Majid Al Futtaim
Projects, delivery record and what to check before you reserve.
- Founded
- 1992
- Builds in
- Dubai
- Segment
- Premium
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Majid Al Futtaim's delivery record
The family-owned group behind Mall of the Emirates, whose communities arm builds Tilal Al Ghaf and Ghaf Woods in Dubai.
Completed landmarks
- Mall of the Emirates
- City Centre Mirdif
- City Centre Deira
- Tilal Al Ghaf
- Al Zahia, Sharjah
- Al Mouj Muscat
- Founded
- 1992
- Ghaf Woods main contract, June 2026
- AED 2 billion
- Dubai South community (announced May 2026)
- 22 million sq ft, AED 62 billion
- Founded
- 1992
- Builds in
- Dubai
- Segment
- Premium
- Headquarters
- Dubai, UAE
- Ownership
- Privately held, family-owned Emirati holding company founded by the late Majid Al Futtaim.
- Official site
- majidalfuttaim.com
Majid Al Futtaim developments
No Majid Al Futtaim developments are listed at the moment
An adviser can send Majid Al Futtaim's current launches with prices, payment plans and handover dates.
Buying from Majid Al Futtaim
What to check before you reserve, and what they do well.
What to check before you buy
- Housing is a side business for a mall operator. It has only a few communities to its name, so there is less delivery history to judge than with the major residential developers.
- Ghaf Woods only reached main-contract stage in mid-2026. Handovers are years away, so check the contracted completion date.
- Tilal Al Ghaf is not finished. Its scheduled completion is 2027, and residents live with construction until then.
- The Dubai South community announced in May 2026 has no published timetable. It also adds a very large future supply beside Al Maktoum International Airport.
- The group is private and its communities sit inside a much larger business, so there is little project-level financial disclosure.
What Majid Al Futtaim does well
- A long-established, diversified group with income from malls and retail as well as development.
- Builds complete master plans with its own retail at the centre, drawing on its experience as the owner of Mall of the Emirates and the City Centre malls.
- Construction at Ghaf Woods is contracted: an AED 2 billion main contract was awarded in June 2026.
- Tilal Al Ghaf, due for completion in 2027, gives buyers an existing community to assess before committing to a later phase or to Ghaf Woods.
About Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim is first a shopping-mall and retail group. It was founded in 1992 by Majid Al Futtaim, who died in 2021, and remains a private, family-owned holding company based in Dubai. Its property division owns and operates Mall of the Emirates and the City Centre malls across the region, and the wider group also runs retail, leisure and entertainment businesses. Housing is a smaller part of what it does, carried out through Majid Al Futtaim Properties.
The group has built only a handful of residential communities, each a complete master plan. In Dubai these are Tilal Al Ghaf, which is scheduled for completion in 2027 according to the Wikipedia entry on the group, and Ghaf Woods, which the company markets as a forest-themed community of 11 clusters. Its other communities are Al Zahia in Sharjah and Al Mouj Muscat in Oman.
Ghaf Woods moved firmly into construction in 2026. In May the group awarded the main contract for the Distrikt apartments, and in June it awarded an AED 2 billion contract to Engineering Contracting Company for Capria East, Capria West and Maravelle Residences. In May 2026 it also signed an agreement with Dubai South for a 22 million sq ft mixed-use community near Al Maktoum International Airport, anchored by a large mall and valued at AED 62 billion. No timetable or unit numbers were given for that project.
What the group brings is a mall owner's experience of building and running retail and public space, which it places at the centre of its communities. The trade-off is a short housing record compared with Dubai's volume developers, and no published standard payment plan. Take terms from the sales offer for each release.
Where Majid Al Futtaim builds
Majid Al Futtaim: questions buyers ask
Is Majid Al Futtaim a reliable developer?
Majid Al Futtaim is a long-established private group, the owner of Mall of the Emirates and the City Centre malls, and has been in business since 1992. Its housing record is narrower: a few master-planned communities, of which Tilal Al Ghaf in Dubai is the main example. It awarded an AED 2 billion construction contract for Ghaf Woods in June 2026. Check the contracted handover date for the phase you are buying.
Where does Majid Al Futtaim build homes?
Its current Dubai communities are Tilal Al Ghaf and Ghaf Woods. In May 2026 it agreed to develop a 22 million sq ft mixed-use community in Dubai South. Its other communities are Al Zahia in Sharjah and Al Mouj Muscat in Oman.
When will Tilal Al Ghaf be finished?
The community as a whole is scheduled for completion in 2027, according to the Wikipedia entry on the group. Phases complete at different times, so ask for the completion date of the specific phase you are buying.
What payment plans does Majid Al Futtaim offer?
We could not find a published standard plan. Terms are set for each release at Tilal Al Ghaf and Ghaf Woods. Ask for the written schedule and note how much is due before handover.
Buying from Majid Al Futtaim?
Current availability, how their payment plans work, and which projects we rate.
- Current price list and availability, direct from the developer
- No fee to you on off-plan purchases: the developer pays us
- One salaried adviser, not on commission, from first call to handover
