Under constructionTaraf Holding
Community · Downtown & Urban
Partially establishedMeydan
A world-class racecourse since 2010, a golf course and villa communities — and a mall that has been coming for years.
- StageStage
- Partially established
- TypesProperty types
- ApartmentsVillasTownhouses
What it is
Built around a racecourse, and still building around it.
Meydan sits in the Nad Al Sheba district south-east of Downtown Dubai, and its anchor is Meydan Racecourse, which opened in 2010 with a 1.6-kilometre grandstand for more than 60,000 spectators and hosts the Dubai World Cup each March.
Fifteen minutes from Downtown with a racecourse on the doorstep. The mall it was planned around is still a construction site.
What exists today
What is physically there in Meydan.
Meydan Racecourse opened in 2010 and operates year-round, with a 1.6-kilometre grandstand for more than 60,000 spectators, a 2,400-metre turf course and a 1,750-metre dirt track. It hosts the Dubai World Cup each March.
The Meydan Hotel and the floodlit Meydan Golf course are open and operating alongside the racecourse.
Established villa communities in Nad Al Sheba are complete and occupied, and further villa and apartment schemes by third-party developers are under construction on plots across the district.
Meydan One Mall is not open. Construction continues, the original 2020 opening has slipped repeatedly and no opening date has been confirmed.
There is no metro station in Meydan. Access is by Al Khail Road, Ras Al Khor Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road.
Everyday retail inside the district runs to supermarkets and ground-floor units and no further; the nearest large-format shopping is in Downtown Dubai and Dubai Festival City.
Last verified
- Buyers who want proximity to Downtown and Business Bay without Downtown prices, and are content to drive to retail.
- Buyers drawn to the equestrian and golf setting, which is genuinely there rather than promised.
- Less suited to
- anyone who needs a metro, walkable retail, or a district that has stopped building.
Al Khail Road (E44), Ras Al Khor Road (E44) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) serve the district, with Downtown Dubai, Business Bay and Dubai Design District all a short drive.
No metro station serves Meydan. The district is car-dependent.
Existing — built and open
- Meydan Racecourse, open since 2010Other
- The Meydan HotelHotel
- Meydan Golf, floodlit courseGolf
- Al Khail Road, Ras Al Khor Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road accessRoad
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.
- Meydan One Mall and the wider Meydan One mixed-use schemePlanned · No confirmed opening date; originally scheduled for 2020 and repeatedly delayed
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
- Buyers who want proximity to Downtown and Business Bay without Downtown prices, and are content to drive to retail.
- Buyers drawn to the equestrian and golf setting, which is genuinely there rather than promised.
- Less suited to
- anyone who needs a metro, walkable retail, or a district that has stopped building.
Connectivity & infrastructure
Al Khail Road (E44), Ras Al Khor Road (E44) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) serve the district, with Downtown Dubai, Business Bay and Dubai Design District all a short drive.
No metro station serves Meydan. The district is car-dependent.
Existing — built and open
- Meydan Racecourse, open since 2010Other
- The Meydan HotelHotel
- Meydan Golf, floodlit courseGolf
- Al Khail Road, Ras Al Khor Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road accessRoad
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.
- Meydan One Mall and the wider Meydan One mixed-use schemePlanned · No confirmed opening date; originally scheduled for 2020 and repeatedly delayed
Projects in this community
When the supply lands.
3 projects we cover in Meydan, 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
3 projects- Under constructionTaraf Holding
New launchGulf Land Property Developers
New launchBinghattiMeydanMercedes-Benz Places | Binghatti City
Price on application
- Payment plan
- 70/30
Studios – 5 bed · Apartments
Next step
Availability in Meydan comes from a person.
What is for sale in Meydan changes week to week, project by project and building by building. Tell us the budget and the bedrooms you have in mind and we will send what is genuinely open, at today's prices, with our view on which to look at first.
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OAC18 Perspective
A genuinely central inland address with a racecourse, a golf course and no shops you can walk to.
- Where it is strong
- Meydan Racecourse and the Meydan Hotel operating since 2010, a floodlit golf course, established villa communities, low density, and a short drive to Downtown, Business Bay and the Design District.
- Where it falls short
- Meydan One Mall has slipped from 2020 with no confirmed opening date, there is no metro, retail inside the district is thin, and a large number of third-party towers and villa schemes are in construction at once.
- Supply and handover
Meydan's plots have been released to many developers over a short period, and a large volume of apartments and villas is now in construction across the district at once. Expect handovers to cluster in the late 2020s and expect competition at resale to be sharpest then. The racecourse-facing and golf-facing plots are the scarce ones; the interior plots are not.
We would recommend it to a buyer who values the setting and the commute and is realistic that the retail will arrive late, if it arrives on the promised scale. We would not recommend it to anyone buying on the strength of Meydan One opening, and we would ask what is approved on the adjacent plots before paying for a view.
Compare with nearby communities
Where else the same money goes.
Partially establishedMohammed Bin Rashid City
The larger master area Meydan sits within, with the Crystal Lagoon and District One's villa market.
EstablishedBusiness Bay
Ten minutes away, fully built, with the retail, restaurants and metro Meydan does not have.
Ask what we would avoid in Meydan.
Twenty minutes on Meydan specifically — which phases, which developers, and where the handover and resale risk actually sits.