Saadiyat Island · Aldar
Photos and renders of the building and grounds — not of this particular unit.
Layouts and the handover date come from the developer's brochure in our archive. Prices and payment plans from the same source are deliberately not published: they are dated to when the brochure was issued and do not match today's prices. I will send the current ones over WhatsApp.
A residential building in Saadiyat Island, currently under construction. Developer — Aldar.
Specifications for Manarat Living III per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
Manarat Living III is a residential building in Saadiyat Island, handover is due Q3 2028.
The developer is Aldar.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 1 800 000 AED; 2 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 5%.
A mid-rise Aldar building in the Grove community on Saadiyat — within walking distance of the Louvre, the Zayed National Museum and the Guggenheim. Five minutes from Saadiyat Beach, with a three-year payment plan.
Saadiyat's cultural district comprises the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim under construction, and the Manarat Al Saadiyat gallery. No other concentration of museums like it exists anywhere else in the region.
For letting, that creates a specific but stable pool of demand: employees of cultural institutions, academics, visiting researchers. Leases are long, turnover is low.
This being the third phase of the project means the first two have already shown how it works in practice — there's something to look at before committing.
A separate market with its own rules for foreign buyers, its own price dynamics and its own liquidity. Comparing yield directly against Dubai isn't a fair comparison.
Aldar is the emirate's largest developer, the capital's counterpart to Emaar. For an under-construction building, that lowers the risk of delivery slipping.
Panoramic sea views, and a mid-rise scale — less strain on the lifts and typically a lower service charge than in a tower.
Materials from the selling side at launch: the surroundings, the payment term and the developer.
The final payment on this building falls in 2028 — under off-plan plans that is 40–60% of the price in one go. A UAE bank closes it: the flat becomes the security, and nothing is added on top of what the developer has already been paid.
Already been invoiced, or missed the date? That is not a dead end either — write and we will look at what the developer will accept.
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The developer's brochure says Q3 2028. The date in the contract for a particular unit can differ — I check it before the deal.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 1 800 000 AED; 2 of them priced below the market, the deepest discount 5%. Prices move every day, so it is worth asking for the current list for this building.
What has been written about the building, its developer and Saadiyat Island
Two branded launches on Saadiyat six months apart: Aldar’s Mandarin Oriental Residences (about 228 homes, designed by BIG, from AED 6.2m, Q3 2028) and Nord’s Henge Residences (166 homes, from AED 1.1m, 2028). Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026.
Two premium Aldar launches on Saadiyat: Nobu Residences (88 homes, November 2023, from about AED 7m) and The Source Terraces designed by BIG (June 2024, from about AED 3m). Both are sold out and due in 2027 — so the only way in now is a resale contract.
Aldar brings the Baccarat brand to Abu Dhabi’s residential market: 77 residences in Saadiyat’s cultural district — two- and three-bedroom apartments, four-bedroom sky villas and two signature penthouses.
Abu Dhabi’s cultural cluster is gaining an arts centre designed by Frank Gehry, standing alongside Louvre Abu Dhabi and the future Guggenheim. What museums do to property prices around them.
Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi is getting one of the region’s largest cultural centres — an opera, ballet and theatre complex designed by the architect behind the Guggenheim Bilbao.
Three weekend escapes from Dubai: the east coast at Khor Fakkan and Fujairah, 1.5–2 hours by car and now reachable by Etihad Rail from Abu Dhabi; and Saadiyat, where the Louvre is joined by new museums and the Guggenheim opens on 11 December 2026. What each tells a property buyer.
The concluding part of the island’s master plan — 6.4 million square metres, the largest marina in Abu Dhabi, hotels and culture. What is significant is not the scheme but that an entire island is being completed.
Construction Week ranks the 100 largest developers in the Gulf by the value of completed and under-construction projects. UAE developers hold more than half the spots — from Emaar and Aldar to DAMAC and Danube. How to read the ranking, and what it tells a buyer.
Hilton enters Abu Dhabi housing with two flags: Aldar’s Waldorf Astoria Residences Yas sold all 133 homes on launch day for AED 850m, and Emirates Developments’ Hilton Residences Al Raha offers 176 sea-view homes from AED 2.5m. Both complete in Q4 2028.
I will send the available layouts, the real entry price and what owners and tenants actually say about the building — without the brochure language.
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