5 bedroom off-plan in Academic City
125 priced 5 BR unit records across 3 off-plan projects in Academic City, Dubai. The median asking price is AED 5,530,000 for a median 2,824 sqft, which is AED 1,869 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 5,270,000 to AED 5,630,000, so half of what a buyer will be shown sits inside that spread rather than at the headline number.
Against the same rung across Dubai, which asks AED 1,633 per sqft, this address is 14% dearer. Against Academic City as a whole it is 13% above the community median rate, which is what the rung mix does to an address level average. 7 of the 12 other communities deep enough to benchmark this rung ask less per square foot.
What the rung costs here
| Universe | Records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 bedroom in Academic City | 125 | AED 5.53M | 2,824 | 1,869 |
| Every rung in Academic City | 460 | AED 4.94M | 2,824 | 1,660 |
| 5 bedroom across Dubai | 1,086 | AED 5.43M | 3,407 | 1,633 |
| 5 bedroom across the UAE | 1,366 | AED 6.24M | 4,107 | 1,748 |
Each row is a median over unit records carrying both a price and a floor area, so a tower publishing 400 rows weighs 400 times. The full 5 bedroom range in Academic City runs AED 5,100,000 to AED 7,800,000 on price and 2,824 to 3,950 sqft on area. All 125 records on this page are villas.
Which projects sell it
| Project | Developer | 5 bedroom records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft | Handover | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilal Binghatti | Binghatti | 101 | AED 5.33M | 2,824 | 1,887 | Q2 2028 | On sale |
| Greenz by Danube | Danube | 23 | AED 5.67M | 3,700 | 1,531 | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| Tilal Oasis Grand Villa | Binghatti | 1 | AED 6.25M | 2,824 | 2,213 | Q1 2029 | Likely sold out |
Every figure in a row is a median over that project's own 5 BR records, so a scheme with three records is not being compared like one with three hundred. 2 of the 3 projects were not marked sold out at the last observation. Handover dates are the developer's published target and move often.
The other rungs in Academic City
| Bedrooms | Records | Projects | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 bedroom | 223 | 2 | AED 4.42M | 2,775 | 1,589 |
| 5 bedroom | 125 | 3 | AED 5.53M | 2,824 | 1,869 |
Only rungs carrying 25 records across two or more projects in Academic City are listed, which is the floor for a benchmark worth printing. The whole address, every rung pooled, is on the Academic City page.
5 bedroom elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubailand | Dubai | 102 | AED 10.6M | 5,821 | 1,956 |
| Mohammed Bin Rashid City | Dubai | 70 | AED 13.6M | 7,091 | 1,818 |
| Al Raha Beach | Abu Dhabi | 54 | AED 19.4M | 4,406 | 4,402 |
| DAMAC Lagoons | Dubai | 49 | AED 4.33M | 2,403 | 1,801 |
| Sobha Sanctuary | Dubai | 39 | AED 7.29M | 4,107 | 1,774 |
| The Oasis by Emaar | Dubai | 33 | AED 14.6M | 10,310 | 1,524 |
| Palm Jebel Ali | Dubai | 32 | AED 18.1M | 8,205 | 2,206 |
| The Valley | Dubai | 31 | AED 8.87M | 5,670 | 1,316 |
| Dubai Investments Park | Dubai | 28 | AED 4.81M | 3,407 | 1,294 |
| Ghadeer Al Tayr | Abu Dhabi | 26 | AED 13.5M | 5,664 | 2,409 |
| Dubai South | Dubai | 25 | AED 5.36M | 4,915 | 1,184 |
| Ghantoot | Abu Dhabi | 25 | AED 45.1M | 10,253 | 4,395 |
Ranked by how much 5 BR inventory each address publishes, not by price, so the list is what a buyer can actually shop rather than a leaderboard. The full ladder for this rung is on the 5 bedroom page.
Terms on these projects
A plan counts once per project and only where its stages sum to between 90 and 110 percent. Model any of them against a real 5 BR ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How much is a 5 BR in Academic City?
- Across 125 off-plan unit records in 3 projects, the median asking price is AED 5,530,000 for a median 2,824 sqft, or AED 1,869 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 5,270,000 to AED 5,630,000.
- How big is a 5 BR in Academic City?
- Median 2,824 sqft, with the middle half between 2,824 and 2,824 sqft and the full range running 2,824 to 3,950 sqft.
- Is a 5 BR in Academic City expensive for Dubai?
- At AED 1,869 per sqft it asks 14% more than the 5 BR median across Dubai, which is AED 1,633. Comparing a rung with the same rung is the only fair read, since bedroom count drives the rate on its own.
- What payment plan is offered on a 5 BR in Academic City?
- Across 6 published plans from these projects the median booking deposit is 15%, with 60% due before handover and 0% of plans carrying a post-handover tail.
Why the address moves the rate further than the bedroom count does, measured across every pair like this one: address beats bedroom count. The whole rung across the UAE is on the 5 bedroom page, and the same ticket cut by budget rather than by rooms is in off-plan by budget.
The full report: every community, every developer, ranked.
5 BR in Academic City in context: price per sqft by community and developer, payment plan structures ranked by cash due before handover, the 2026 to 2029 delivery pipeline, and the CSV behind every table. PDF plus data, delivered instantly.
Source: OffplanIndex derived analytics, built 2026-09-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). A pair is published only where the corpus carries 25 or more priced records across two or more projects. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.