1 bedroom off-plan in Al Shamkha
44 priced 1 BR unit records across 4 off-plan projects in Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi. The median asking price is AED 1,018,006 for a median 777 sqft, which is AED 1,178 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 945,250 to AED 1,069,282, so half of what a buyer will be shown sits inside that spread rather than at the headline number.
Against the same rung across Abu Dhabi, which asks AED 1,722 per sqft, this address is 32% cheaper. Against Al Shamkha as a whole it is 7% above the community median rate, which is what the rung mix does to an address level average. 3 of the 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom in Al Shamkha | 44 | AED 1.02M | 777 | 1,178 |
| Every rung in Al Shamkha | 69 | AED 1.06M | 852 | 1,105 |
| 1 bedroom across Abu Dhabi | 218 | AED 1.43M | 872 | 1,722 |
| 1 bedroom across the UAE | 19,139 | AED 1.46M | 771 | 1,888 |
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 1 bedroom range in Al Shamkha runs AED 620,000 to AED 1,494,234 on price and 484 to 1,335 sqft on area. All 44 records on this page are apartments.
Which projects sell it
| Project | Developer | 1 bedroom records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft | Handover | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icona Residence | Castor | 19 | AED 1.08M | 993 | 1,077 | Q4 2027 | On sale |
| Reeman Residence 01 | Towaiji | 17 | AED 1.05M | 767 | 1,375 | Q2 2027 | On sale |
| Merito Al Reeman | Jadara | 7 | AED 830K | 691 | 1,201 | Q3 2026 | Likely sold out |
| Al Reeman Gate | Third Quarter | 1 | AED 620K | 484 | 1,281 | Q4 2027 | Likely sold out |
Every figure in a row is a median over that project's own 1 BR records, so a scheme with three records is not being compared like one with three hundred. 2 of the 4 projects were not marked sold out at the last observation. Handover dates are the developer's published target and move often.
1 bedroom elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Records | Median price | Median sqft | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Dubai | 1,621 | AED 1.29M | 765 | 1,667 |
| Dubai South | Dubai | 1,305 | AED 1.28M | 731 | 1,744 |
| Nad Al Sheba | Dubai | 755 | AED 2.67M | 710 | 3,746 |
| Al Marjan Island | Ras Al Khaimah | 733 | AED 2.63M | 907 | 2,937 |
| Sobha Central | Dubai | 708 | AED 2.12M | 743 | 2,924 |
| Bukadra | Dubai | 660 | AED 2.21M | 820 | 2,425 |
| Majan | Dubai | 660 | AED 1.16M | 724 | 1,551 |
| Jumeirah Village Triangle | Dubai | 644 | AED 1.40M | 755 | 1,859 |
| Dubai Islands | Dubai | 603 | AED 2.31M | 891 | 2,530 |
| Dubailand | Dubai | 586 | AED 1.35M | 712 | 1,972 |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | Dubai | 564 | AED 1.12M | 801 | 1,377 |
| Dubai Investments Park | Dubai | 557 | AED 961K | 541 | 1,758 |
| Jebel Ali | Dubai | 544 | AED 2.09M | 744 | 2,825 |
| Business Bay | Dubai | 468 | AED 2.54M | 826 | 2,864 |
Ranked by how much 1 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 1 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 1 BR ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How much is a 1 BR in Al Shamkha?
- Across 44 off-plan unit records in 4 projects, the median asking price is AED 1,018,006 for a median 777 sqft, or AED 1,178 per sqft. The middle half of the book runs AED 945,250 to AED 1,069,282.
- How big is a 1 BR in Al Shamkha?
- Median 777 sqft, with the middle half between 715 and 989 sqft and the full range running 484 to 1,335 sqft.
- Is a 1 BR in Al Shamkha expensive for Abu Dhabi?
- At AED 1,178 per sqft it asks 32% less than the 1 BR median across Abu Dhabi, which is AED 1,722. 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 1 BR in Al Shamkha?
- Across 9 published plans from these projects the median booking deposit is 10%, with 30% 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 1 bedroom page, and the same ticket cut by budget rather than by rooms is in off-plan by budget.
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1 BR in Al Shamkha 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.