Manchester City Yas Residences by Ohana

An Ohana community branded by Manchester City football club, next to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi: five residential complexes and roughly 1,500 homes, from one-bedroom apartments to 1,370 m² mansions, with the club's academy on site. Sales opened in early 2026; handover is scheduled for Q2 2029.

What's for sale

The line-up is unusually broad for a single project. Apartments: one-bedrooms from 79 square metres, two-bedrooms from 127, three-bedrooms from 175. Four-bedroom penthouses from 405 square metres. Four-bedroom villas from 274 square metres and five-bedroom villas at 448 square metres. Three-bedroom townhouses at 230 square metres, Maisonette mansions at 1,370.

The spread from 79 to 1,370 square metres means the buyers here will be very different — from a buy-to-let investor to a family relocating for good. For resale, that's more of a plus: demand isn't tied to a single scenario.

Launch prices and payment plan

In the developer's January materials the launch price list read: one bedroom from 75 m² — from AED 1.7 million; two bedrooms from 120 m² — from AED 2.7 million; three bedrooms from 175 m² — from AED 4 million; townhouse from 230 m² — from AED 4.5 million; four- to five-bedroom villa from 274 m² — from AED 5.9 million; penthouse from 395 m² — from AED 9 million.

By the February announcement the entry point was quoted from $545,000 — about AED 2 million for a one-bedroom from 79 m². Prices moved up between sales waves, so work from the current price list rather than launch figures.

Two payment plans appeared in the materials: 50/50 — half during construction, half at the keys — and 35/65, with 65% of the price due at handover. The contract fixes which one applies to a given unit.

With formats this varied, price per square foot differs noticeably by type — compare within your own format.

What's behind the brand

Branded residences in the UAE are usually built around a hotel or fashion name. This is a different case: the partner is a football club, and the project's content matches that — a sports complex, a youth academy, a trophy gallery and a skybox lounge.

The difference is more substantial than it looks. A hotel brand delivers service and recognition; a sports brand delivers a programme and a steady flow of people — training sessions, clubs, events. For a family with children, that's a functional argument, not an image one.

The rest of the stated infrastructure: wellness and recovery zones, a central garden with walking trails, waterfront spaces and canals.

The island and the brand

Yas Island is the UAE's main entertainment island: four theme parks, a racing circuit, a golf course and Yas Mall. Within the community itself, the stated amenities include a lagoon, a 500,000-square-metre park, a marina, a wellness centre and a five-star hotel.

Abu Dhabi is a market separate from Dubai, with its own rules for foreign buyers and its own price dynamics. Comparing yields here directly against Dubai's isn't a fair comparison.

For a landlord this means a dual audience — permanent residents of the emirate and people arriving for events. For a buyer purchasing to live in, it means a ready-made weekend environment within walking distance.

On the promised yield

The materials cite an ROI of "up to 30 percent." Figures like that should be treated as a marketing ceiling, not a forecast — it's the selling side's own estimate, and it doesn't disclose the calculation method.

A realistic gross rental yield in the UAE today is 5–8% a year for residential, with only certain short-term scenarios running higher — and even those without accounting for vacancy, the service charge and management. If the figure in the brochure is four times the market rate, ask exactly what's built into it — asset appreciation, a time horizon, fees.

Handover and the sports offer

The project launched in early February 2026, with handover scheduled for Q2 2029. The community sits across the channel from Yas Island proper.

The sports angle goes beyond the name: a Manchester City academy will open on site with pitches, a sports centre, a lounge and a trophy museum. Residents get a sports complex, a canal-side lounge, an oxygen room, a hydrotherapy zone and hot and cold plunge pools. Maisonettes were singled out as a format that can be let as a small boutique hotel.

Composition, sizes, launch prices, payment schedule and stated infrastructure — developer materials for the sales launch, 26 January 2026. Selling-side materials for the sales launch: sizes, entry price, community composition and the share of payment due at handover. Market yield benchmarks are our own estimate for the UAE market. Launch date, handover and sports amenities — launch announcement, February 2026.