Dubai Investments Park vs Dubai Islands
At the median, Dubai Islands asks AED 2,492 per sqft against AED 1,699 in Dubai Investments Park, 47% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai Islands inventory sits between AED 2,139 and AED 2,962 per sqft, against AED 1,415 to AED 1,773 in Dubai Investments Park.
Dubai Islands carries the larger pipeline: 183 tracked off-plan projects and 2,309 priced units, against 72 projects and 1,982 priced units in Dubai Investments Park.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai Islands: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 196 published plans, against 70% across 102 plans in Dubai Investments Park.
Price per sqft, and the band around it
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the priced units.
- Dubai Islands2,492 2,309
- Dubai Investments Park1,699 1,982
Dot is the median asking price per sqft, bar is the middle half of the priced inventory. Bases are 1,982 priced units in Dubai Investments Park and 2,309 in Dubai Islands.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Investments Park | Dubai Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 72 | 183 |
| Priced units | 1,982 | 2,309 |
| Median AED per sqft | 1,699 | 2,492 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,415 to 1,773 | 2,139 to 2,962 |
| Median asking price | AED 987K | AED 3.41M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 465K | AED 1.10M |
| Median paid before handover | 70% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 1% | 12% |
| Peak handover year | 2029 (48 projects) | 2027 (79 projects) |
| Active developers | 5 | 86 |
Every figure is computed by OffplanIndex over developer-published unit inventories and payment plans. Rows a community cannot answer are left out rather than filled in. Not investment advice.
Price
Dubai Investments Park is the cheaper side per sqft, at AED 1,699 against AED 2,492 in Dubai Islands, so Dubai Islands is 47% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 987K for a median 590 sqft home in Dubai Investments Park, against AED 3.41M for a median 1,391 sqft home in Dubai Islands.
Inventory is weighted differently. Dubai Investments Park is dominated by 1 BR units, 557 priced records at a median AED 1,758 per sqft and AED 961K a unit. Dubai Islands leans to 2 BR units, 1,045 records at AED 2,490 per sqft and AED 3.37M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 465K in Dubai Investments Park and AED 1.10M in Dubai Islands.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Investments Park peaks in 2029, when 48 of its 72 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai Islands peaks in 2027 with 79 of 183. Published handover dates move, so read them as developer intent rather than a delivered date.
Of the projects tracked, 24% in Dubai Investments Park and 25% in Dubai Islands are listed as sold out or out of stock, which is the share of the pipeline no longer taking new bookings at listed prices.
5 developers are active in Dubai Investments Park, led by DAMAC, Emaar, Reportage. Dubai Islands has 86, led by Nakheel, Imtiaz, Ellington.
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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). All statistics are computed by OffplanIndex; no third-party database is reproduced. See the methodology and data policy. Not investment advice.