Azizi vs Meraas

Azizi is the cheaper book per sqft, at AED 2,174 against AED 2,558 for Meraas, so Meraas is 18% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 1.23M for a median 671 sqft home from Azizi, against AED 4.85M for a median 2,101 sqft home from Meraas. Part of that gap is product, not premium: the two are not selling the same mix of unit.

Azizi sells mostly studios, 2,843 priced records at a median AED 2,325 per sqft and AED 796K a unit. Meraas leans to 3 BR units, 231 records at AED 2,042 per sqft and AED 5.80M a unit.

Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 335K from Azizi and AED 1.20M from Meraas.

Across 173 published plans from Azizi, the median asks 50% before handover, with 2% carrying instalments that run past the keys. Meraas publishes 77 plans, a median of 60% before handover and 4% with a post-handover tail.

The heavy end matters more than the median when the plan is the reason to buy. 41% of Azizi plans want 60% or more before keys, against 62% of Meraas plans. At the light end, 59% of Azizi plans and 38% of Meraas plans ask 50% or less.

Azizi builds in Dubai, across 19 communities, most of it in Meydan, Dubai South, Al Furjan. Meraas builds in Dubai, across 16 communities, concentrated in City Walk, Umm Suqeim, Jumeirah.

Azizi peaks in 2027, when 36 of its 60 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Meraas peaks in 2026 with 19 of 56. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.

50% of the Azizi projects tracked are listed as sold out or out of stock, against 57% for Meraas. That is the share of each book no longer taking new bookings at listed prices, which reads as demand on the way in and as scarcity on the way out.