-side towers with a metro station today, more uneven quality, cheaper entry.
Under constructionDubai Islands
The other emerging waterfront: beach rather than creek, third-party developers rather than one master developer.
Ask what we would avoid in Dubai Creek Harbour.
Twenty minutes on Dubai Creek Harbour specifically — which phases, which developers, and where the handover and resale risk actually sits.