Off-Plan Projects in Meydan

Meydan Group is the master developer behind the name. When Mohammed Bin Rashid City was announced in November 2012, Meydan and Sobha began District One as its first phase in 2013, and by 2018 Meydan was developing several districts of MBR City. Meydan One, its largest residential district, was planned as a 3.75 square kilometre community with the Meydan One Mall at its centre.

Azizi was one of the first. It began work in 2017 on Azizi Riviera, the first of its projects in Meydan One, planned as 69 mid-rise residential buildings, a retail district and two hotels. On this page you will find Riviera and Riviera 55 by Azizi, Everly Place by Ellington Properties, Samana Rome by Samana, The Symphony by Imtiaz Developments, Parkway and Sanctuary Hive by Prestige One, Karl Lagerfeld Villas by Taraf, Keturah Reserve by MAG Group Holding and MANSORY Residences by Amaal Emirates.

Meydan takes its name from Meydan Racecourse, which opened on 27 March 2010 on the site of the old Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. It hosts the Dubai World Cup, its grandstand holds more than 60,000 spectators and the Meydan Hotel sits beside the track. Meydan One is being built between the racecourse and Al Khail Road.

The word Meydan is used loosely online. District One, the neighbouring Sobha projects and other parts of Mohammed Bin Rashid City are often listed under Meydan, and the exact boundaries are not clearly published. Ask the developer which district and plot a building is on.

Meydan is a car-based area. In October 2024 the Roads and Transport Authority finished a 610 metre, two-lane bridge that takes traffic from Meydan Street onto Al Khail Road towards Deira. A larger upgrade of the Al Meydan Street corridor, with 17 km of roads and 3.7 km of bridges, was awarded in August 2026 and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2028.

Under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, a developer who wants to sell homes off-plan must apply to the Dubai Land Department to open an escrow account for the project, buyers' payments go into that account, and the money is reserved for building that project alone. Law No. 13 of 2008 set up the Interim Property Register, and a sale of an off-plan unit is void unless it is entered in it. The Dubai Land Department runs this register through its Oqood system. In practice:

• Pay only into the escrow account. The account details belong in your sale contract. Do not send money to any other account.
• Get the sale registered. Ask for proof that your contract has been entered in the Interim Property Register before you treat the purchase as done.
• Check the developer. With so many developers active in Meydan, look at what each one has already completed and handed over, not only the brochure. Our guide on how to check a developer before buying off-plan lists the questions to ask.
• Look up the service charges. The Dubai Land Department Service Charge Index shows the approved service fees for a project by year, on its website and the Dubai REST app. A new building may have no approved figure yet, so ask the developer for its estimate in writing.
• Confirm the location. Because the Meydan name covers several districts, check the plot on the contract against the brochure.

One more protection is worth knowing: once the completion certificate is issued, the law requires the escrow agent to hold back 5% of the account, and that sum is only released to the developer one year after the homes are registered in the buyers' names.

Meydan One already has finished apartment buildings next to the new launches, so you can choose. Off-plan gets you a new building and stage payments, but you wait for handover and the streets around you may still be under construction. A finished apartment lets you see the exact view, check the building's service charge history and move in or let it straight away.

Compare both with our Meydan area guide and the homes for sale in Meydan.