Zaya off-plan projects: AED 1,849/sqft
Zaya has 12 off-plan projects in our July 2026 dataset across 4 communities (most in Jebel Ali, World of Islands, Sheikh Zayed Road).
Across 174 priced unit records the median asking price is AED 1,849 per sqft (9% below the Dubai-wide off-plan median), with the middle half between AED 1,774 and AED 1,891.
The median unit is AED 3.75M for 2,017 sqft.
Zaya payment plans typically ask 5% on booking and 40% before handover.
Its heaviest handover year is 2029 with 10 projects due.
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Developer portalScorecard
| Measure | This developer | Base | What it says, and does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completions on record | 1 | 12 off-plan | 1 on record, below the 3 needed to describe a span or a cadence. |
| Past its stated handover | 0 of 12 | 0% vs 6% market | Off-plan projects whose own published handover date has passed while the source still records them as under construction. One observation cannot separate a delayed building from a listing nobody refreshed, so this is a flag to check, not a finding. |
| Price against neighbours | 0.81x | 9 projects | Each project’s median rate per sqft over the median of the other builders in the same community, then the median of those. The developer’s own projects are excluded from the benchmark. Middle half 0.77x to 0.82x. |
| Payment plan discount | 12.14% | 8 schedules | How much less the unit costs in today’s money than its headline, once the published schedule is discounted. Market median 5.26%. Terms, not price: the full ranking. |
| Community footprint | 3 communities | 12 located projects | A concentrated book: 83% of it sits in Jebel Ali. Concentration is a fact about exposure, in either direction, not a verdict. |
| Listing completeness | 87% | 12 off-plan | Share of five listing facts published across its own projects: price 75%, handover date 100%, unit inventory 92%, payment plan 67%, coordinates 100%. Market 86%. This scores disclosure, not the buildings. |
Not measured here: delivery span and cadence. Each of those needs a base this developer does not reach in the corpus, and a thin number is worse than none.
The scorecard does not measure whether Zaya hands over on time. Every project in this corpus carries one handover date, the date its listing stated when we read it. There is no separately recorded original announced date and no earlier reading of the same project to compare against, so no on-time rate can be computed, and we publish none rather than a proxy. The completions column is also bounded by what the corpus can see: 1,034 of the 1,087 delivered buildings on record handed over in 2020 or later (96%), and the corpus only sees projects that were listed on the portals we read, so an absent completion is an absence of evidence rather than evidence of absence. Full definitions, queries and limitations: methodology.
Where the prices sit
111 of the 174 records are individual units with a listed price and size; the rest are unit-type starting prices. See methodology.
By bedroom count
| Type | Units | Median AED/sqft | p25 to p75 | Median price | Median size | Entry (p25 price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BR | 31 | 1,891 | 1,865 to 1,908 | AED 2,181,069 | 1,158 sqft | AED 2,181,069 |
| 2 BR | 58 | 1,852 | 1,778 to 1,869 | AED 3,387,604 | 1,900 sqft | AED 3,377,502 |
| 3 BR | 29 | 1,852 | 1,728 to 1,906 | AED 4,262,350 | 2,466 sqft | AED 4,262,350 |
| 4 BR | 45 | 1,801 | 1,774 to 1,802 | AED 6,900,000 | 3,831 sqft | AED 6,798,750 |
| 5 BR | 11 | 2,005 | 1,853 to 2,026 | AED 13,492,500 | 6,657 sqft | AED 12,337,500 |
By property type (median AED/sqft): Apartment 1,859 (118), Villa 1,802 (51), Townhouse 1,733 (5).
Payment plan norms
Medians are computed stage by stage, so bars may not sum to exactly 100. Plans with a stated total outside 90 to 110% are excluded.
Delivery pipeline
Zaya by address
A community earns a page here at 25 or more priced records across two or more Zaya projects. Each one holds the builder still and compares it with everyone else selling at the same address.
Where Zaya builds
Every Zaya off-plan project
| Project | Community | Type | From | Median AED/sqft | Pre-handover | Handover | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunaya Terraces | Sheikh Zayed Road | Apartment | AED 2.13M | 1,868 | 25% | Q3 2029 | Pre-sale |
| Cove at Lunaya Terraces | Jebel Ali | Apartment | AED 2.20M | 1,833 | 100% | Q3 2029 | On sale |
| Lunaya | Jebel Ali | Villa | AED 5.22M | 1,802 | 40% | Q2 2029 | On sale |
| Shore At Lunaya Terraces | Jebel Ali | Apartment | AED 2.18M | 1,718 | 25% | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| Zuha Island | World of Islands | AED 75.0M | 4,170 | 50% | Q4 2026 | On sale | |
| The Bloom at Lunaya | Jebel Ali | Villa | AED 4.90M | 1,652 | n/a | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| The Dune at Lunaya | Jebel Ali | Villa | AED 12.0M | 1,809 | 40% | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| The Rise at Lunaya | Jebel Ali | Villa | AED 6.90M | 1,809 | n/a | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| The Sol at Lunaya | Jebel Ali | Villa | AED 16.5M | 2,005 | 40% | Q4 2030 | On sale |
| Bay at Lunaya Terraces | Jebel Ali | Apartment | n/a | n/a | n/a | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| Haven at Lunaya Terraces | Jebel Ali | n/a | n/a | 25% | Q4 2029 | On sale | |
| Reef at Lunaya Terraces | Jebel Ali | Apartment | n/a | n/a | n/a | Q4 2029 | On sale |
| Zuha Island Villas | The World Islands | Villa | AED 68.0M | n/a | 50% | Q2 2025 | Sold out |
Project facts (name, community, starting price, handover, payment plan) are as published by the developer. Median AED/sqft is our computation over that project's priced units.
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Questions this data answers
What is Zaya's average off-plan price per sqft?+
Across 174 priced units in 12 Zaya projects (July 2026), the median asking price is AED 1,849 per sqft, with the middle half between AED 1,774 and AED 1,891.
Where is Zaya building off-plan?+
Zaya has projects in 4 communities. The largest concentrations are Jebel Ali (10), World of Islands (1), Sheikh Zayed Road (1), The World Islands (1).
What payment plan does Zaya usually offer?+
Across 10 published Zaya payment plans the median structure is 5% on booking, 25% during construction and 60% on handover, so 40% before keys. 0% of plans include post-handover instalments.
When are Zaya's off-plan projects handing over?+
Scheduled handovers by year: 2025: 1, 2026: 1, 2029: 10, 2030: 1. Dates are as published by the developer and can move.
How much does a Zaya off-plan unit cost?+
1 BR: median AED 2,181,069 for 1,158 sqft; 2 BR: median AED 3,387,604 for 1,900 sqft; 3 BR: median AED 4,262,350 for 2,466 sqft; 4 BR: median AED 6,900,000 for 3,831 sqft; 5 BR: median AED 13,492,500 for 6,657 sqft.
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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.