ZāZEN Acacia Residences
From AED 1.08M (broker-quoted)
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Developer profile · Dubai
ZāZEN Properties: three delivered buildings, and a first step into Dubai South
A small Dubai developer that builds low-rise, daylight-led apartment blocks — and has finished every one it started, most recently ZāZEN Ivy in Al Furjan in 2026. Its newest is Acacia, 48 apartments in Dubai South, from AED 1.08 million.
Founded2018, Dubai
FoundersUdit Amin, Madhav Dhar
Delivered in Dubai3 buildings
Known forZāZEN Gardens, LEED Gold
Acacia fromAED 1.08M (broker-quoted)
About ZāZEN Properties
ZāZEN Properties is a small Dubai developer with a narrow brief, and it has stuck to it. Founded in 2018 by Udit Amin, previously the founder of Alembic Real Estate in India, and Madhav Dhar, its chief executive, the company builds mid-market apartment buildings around sustainability, daylight and cross-ventilation rather than amenity volume. It has four projects to its name in Dubai — three delivered and one under construction — which makes it a known quantity in a market full of first-time launch developers.
The delivery record is the reason to take it seriously. ZāZEN One in Jumeirah Village Triangle started construction in October 2020, launched in November 2021 and was delivered in February 2022. ZāZEN Gardens in Al Furjan launched in December 2022 and was delivered in June 2024; the company markets it as Dubai’s first LEED Gold certified residential development. ZāZEN Ivy, also in Al Furjan, launched in July 2024 and was delivered in May 2026. The Hub Residences followed in January 2025 and is due around Q4 2027. The company says each of the three completed launches sold out within one to eight months.
The sustainability claim is not just marketing copy: LEED certification is a third-party assessment, and the developer ties it to running costs — energy-efficient systems, solar generation and better envelopes translate into a lower service charge for owners, which on a mid-market building is a material part of the investment case. Ask for the actual service charge history at Gardens and Ivy rather than accepting the principle.
Where ZāZEN is now stretching is geography. Every delivered project sits in Al Furjan or JVT — established, metro-served, family districts in the middle of the city. ZāZEN Acacia Residences is its first building in Dubai South, a district whose growth depends on the Al Maktoum airport programme and which has a large volume of completions arriving in 2027 and 2028. That is a different risk from the one the company’s record was earned on, and it is the thing a buyer should price.
Commercially, ZāZEN publishes a good project page and no price list. The Acacia page carries the building configuration, unit count, plot and construction areas, the status line and a third-party rental estimate; the prices, the payment plan and the size schedule come from Vidabricks, the developer’s appointed exclusive sales partner, which discloses that it earns commission. The listing portal carries no listing for the project, so there is no portal price to benchmark against and every figure on this site is labelled broker-quoted.
ZāZEN Properties projects
What is published for the current launch, and who publishes it.
ZāZEN’s three delivered buildings — One in JVT, Gardens and Ivy in Al Furjan — trade on resale and do not yet have pages here. The Hub Residences in Al Furjan is under construction. Ask us about availability on any of them.
What distinguishes ZāZEN Properties
Small buildings, on purpose
48 homes at Acacia, and a similar scale at the Al Furjan projects. Fewer units and fewer facilities than the towers around them, which keeps the service charge down and usually makes a building easier to let when several complete at once. The trade is a shorter list of amenities and less resale volume.
Thirty per cent before completion
Acacia’s published 30/70 structure — 10% on booking, 20% during construction, 70% on completion — is one of the lightest construction-phase schedules in the market. It suits buyers who want the bulk of the money leaving the account when the building exists, and it means you need finance or cash ready at handover rather than spread over two years.
LEED as an operating argument
The developer’s sustainability work is certified rather than claimed: ZāZEN Gardens is marketed as Dubai’s first LEED Gold residential development. The financial effect is meant to show up in the service charge, which is the number to ask for at any ZāZEN building you are comparing.
A short, checkable record
Three completions between 2022 and 2026 is not a long record, but it is a verifiable one, and each project can be visited. That is a different proposition from a launch-stage developer with a render and a payment plan — and it is the single strongest argument for buying here.
Now outside its home districts
Every delivered ZāZEN building is in Al Furjan or JVT. Dubai South is new territory for the company, so the district risk on Acacia — airport-programme dependency and a crowded 2027–2028 completion window — is not something its track record answers.
Buying a ZāZEN Properties property: what to check
The building is the easy part. The price per square foot, the service charge and the completion date are what decide it.
The price for a specific unit, against the four type prices the sales partner publishes.
The payment plan as written in the SPA — 30/70 or the 40/60 another broker advertises.
The contractual completion date and the delay clause; Acacia has been listed as both Q4 2027 and Q2 2028.
The escrow account, project registration number and Land Department project value.
The service charge estimate, and the actual charge at ZāZEN Gardens and Ivy.
Which amenities are inside the service charge and which are bookable.
Where the planned Dubai South metro station sits relative to the plot.
An in-principle mortgage approval for the amount due at completion.
Three actual rents in comparable buildings at your entry price — not a district average.
Assignment terms if you need to sell before completion.
ZāZEN Properties frequently asked questions
Who is ZāZEN Properties?
A Dubai developer founded in 2018 by Udit Amin and Madhav Dhar, known for sustainability-led mid-market apartment buildings. It has delivered ZāZEN One in JVT (2022), ZāZEN Gardens in Al Furjan (2024, LEED Gold) and ZāZEN Ivy in Al Furjan (2026), and is building The Hub Residences in Al Furjan.
What has ZāZEN delivered, and when?
ZāZEN One, Jumeirah Village Triangle — February 2022. ZāZEN Gardens, Al Furjan — June 2024. ZāZEN Ivy, Al Furjan — May 2026. The Hub Residences in Al Furjan is due around Q4 2027.
What is ZāZEN Acacia Residences?
A 48-apartment building in the Dubai South Residential District: ground plus four floors and a roof terrace, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts including studies, priced from AED 1.08 million (broker-quoted) on a 30/70 plan with completion listed as Q2 2028.
Does ZāZEN publish prices?
No price list is published. The Acacia page carries the building configuration, unit count, areas and a third-party rental estimate; prices, sizes and the payment plan come from the appointed exclusive sales partner, which discloses its commission. The listing portal carries no listing for the project.
Is ZāZEN a good developer to buy from?
It has three delivered buildings, each visitable, and a coherent design brief. The reservations are that the record is short, that its first three projects were in established central districts while Acacia is its first in Dubai South, and that no price list is published. We would want the unit price, the escrow details, the SPA completion date and the actual service charge at Gardens before advising a client to reserve.
Considering a ZāZEN Properties property?
Tell us which project and budget. We will send the current price list, the payment schedule as written in the sale and purchase agreement, the estimated service charge, and our honest read on the numbers.
Sources and verification. Company history, delivery dates and the portfolio were checked against ZāZEN’s own site, including its project page for Acacia and its about-us timeline; unit mix, sizes, prices, the payment plan, fees, service-charge estimate and drive times come from Vidabricks, the developer’s appointed exclusive sales partner, which discloses that it earns commission from the developer; project-register data supplies the Land Department project value. Committed to publication: ZāZEN publishes no price list, and the listing portal carries no listing for Acacia, so no starting price is quoted here without the broker-quoted label; brokers disagree on the entry price (AED 1.08 million against 900,000) and on the plan (30/70 against 40/60); the completion date has appeared as Q4 2027, November 2027 and Q2 2028; and the rental and yield figures on the developer’s page are third-party estimates, not forecasts. Marketing language about returns and appreciation is not repeated as fact. Nothing here is a valuation or a promise of return.