Dubai communities by off-plan handovers due in 2026
As of July 2026, 548 of the 2,337 Dubai off-plan projects we track are scheduled to hand over in 2026, which is 23% of the tracked pipeline. The 48 communities below carry 510 of them, or 93% of the 2026 completions, together with 6,827 priced unit records.
Jumeirah Village Circle has the heaviest 2026 book with 67 projects due, 12% of everything scheduled for the year, on a median asking price of AED 1,370 per sqft across the projects due that year. Across all communities listed, the median of the 2026 cohort medians is AED 1,888 per sqft, against a Dubai-wide off-plan median of AED 2,021.
Handover dates are the developer's own published schedule and they move. Read this as where completion risk and rental supply concentrate in 2026, not as a delivery guarantee.
The ranking
Dot is the median AED per sqft, bar is p25 to p75, dashed rule is the Dubai median at 2,021. Figures after each name are the median AED per sqft and the base count.
- Jumeirah Village Circle1,654 509
- Dubai Islands2,492 415
- Dubai South1,847 3,305
- Business Bay3,188 149
- Mohammed Bin Rashid City2,181 96
- Al Furjan1,500 123
- Palm Jumeirah5,629 44
- Arjan1,675 92
- Dubai Land Residence Complex1,488 71
- Al Jaddaf2,281 205
- Majan1,600 71
- Dubai Hills Estate2,240 35
- Al Satwa2,331 167
- Town Square1,302 22
- Jumeirah Village Triangle1,911 138
- Jumeirah Lake Towers2,581 137
- Meydan2,425 158
- Dubai Sports City1,535 170
- Dubai Marina4,678 96
- Dubai Science Park1,774 73
The first 20 of 48 rows, in the order of the table below. Where a row publishes a p25 to p75 band it is drawn as the bar; where it does not, only the median is plotted.
| # | Community | Projects due 2026 | Share of 2026 | Priced units due | Median AED/sqft, 2026 cohort | Community median AED/sqft | Lowest start, that cohort | Projects tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumeirah Village Circle | 67 | 12.2% | 509 | 1,370 | 1,654 | AED 442K | 170 |
| 2 | Dubai Islands | 33 | 6.0% | 415 | 2,306 | 2,492 | AED 1.10M | 183 |
| 3 | Dubai South | 26 | 4.7% | 3,305 | 1,354 | 1,847 | AED 618K | 136 |
| 4 | Business Bay | 21 | 3.8% | 149 | 3,164 | 3,188 | AED 973K | 68 |
| 5 | Mohammed Bin Rashid City | 21 | 3.8% | 96 | 1,920 | 2,181 | AED 912K | 61 |
| 6 | Al Furjan | 19 | 3.5% | 123 | 1,262 | 1,500 | AED 550K | 53 |
| 7 | Palm Jumeirah | 17 | 3.1% | 44 | 6,492 | 5,629 | AED 3.70M | 30 |
| 8 | Arjan | 16 | 2.9% | 92 | 1,288 | 1,675 | AED 610K | 36 |
| 9 | Dubai Land Residence Complex | 16 | 2.9% | 71 | 1,161 | 1,488 | AED 445K | 95 |
| 10 | Al Jaddaf | 15 | 2.7% | 205 | 1,978 | 2,281 | AED 710K | 28 |
| 11 | Majan | 15 | 2.7% | 71 | 1,580 | 1,600 | AED 475K | 45 |
| 12 | Dubai Hills Estate | 13 | 2.4% | 35 | 2,047 | 2,240 | AED 1.00M | 46 |
| 13 | Al Satwa | 12 | 2.2% | 167 | 2,356 | 2,331 | AED 900K | 47 |
| 14 | Town Square | 12 | 2.2% | 22 | 1,118 | 1,302 | AED 726K | 29 |
| 15 | Jumeirah Village Triangle | 11 | 2.0% | 138 | 1,941 | 1,911 | AED 639K | 54 |
| 16 | Jumeirah Lake Towers | 11 | 2.0% | 137 | 2,020 | 2,581 | AED 482K | 22 |
| 17 | Meydan | 10 | 1.8% | 158 | 1,897 | 2,425 | AED 831K | 51 |
| 18 | Dubai Sports City | 9 | 1.6% | 170 | 1,581 | 1,535 | AED 310K | 24 |
| 19 | Dubai Marina | 8 | 1.5% | 96 | 3,162 | 4,678 | AED 1.20M | 20 |
| 20 | Dubai Science Park | 8 | 1.5% | 73 | 1,962 | 1,774 | AED 618K | 17 |
| 21 | Dubai Creek Harbour | 8 | 1.5% | 34 | 2,587 | 2,244 | AED 1.37M | 28 |
| 22 | Mudon | 8 | 1.5% | 29 | 1,167 | 1,067 | AED 817K | 5 |
| 23 | DAMAC Hills 2 | 8 | 1.5% | 10 | 1,488 | 1,366 | AED 1.17M | 16 |
| 24 | Downtown Dubai | 7 | 1.3% | 87 | 3,486 | 3,463 | AED 1.12M | 24 |
| 25 | Nad Al Sheba | 7 | 1.3% | 60 | 1,798 | 3,552 | AED 1.00M | 25 |
| 26 | Dubai Production City | 7 | 1.3% | 59 | 1,301 | 1,462 | AED 645K | 29 |
| 27 | Umm Suqeim | 7 | 1.3% | 41 | 2,883 | 2,646 | AED 1.46M | 6 |
| 28 | Expo City Dubai | 7 | 1.3% | 18 | 1,915 | 1,928 | AED 1.53M | 16 |
| 29 | Tilal Al Ghaf | 7 | 1.3% | 5 | 1,730 | 2,211 | AED 6.70M | 8 |
| 30 | City Walk | 6 | 1.1% | 67 | 2,799 | 2,698 | AED 1.82M | 13 |
| 31 | Dubai Maritime City | 6 | 1.1% | 58 | 2,422 | 3,140 | AED 820K | 37 |
| 32 | Arabian Ranches 3 | 6 | 1.1% | 47 | 1,119 | 1,686 | AED 1.95M | 6 |
| 33 | DAMAC Lagoons | 6 | 1.1% | 6 | 1,337 | 1,624 | AED 2.10M | 28 |
| 34 | Dubai Studio City | 5 | 0.9% | 57 | 1,351 | 1,581 | AED 604K | 9 |
| 35 | DAMAC Hills | 5 | 0.9% | 26 | 1,324 | 1,695 | AED 1.92M | 14 |
| 36 | Al Warsan | 5 | 0.9% | 6 | 1,104 | 1,200 | AED 488K | 25 |
| 37 | Liwan | 5 | 0.9% | 0 | n/a | 1,339 | AED 510K | 8 |
| 38 | Dubai Harbour | 4 | 0.7% | 43 | 3,872 | 4,124 | AED 2.90M | 21 |
| 39 | Dubai Silicon Oasis | 4 | 0.7% | 31 | 1,255 | 1,591 | AED 524K | 12 |
| 40 | World of Islands | 4 | 0.7% | 18 | 4,170 | 2,997 | AED 1.82M | 7 |
| 41 | The Valley | 4 | 0.7% | 12 | 1,047 | 1,250 | AED 1.60M | 49 |
| 42 | Dubailand Residence Complex | 4 | 0.7% | 8 | 1,485 | 1,251 | AED 633K | 13 |
| 43 | Wadi Al Safa 2 | 4 | 0.7% | 1 | 1,888 | 1,633 | AED 680K | 4 |
| 44 | Dubailand | 4 | 0.7% | 0 | n/a | 2,189 | AED 594K | 108 |
| 45 | Dubai Investments Park | 3 | 0.5% | 17 | 969 | 1,699 | AED 536K | 72 |
| 46 | Al Wasl | 3 | 0.5% | 9 | 3,400 | 3,528 | AED 1.49M | 14 |
| 47 | Al Barari | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 2,622 | 1,754 | AED 27.2M | 12 |
| 48 | International City Phase 2 (Warsan 4) | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | n/a | n/a | AED 540K | 3 |
How this is computed
A project counts toward 2026 when the developer's published handover date falls in that calendar year. Projects with no published date are not counted anywhere, so the shares are shares of dated projects. "Priced units due" sums the priced unit records attached to those projects, which is inventory we have prices for rather than the full unit count of the building. "Median AED/sqft, 2026 cohort" is the median of the per-project median asking prices among the 2026 projects that publish prices, so a project counts once regardless of how many units it lists; the community median next to it covers all tracked projects in the community for comparison. Communities with fewer than three projects due in 2026 are left out. Figures are OffplanIndex aggregates over developer-published project facts and unit inventories, not a copy of any listing database.
Full definitions, exclusion rules and sources are in the methodology, and what we do and do not republish is set out in the data policy. Built 2026-09-02 from data observed to 2026-07-30. Not investment advice.
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