Marsa Al Saadiyat

Aldar's master community spanning 6.4 million m² and AED 100 billion — the final and largest phase of development on Saadiyat Island. Unveiled on 22 July 2026, with first sales expected in the second half of the same year.

Scale

Stated parameters: a footprint of 6.4 million square metres, eight kilometres of waterfront of which 5.6 kilometres are beaches, Abu Dhabi's largest marina with 350 berths, and housing for more than 58,000 residents — from villas to branded residences.

The masterplan separately names a theatre district with a 6,000-seat hall designed by Frank Gehry, its own Etihad Rail high-speed station, schools and parks, 140 kilometres of walking paths and 46 kilometres of cycling paths.

All of it within walking distance of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, NYU Abu Dhabi and the rest of Saadiyat's cultural district.

Why it's being called a milestone

Marsa Al Saadiyat is the last large tract of developable land on the island. Once free land runs out, each subsequent launch on the island becomes scarcer than the last.

That is a factor, not a guarantee. Land scarcity pushes prices up only where demand already exists; on Saadiyat it does, but that has to be verified through actual transactions, not the scale of a masterplan.

In practice: a project of this size has a decade-long horizon. The Gehry theatre, the marina and the Etihad Rail station will not appear in the first phase, and a buyer of the early phases is paying for the plan, not for a built environment already in place.

Masterplan parameters, the components named and the stated cost — developer materials dated 23 July 2026, covering Aldar's presentation of 22 July 2026.