Dubai Islands off-plan handing over in 2028: 55 projects
55 of the 187 off-plan projects in Dubai Islands, Dubai, are scheduled to hand over in 2028: 29% of the community. By quarter: Q1 23, Q2 8, Q3 11, Q4 13. The median starting price is AED 2,077,555, and the middle half of them start between AED 1.86M and AED 2.60M. The median project asks AED 2,445 per sqft, across 41 projects with priced units.
41 of the 49 projects stating a sale status are not marked sold out at the last observation. A handover year is the developer's published target, not a certificate of completion, and the date moves often: read it as when the keys are promised.
Projects handing over in 2028
A project is in this list when its developer publishes a delivery date in 2028 and it is still off-plan: a project already marked delivered is not counted. AED/sqft is the project's own median over its priced unit records, and priced units is how many of those records it carries. Every project landing in 2028 is listed, including the 14 with no priced units and the 5 with no published starting price.
Other handover years in Dubai Islands
| Handover | Projects | Share | Median start | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 17% | AED 2.19M | 2,306 |
| 2027 | 79 | 42% | AED 2.29M | 2,329 |
| 2028 | 55 | 29% | AED 2.08M | 2,445 |
| 2029 | 10 | 5% | AED 2.43M | 2,483 |
| 2030 | 5 | 3% | AED 2.70M | 3,224 |
Only years with five or more off-plan projects landing are listed, which is the floor for a page worth publishing. The whole address, every year pooled, is on the Dubai Islands page, and the same address cut by budget starts at AED 1M to 2M.
Handover 2028 elsewhere
| Community | Emirate | Projects | Median start | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai South | Dubai | 50 | AED 1.05M | 1,225 |
| Al Marjan Island | Ras Al Khaimah | 43 | AED 2.41M | 3,070 |
| Jumeirah Village Circle | Dubai | 37 | AED 741K | 1,566 |
| Dubailand | Dubai | 33 | AED 1.94M | 1,453 |
| Dubai Land Residence Complex | Dubai | 30 | AED 713K | 1,498 |
| Palm Jebel Ali | Dubai | 23 | AED 18.1M | 2,312 |
| DAMAC Islands | Dubai | 18 | AED 2.34M | 1,090 |
| The Valley | Dubai | 17 | AED 3.17M | 1,205 |
| Al Reem Island | Abu Dhabi | 15 | AED 2.20M | 1,804 |
| Bukadra | Dubai | 15 | AED 1.70M | 2,186 |
| Majan | Dubai | 15 | AED 822K | 1,506 |
| Meydan | Dubai | 15 | AED 1.38M | 2,148 |
Ranked by how many projects each address lands in 2028, not by price, so the list is what a buyer can actually shop. The whole year across the UAE, by emirate, community and developer, is on the handover 2028 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 Dubai Islands off-plan ticket in the payment plan calculator.
Questions buyers ask
- How many off-plan projects in Dubai Islands hand over in 2028?
- 55 of the 187 off-plan projects tracked in Dubai Islands are scheduled to hand over in 2028, which is 29% of the community. By quarter: Q1 23, Q2 8, Q3 11, Q4 13. Dates are the developer's published target and move often.
- How much do off-plan projects handing over in 2028 cost in Dubai Islands?
- The median starting price is AED 2,077,555, and the middle half of the projects start between AED 1.86M and AED 2.60M. The median of the project medians is AED 2,445 per sqft across 41 projects with priced units. Across every off-plan project in Dubai Islands the median starting price is AED 2,229,150.
- Which developers hand over the most off-plan projects in Dubai Islands in 2028?
- Nakheel (5), Ellington (4), Avenew (3), out of 38 developers with a project landing in 2028.
- Are the 2028 handovers in Dubai Islands still on sale?
- 41 of the 49 projects stating a sale status were not marked sold out at the last observation, and 16% of the 49 projects with a published sale status are sold out.
- What payment plan do 2028 handovers in Dubai Islands offer?
- Across 58 published plans the median booking deposit is 15%, with 50% due before handover and 12% of plans carrying a post-handover tail.
How far developers have moved their handover dates, measured across every project, is in movement, and every handover year across the UAE is on the handover pipeline page.
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Dubai Islands handover 2028 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 2026-10-02 from developer-published project facts and unit inventories aggregated from public portals (latest observation 2026-07-30). A page is published only where 5 or more off-plan projects are scheduled into the year. All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.