Dubai Islands
Status, timeline, budget and the areas around it, with every fact sourced.
- Type
- Master plan
- Emirate
- Dubai
Overview
Dubai Islands, formerly Deira Islands, is a Nakheel waterfront development of five islands off the Deira coast. Its master plan, unveiled in August 2022, covers 17 square kilometres with more than 20 kilometres of beaches and more than 80 resorts and hotels. Nakheel says it is designed in line with Dubai's 2040 vision.
- Status
- Master plan unveiled August 2022; projects including Rixos Dubai Islands listed as under construction by Nakheel
- Type
- Master plan
- Emirate
- Dubai
Timeline
22 August 2022
Nakheel unveils master plan for Dubai Islands (formerly Deira Islands)
Source: The National
Key facts
- Area
- 17 square kilometresSource: The National
- Islands
- Five islands: Central Island, Marina Island, Shore Island, Golf Island and Elite IslandSource: Nakheel
- Waterfront and beaches
- Over 60 kilometres of waterfront and over 20 kilometres of beaches, including a Blue Flag-certified beachSource: Nakheel
- Hotels
- More than 80 resorts and hotelsSource: The National
- Parks
- About two square kilometres of parksSource: The National
- Plan alignment
- Designed in line with Dubai's 2040 visionSource: Nakheel
On the map
Map point: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Areas affected and nearby
Areas a source places on or beside the project, or within 5 km of a mapped point, with their latest published changes.
| Area | Why it is listed | Price, 12 months | Price, 3 years | Rent, 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai Islands | The project area itself | +14.8% | +1.7% | No comparison published |
Each change compares the average of everything registered in one period with the period before. It moves with the mix of homes sold as well as with prices, so it is not like-for-like growth. Source: Property Finder, from Dubai Land Department records. Other emirates: Bayut asking-price index.
Reported effect on property prices
Published claims, quoted with who made them and when. They are not our findings, and some come from parties with an interest, such as developers, brokers or the transport authority.
Betterhomes wrote that Dubai Islands off-plan stock appreciated roughly 12% over the first nine months of 2025, ahead of the resale market, and that average prices on the islands were below AED 2,400 per sq ft (no data source named in the article)
Sources
- The National: Nakheel unveils new master plan for Dubai Islands developmentRead 12 November 2026
- Nakheel: Dubai IslandsRead 12 November 2026
- Betterhomes: Off-plan projects in Dubai IslandsRead 12 November 2026
Questions buyers ask
What is the status of Dubai Islands?
Master plan unveiled August 2022; projects including Rixos Dubai Islands listed as under construction by Nakheel.
Which areas are near Dubai Islands?
Dubai Islands.
Has Dubai Islands affected property prices?
Published claims recorded: 1. For example: Betterhomes wrote that Dubai Islands off-plan stock appreciated roughly 12% over the first nine months of 2025, ahead of the resale market, and that average prices on the islands were below AED 2,400 per sq ft (no data source named in the article) (Betterhomes). These are claims by others, not measured effects.
How the atlas is built
- Every figure is copied as published by a named source, with its link, the period it covers and the date we read it. Nothing is estimated, interpolated, averaged or rounded.
- Dubai price, rent and change figures come from Property Finder's transaction pages, which publish averages of Dubai Land Department registered sales and tenancy contracts for the last 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, with a change against the period before.
- Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah figures come from Bayut's asking-price index: advertised prices, not completed sales, which usually sit above transaction prices.
- ValuStrat readings are valuation-based and appear only where the press reported a community by name.
- Sources measure different things. Compare areas within one source and one period, never across sources.
- Projects and regeneration zones come from official releases where we could read them, otherwise from The National, Khaleej Times or Gulf News. A project is listed against an area when a source places it there, or when its mapped point is within 5 km of the area's point.
- Price effects of projects are published claims, attributed to the publisher. The atlas never says that a project caused a price change.
Data compiled 12 November 2026.
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