Madinat Jumeirah Living: next to a resort, but not inside it
A residential quarter opposite a major resort complex. Proximity delivers a great deal — and it is worth separating what proximity gives from what your documents give.
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Specifications for Riwa Building 2 per Propsearch and the Dubai Land Department. They describe the whole building, not the individual unit.
Riwa Building 2 is a residential complex in Madinat Jumeirah Living.
The building holds 79 apartments in total.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 2 470 090 AED.
A Riwa building with 79 residences in Madinat Jumeirah Living. AED 4,537/ft² — the highest of any project in the quarter in our stock.
Riwa Building 2 is the second building of Meraas's Riwa complex in Madinat Jumeirah Living, 79 residences. Storeys and completion date aren't listed in the passport.
Our stock has a unit of about 724 square feet for AED 3.29 million, AED 4,537/ft².
The first building, at a similar unit size, runs at AED 3,585 — 27% cheaper.
Our Riwa Building 2 listing runs above the MJL average (AED 3,208) and above the Downtown average (AED 3,720).
| District | Median, million | AED per ft² | Lots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewaters | 10.70 | 6717 | 149 |
| Emaar Beachfront | 5.60 | 4633 | 99 |
| DIFC | 6.50 | 4086 | 16 |
| Downtown | 4.70 | 3459 | 366 |
| Business Bay | 3.70 | 3635 | 368 |
| Al Wasl | 4.40 | 3286 | 33 |
| Central Park | 4.25 | 3261 | 24 |
| Madinat Jumeirah Living | 3.59 | 3208 | 33 |
| Dubai Marina | 3.80 | 2580 | 266 |
| Dubai Creek Harbour | 3.80 | 2772 | 117 |
| Dubai Hills Estate | 3.62 | 2617 | 108 |
| Dubai Media City | 2.44 | 2435 | 10 |
| Sobha Hartland | 2.70 | 2241 | 111 |
| Al Jaddaf | 1.90 | 2172 | 12 |
| Expo City | 6.45 | 2002 | 24 |
| JVT | 0.89 | 1848 | 22 |
| Dubai Land | 1.28 | 1770 | 10 |
| Majan | 0.97 | 1618 | 12 |
| Arjan | 1.15 | 1614 | 36 |
| Al Furjan | 4.45 | 1604 | 82 |
| JVC | 1.24 | 1474 | 276 |
Our stock as of 28 August 2026. The median is the price of the middle lot; price per square foot is calculated only for lots with a verified area. The gap between the top and bottom of the table is 4.6x per square foot.
Madinat Jumeirah Living in our database: 33 lots, median AED 3.59 million at AED 3,208/ft².
Seventy-nine residences against 244 in the first building — a third of the size within the same complex and developer.
Fewer units in an expensive district commands a premium — we've seen it on the Palm with One at Palm Jumeirah, and in MJL with the 41-residence Jomana buildings. Here the gap with the neighbouring building is 27%.
One listing isn't a market, and no conclusion should rest on it alone. But the direction matches what we see across the city: fewer apartments in a building means a pricier square foot — provided the district itself is expensive.
Propsearch passport: 79 residences. Our stock as of 28 August 2026: the building's lot (area, price, price per square foot), Riwa and Jomana data, MJL and city-district medians and price per square foot.
Madinat Jumeirah Living. Madinat Jumeirah Living: a low-rise Arabesque community opposite Burj Al Arab, and one of the few genuinely walkable places in Dubai.
The database currently holds 2 lots in this project, from 2 470 090 AED. The list changes daily — I will send a fresh selection for the building on request.
What has been written about the building, its developer and Madinat Jumeirah Living
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