Alef Group

Alef Group is a privately held Sharjah developer founded by the late Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi and led by chief executive Issa Ataya. It builds only in Sharjah and publishes no accounts.

Its reputation rests on Al Mamsha in Muwaileh, a walkable, mixed-use apartment district with shops, cafes, cycle paths and play areas between the buildings. The first phase, seven buildings with 693 apartments and 41 shops, was completed in June 2021, and in April 2024 the company announced the handover of 819 units at Al Mamsha. Later phases with names such as Seerah and Raseel are still being sold and built, along with Palace Residences Al Mamsha, a hotel-branded building. Its second large project is Hayyan, a community of villas and townhouses off Emirates Road built around what the developer calls Sharjah's largest swimmable lagoon. Newer launches are Olfah, an apartment community near the E311, and two coastal projects, Linar at Al Mamzar and Seef Residences at Al Khan.

Unusually for a private developer, Alef publishes a construction tracker. When we checked it in November 2026 it showed Al Mamsha at 73% overall and Hayyan at 30% overall, both labelled on track against a final handover date of June 2030. Those are whole-project figures, and individual phases complete earlier. For Hayyan's Arim neighbourhood, 848 homes in three phases, the company announced in May 2024 that handover would take place by the end of 2026. We could not find confirmation that Arim handovers have begun.

We found no published standard payment plan. Sharjah has its own ownership rules and registration fees, which differ from Dubai's, so a foreign buyer should confirm the tenure offered on the specific project before reserving.