The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences

The most expensive square foot on Palm Jumeirah: AED 12,733/ft² against an island average of AED 4,781. 1,026 units from Kerzner International, handed over in 2023, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox — the same firm behind One Vanderbilt in New York.

What it is

The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences sits on the crescent of Palm Jumeirah, developed by Kerzner International — the operator that already built the original Atlantis, The Palm at the base of the island in 2008. This is the same brand family's second, more expensive act on the same stretch of coast.

1,026 units across a hotel-and-residences building, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the New York practice known for One Vanderbilt and Shanghai World Financial Center. Amenities on record: pool, spa, retail, dining, private beach, landscaped gardens.

Our own stock: three lots averaging 2,759 sq ft, priced from AED 27.5 million to AED 45 million.

Price per square foot across Palm Jumeirah

Royal Atlantis tops our entire island table by a wide margin — nearly two thousand dirhams per foot above the second-placed address, Palm Beach Towers.

What 12,700 a foot is actually buying

The premium here is not primarily square footage — 2,759 sq ft is smaller than the villas further down this table. It is address, silhouette and hotel-grade operation on one of the most photographed pieces of coastline in the world, comparable in positioning to a One Hyde Park in London or a residence inside a Raffles-branded tower in Singapore.

A unit here should be evaluated less against ordinary Palm Jumeirah stock and more against a small set of global trophy addresses: Central Park Tower penthouses in New York, Opus tower units in Dubai's own Business Bay, or branded residences inside a Four Seasons or Aman elsewhere. The comparable transaction base is thin everywhere, this building included.

Because the units sit inside a working resort, ask specifically what "residence" means here versus a hotel room under compulsory management — the same distinction that matters at Ushuaïa in Ras Al Khaimah, and one worth confirming in the contract before assuming full owner-occupier rights.

Factsheet: 1,026 units, hotel building type, developer Kerzner International, architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, handed over 2023. Our own stock as of 28 August 2026: 3 lots (size, price, price per square foot), price-per-square-foot table across Palm Jumeirah projects, island median and average.