Photo of the community −13% Al Habtoor Group
A construction and industrial group active since 1970, for which property is one division rather than the whole business. Its main residential asset is a canal-side quarter of towers and hotels.
9 lots in stock across 3 projects. Of the 9 with a known status: 1 ready, 8 under construction. By median price — 43rd of 139.
- A canal-side quarter
- Completed buildings
- Hotel infrastructure next door
- Central rental
Median price $899K AED 3 300 000
Entry price $599K AED 2 200 000 — the cheapest lot
Per square foot $1 164 AED 4 273 / sq.ft, median
Completed stock 11% 4 lots discounted, deepest −13%
Where they build
The districts where this developer has the most lots in our stock.
Dubai Marina 5 Business Bay 3
The company in brief
Checkable facts about the developer itself. Unlike the figures above, these are not about our stock and do not move with what happens to be listed today.
- Founded
- 1970; the property arm dates from 1993
- Founder
- Khalaf Al Habtoor, still chairman
- Flagship
- Al Habtoor City, a quarter of over 1 million m²
- Residential
- three towers: two of 73 floors and one of 52
- Second line
- residences and villas at its own polo resort in Dubailand
- Beyond the UAE
- the UK, Austria and the USA
What kind of developer this is
What kind of developer this is
An old, family-controlled group whose money does not depend on selling apartments. That is reassuring on delivery risk: a bad quarter on the property market does not stop the building.
The trade-off is choice. There are very few residential projects, and no reason to expect a steady stream of launches.
The canal quarter, and the polo resort
The main asset is a mixed quarter on the Dubai Water Canal combining housing, the group own hotels and an entertainment component. Housing sits in three towers of different heights. The unusual part is common ownership: hotel and residential belong to the same company, so the shared infrastructure is run as one thing.
The second line is entirely different — low-rise villas and residences at the group polo club out in Dubailand. City rental on one side, a lifestyle purchase on the other. They share a name and little else.
What to check before you sign
Which tower and which floor. Within the quarter, view, noise and distance from the entertainment side vary a lot between the three buildings — the choice of block matters more than the floor plan.
Then the service charge as an annual figure in dirhams rather than a rate per square foot, registered sales in the same building over the last six to twelve months, and the drive out of the quarter on a weekday evening.
Projects by Al Habtoor Group
All projects →Al Habtoor Group listings in stock
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−9% Habtoor Grand Residences Dubai Marina · 3 BR · Apartment 15 347 000 AED 16 878 293
Ask about lot NP3-109311
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Photo of the community −4% Al Habtoor Tower Al Habtoor City · 1 BR · Apartment 2 749 888 AED 2 849 888
Ask about lot NP4-422549
Illustrative photo Photo of the community Photo of the community What these numbers mean, and what they do not
There is no “developer” column in the base — a lot is attributed by its project name. The figures on this page speak about our stock, not about the company’s share of the Dubai market: a large developer with a big completed portfolio may appear smaller than one whose units come up for resale more often.
Prices come from listings, not from closed deals. For a particular building I retrieve the registered Land Department sales and show the real closing prices.
In the news
Dubai skyscrapers: Corinthia Dubai above 500 metres and Al Habtoor’s AED 5bn tower in Al Habtoor City
Corinthia Dubai, twin towers above 500 m on Sheikh Zayed Road with a rooftop pool and a Corinthia hotel, is due by 2030. Al Habtoor Group has announced an AED 5bn ($1.36bn) office tower in Al Habtoor City. What the two projects say about the market and who should care.
Al Habtoor Group: living inside a hospitality complex
A long-established conglomerate whose Dubai residential towers sit within its own hotel and leisure complex. What a hospitality-anchored address gives a resident, and what it costs.
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Al Habtoor Group: questions and answers
How much does a Al Habtoor Group apartment cost?
The median across this developer's lots in our stock is $899K (AED 3 300 000), with entry from $599K. The median per square foot is $1 164. These are asking prices out of our own base, recalculated every night; they follow what the developer and its sellers actually have on the market, not the price list on a corporate site.
Are there discounts on Al Habtoor Group property?
Right now the base holds 4 lots from this developer priced below the market, with the deepest cut at 13%. This is not a Al Habtoor Group promotion: below-market prices come from private sellers on resale or assignment who need a quick exit. An algorithm sets the size of the discount against comparable property; no broker types it in by hand.
Is Al Habtoor Group a reliable developer?
Founded: 1970; the property arm dates from 1993. A developer is checked against the Land Department’s open register rather than a brochure: it shows the licence status, the construction progress of each project and the registered escrow account. On off-plan the buyer’s money goes into that account under RERA supervision and is released against verified milestones. The full dossier is in the write-up above.
What projects is Al Habtoor Group building?
The site catalogue covers 3 projects by Al Habtoor Group, each with a building passport — storeys, units, handover date and bedroom mix. They are listed above, and the “Where they build” block shows the districts with the most of its lots. Any lots on sale appear directly beneath their project.
Should I buy from Al Habtoor Group direct or through a broker?
The price is the same: on off-plan the developer pays the broker’s commission, not the buyer, so going straight to the sales office saves nothing. The difference is elsewhere — a developer’s sales office shows its own projects only, and will not tell you that the same thing next door is cheaper or that this project is running later than advertised. On resale and assignment the commission is the standard 2% plus VAT.
Is Al Habtoor Group worth buying
The answer depends on the purpose. Send your budget and goal — I will go through which Al Habtoor Group projects are worth considering now and which I would skip.
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