Dubai Investments Park vs Dubai South
At the median, Dubai South asks AED 1,847 per sqft against AED 1,699 in Dubai Investments Park, 9% dearer per sqft. Half of Dubai South inventory sits between AED 1,528 and AED 2,155 per sqft, against AED 1,415 to AED 1,773 in Dubai Investments Park.
Dubai South carries the larger pipeline: 136 tracked off-plan projects and 4,518 priced units, against 72 projects and 1,982 priced units in Dubai Investments Park.
Payment plans are lighter before handover in Dubai South: the median plan asks 50% before keys across 176 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 South1,847 4,518
- 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 4,518 in Dubai South.
Side by side
| Metric | Dubai Investments Park | Dubai South |
|---|---|---|
| Off-plan projects tracked | 72 | 136 |
| Priced units | 1,982 | 4,518 |
| Median AED per sqft | 1,699 | 1,847 |
| AED per sqft, p25 to p75 | 1,415 to 1,773 | 1,528 to 2,155 |
| Median asking price | AED 987K | AED 1.34M |
| Lowest starting price | AED 465K | AED 426K |
| Median paid before handover | 70% | 50% |
| Plans with a post-handover tail | 1% | 34% |
| Peak handover year | 2029 (48 projects) | 2028 (49 projects) |
| Active developers | 5 | 66 |
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 1,847 in Dubai South, so Dubai South is 9% dearer per sqft. On the typical unit that reads as AED 987K for a median 590 sqft home in Dubai Investments Park, against AED 1.34M for a median 891 sqft home in Dubai South.
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 South leans to 2 BR units, 1,663 records at AED 1,998 per sqft and AED 2.41M a unit.
Entry pricing: the lowest published starting price is AED 465K in Dubai Investments Park and AED 426K in Dubai South.
Supply and delivery
Dubai Investments Park peaks in 2029, when 48 of its 72 tracked projects are scheduled to hand over. Dubai South peaks in 2028 with 49 of 136. 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 35% in Dubai South 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 South has 66, led by Emaar, Dubai South Properties, Azizi.
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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.