New launchOMNIYATPalm Jumeirah
The Alba Residences, Dorchester Collection, Dubai
Price on application
- Handover
- Q3 2028
2 bed – 6 bed · Apartments & penthouses
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Community · Waterfront · Masterplan by Nakheel
EstablishedPalm Jumeirah
Twenty years on, still the address every other Dubai waterfront project is measured against.
- StageStage
- Established
- DeveloperMaster developer
- Nakheel
- TypesProperty types
- VillasApartmentsPenthousesBranded residences
- HandoverHandover window
- Q3 2028 – 2029
- Drive timesDrive times
- Dubai Marina — 14 minMall of the Emirates — 19 minDIFC — 28 min
What it is
An island that stopped being a novelty and became infrastructure.
Palm Jumeirah completed its first handovers in 2007 and spent a decade being described as an experiment. It is now one of the most liquid residential markets in Dubai, with a mature rental base, a monorail, two schools within ten minutes, and a retail anchor in Nakheel Mall that removed the island's one real weakness.
- Master developer
- Nakheel
The frond you choose matters more than the villa you buy on it.
Phases
Handed over · 2007–2010
Trunk — Shoreline and Golden Mile apartments
The first residential phase: mid-rise apartment buildings along both sides of the trunk, now the island's rental core.
Handed over · 2007–2009
Fronds — Garden Homes and Signature Villas
Sixteen fronds of beachfront villas. No further fronds are being built.
Handed over · 2008–2024
Crescent — hotels and branded residences
Resort hotels and their branded residences, delivered hotel by hotel over fifteen years. A small number of crescent plots are still being built out by third-party developers.
- Avg price / ft²
- AED 3,420+11% year on year
- Typical gross yield
- 5.1% gross (apartments; villas lower)
What exists today
What is physically there in Palm Jumeirah.
Every frond and the whole trunk are handed over and occupied; the island has been a functioning residential district since around 2010.
Nakheel Mall and the Golden Mile retail trade daily, with supermarkets, clinics and restaurants on the trunk; the crescent hotels and their beach clubs are open.
The monorail runs the length of the trunk to the crescent and links to the tram at Gateway. Road access is the single trunk road from Sheikh Zayed Road; there is no second route.
A handful of crescent and trunk plots remain under construction by third-party developers, so cranes are still visible in places; they do not change how the island functions.
Last verified
Handed over · 2007–2010
Trunk — Shoreline and Golden Mile apartments
The first residential phase: mid-rise apartment buildings along both sides of the trunk, now the island's rental core.
Handed over · 2007–2009
Fronds — Garden Homes and Signature Villas
Sixteen fronds of beachfront villas. No further fronds are being built.
Handed over · 2008–2024
Crescent — hotels and branded residences
Resort hotels and their branded residences, delivered hotel by hotel over fifteen years. A small number of crescent plots are still being built out by third-party developers.
- End users
- Families who want beach access and low-rise living, and will accept a single road on and off the island.
- Investors
- Shoreline apartments for yield; fronds for capital preservation rather than income.
- Less suited to
- Daily DIFC commuters, and anyone who wants a new-build specification at an established-market price.
Beach & clubs
Nine beach clubs on the crescent. Residents' access varies by building — check before you assume it.
Retail & dining
Nakheel Mall and Golden Mile cover daily needs. Weekly shop no longer means leaving the island.
Schools
No school on the island. Dubai College and Regent are 12–18 minutes off it.
Healthcare
Clinics on the trunk; nearest full hospital is Al Zahra in Al Barsha, 20 minutes.
- Dubai Marina14 min
- Mall of the Emirates19 min
- DIFC28 min
- DXB airport32 min
- Al Maktoum airport38 min
One road on, one road off. The monorail runs the length of the trunk and connects to the tram at Gateway, which is useful for staff and visitors more than for residents.
Dubai Marina is 14 minutes, DIFC 28 minutes off-peak. Add fifteen minutes to either at 8am.
One road on, one road off. At 8am the trunk backs up, and no amount of monorail changes that. Plan for it or live somewhere else.
Existing — built and open
- Palm Monorail (trunk to crescent, tram link at Gateway)Tram
- Nakheel MallRetail
- Golden Mile GalleriaRetail
- Public and club beaches on every frond and the crescentBeach
- Palm West Beach promenadeBeach
- Single trunk road to Sheikh Zayed Road and Al SufouhRoad
Schools — operating
- There is no school on the island itself. Dubai College and Regent International are 12–18 minutes away off the trunk; most families on the fronds run a school bus or a 25-minute drive at peak.
Healthcare — operating
- Walk-in clinics on the trunk and in Nakheel Mall; Al Zahra Hospital in Al Barsha is about 20 minutes by car.
- Avg price / ft²
- AED 3,420+11% year on year
- Typical gross yield
- 5.1% gross (apartments; villas lower)
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
- End users
- Families who want beach access and low-rise living, and will accept a single road on and off the island.
- Investors
- Shoreline apartments for yield; fronds for capital preservation rather than income.
- Less suited to
- Daily DIFC commuters, and anyone who wants a new-build specification at an established-market price.
Lifestyle & amenities
Beach & clubs
Nine beach clubs on the crescent. Residents' access varies by building — check before you assume it.
Retail & dining
Nakheel Mall and Golden Mile cover daily needs. Weekly shop no longer means leaving the island.
Schools
No school on the island. Dubai College and Regent are 12–18 minutes off it.
Healthcare
Clinics on the trunk; nearest full hospital is Al Zahra in Al Barsha, 20 minutes.
Connectivity & infrastructure
- Dubai Marina14 min
- Mall of the Emirates19 min
- DIFC28 min
- DXB airport32 min
- Al Maktoum airport38 min
One road on, one road off. The monorail runs the length of the trunk and connects to the tram at Gateway, which is useful for staff and visitors more than for residents.
Dubai Marina is 14 minutes, DIFC 28 minutes off-peak. Add fifteen minutes to either at 8am.
One road on, one road off. At 8am the trunk backs up, and no amount of monorail changes that. Plan for it or live somewhere else.
Existing — built and open
- Palm Monorail (trunk to crescent, tram link at Gateway)Tram
- Nakheel MallRetail
- Golden Mile GalleriaRetail
- Public and club beaches on every frond and the crescentBeach
- Palm West Beach promenadeBeach
- Single trunk road to Sheikh Zayed Road and Al SufouhRoad
Schools & healthcare
Schools — operating
- There is no school on the island itself. Dubai College and Regent International are 12–18 minutes away off the trunk; most families on the fronds run a school bus or a 25-minute drive at peak.
Healthcare — operating
- Walk-in clinics on the trunk and in Nakheel Mall; Al Zahra Hospital in Al Barsha is about 20 minutes by car.
Projects in this community
When the supply lands.
4 projects we cover in Palm Jumeirah, grouped by the year they are due to hand over — so you can see where completions cluster before you pick one.
2028
Handover 2028 · 2 projects- New launchOMNIYAT
New launchOMNIYATPalm JumeirahThe Alba Resort Residences
Price on application
- Handover
- Q3 2028
2 bed – 3 bed · Apartments
2029
Handover 2029 · 1 project
New launchBeyond DevelopmentsPalm JumeirahPasso by Beyond
Price on application
- Handover
- 2029
1 bed – 6 bed · Apartments, Penthouses & villas
Handover to be confirmed
1 project
New launchArada Developments LLC
Next step
Availability in Palm Jumeirah comes from a person.
What is for sale in Palm Jumeirah 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
Buy the Palm for the beach and the liquidity. Do not buy it expecting the newest building or an easy commute.
- Where it is strong
- Genuine scarcity — no more fronds are being built. Resale is fast at almost any price point, which matters more than headline yield if you may need to exit.
- Where it falls short
- Much of the villa stock is 15–18 years old and needs work. Service charges on older Shoreline buildings are high relative to rent. And the single access road is a permanent structural limitation, not a phase.
- Supply and handover
There is no new frond supply and there will not be, which is the basis of villa pricing here. New supply is confined to a few crescent and trunk plots, mostly branded residences priced well above the Shoreline stock, so they compete with Emaar Beachfront and Jumeirah Bay rather than with the island's own resale market.
The resale market is the deepest on the coast; a sensibly priced Shoreline apartment or frond villa typically finds a buyer within weeks rather than quarters.
If your priority is a brand-new specification, Dubai Islands and Jumeirah Bay give you more house for the money today — with less proven resale. We have transacted on eleven fronds. Ask us which three we would avoid, and why.
Compare with nearby communities
Where else the same money goes.
First phases handed overEmaar Beachfront
New-build beach towers at a lower price per square foot, without the villa stock or the resale depth.
Partially establishedJumeirah Bay Island
Newer, smaller and more expensive; more house for the money on the villa side, far less liquidity.
Under constructionDubai Islands
The next coast: beachfront off-plan at half the entry price, with almost none of the neighbourhood built yet.
Ask what we would avoid in Palm Jumeirah.
Twenty minutes on Palm Jumeirah specifically — which phases, which developers, and where the handover and resale risk actually sits.