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Under constructionDubai Maritime City
The industrial half is finished and busy. The residential half is two buildings and a lot of cranes.
- StageStage
- Under construction
- TypesProperty types
- Apartments
- FromFrom
- AED 2.51M
- HandoverHandover window
- 2029 – Q2 2030
What it is
A shipyard with a skyline on the way.
Dubai Maritime City is a man-made peninsula of about 2.3 million square metres between Port Rashid and Dubai Dry Docks, master-developed by DP World since 2017. Rashid Yachts & Marina is next door; the two are separate districts with separate developers and are frequently confused on portals.
Central, on the water, and next to a functioning dry dock. Two of those three are selling points.
What exists today
What is physically there in Dubai Maritime City.
The industrial precinct is complete and operating: ship repair and marine services, workshops, warehouses and showrooms, alongside the Drydocks World yard.
In the commercial and residential precinct, only the Anwa tower and a mosque are complete. The Maritime Business Centre, an office building, opened in May 2026.
No residential tower in the district has been handed over. The apartment projects being marketed here are all under construction or at planning stage.
There is no retail centre, school, clinic or park serving residents, because there are effectively no residents yet.
No metro station serves the peninsula; the nearest are Green Line stations in Bur Dubai, a drive away.
Last verified
- Buyers who want central water frontage at an early-stage price and will hold through the build-out.
- Less suited to
- anyone who wants a finished neighbourhood, a metro commute, or quiet surroundings.
The peninsula is reached through Bur Dubai, close to the historic centre, with Downtown a short drive away.
No metro station serves the peninsula; the nearest are the Green Line stations in Bur Dubai, a drive away.
Existing — built and open
- Dubai Maritime City industrial precinct and Drydocks World yardOther
- Maritime Business Centre officesOther
- District mosqueMosque
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
- Buyers who want central water frontage at an early-stage price and will hold through the build-out.
- Less suited to
- anyone who wants a finished neighbourhood, a metro commute, or quiet surroundings.
Connectivity & infrastructure
The peninsula is reached through Bur Dubai, close to the historic centre, with Downtown a short drive away.
No metro station serves the peninsula; the nearest are the Green Line stations in Bur Dubai, a drive away.
Existing — built and open
- Dubai Maritime City industrial precinct and Drydocks World yardOther
- Maritime Business Centre officesOther
- District mosqueMosque
Projects in this community
When the supply lands.
4 projects we cover in Dubai Maritime City, grouped by the year they are due to hand over — so you can see where completions cluster before you pick one.
2029
Handover 2029 · 1 project- New launchBeyond Developments
2030
Handover 2030 · 1 project
New launchDAMAC PropertiesDubai Maritime CityChelsea Residences by DAMAC
From AED 2.51M
- Handover
- Q2 2030
- Payment plan
- 60/40
1 bed – 3 bed · Apartments
Handover to be confirmed
2 projects
Under constructionLIV Developers- AnnouncedDanube Properties
Next step
Availability in Dubai Maritime City comes from a person.
Most of Dubai Maritime City 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
Central water frontage at an early price, with a working shipyard for a neighbour.
- Where it is strong
- A genuinely central peninsula on the water, an industrial precinct that is complete and fully working, and entry prices below the finished waterfront districts.
- Where it falls short
- No residential building has handed over, there are effectively no residents, no retail, school or clinic serves them, and the immediate surroundings are ship repair and heavy marine industry.
- Supply and handover
The residential precinct is being sold by several developers at once, on a peninsula with a fixed footprint, and the towers now in construction will complete within a narrow window. Expect handovers to cluster, and expect the first resale market here to be thin.
We would consider it only for a buyer who has seen the site in person, understands what the neighbours do for a living, and is holding for the long term. We would not recommend it sight-unseen on the strength of a waterfront render.
Compare with nearby communities
Where else the same money goes.
First phases handed overRashid Yachts & Marina
Next door, Emaar's, and further along — the marina and the first residential buildings are already working.
Under constructionDubai Islands
Also early and also on the water, with more of the community plan already delivered.
Ask what we would avoid in Dubai Maritime City.
Twenty minutes on Dubai Maritime City specifically — which phases, which developers, and where the handover and resale risk actually sits.