SOLA Residences by Octa

About SOLA Residences by Octa

SOLA Residences is a 260-home building at Wasl Gate, the 1.13 million sq m masterplan Wasl built around the Energy Metro Station on the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor. Octa sells it, positioning it for families who want a quieter address that still connects: studios through three-bedrooms, a pool deck and a kids’ pool, and the 82,700 sq m Central Park that opened in April 2026 on the doorstep. The developer named on Octa’s own page is SOLA Residences Real Estate Development.

The dates agree, which is worth something. The portal says Q4 2027 and so does Octa. After three projects where the two records could not even agree on the year, a single agreed handover date is a small signal that the documentation here has been kept current. It does not make the date contractual — only the sale and purchase agreement does that — but it removes one of the usual arguments.

The price does not. The portal lists a 392 sq ft studio at AED 1,120,888, which is AED 2,859 per square foot. Octa’s page says from AED 1.33M. At 392 sq ft that would be AED 3,393 per square foot — about 19% higher. The gap is smaller than at Flora Isle and easier to explain: Octa’s entry price may be a larger studio, a higher floor or a furnished unit, and the portal may be quoting a launch tranche. But whichever it is, the difference on a studio is roughly AED 209,000, and you should know which number the reservation form will carry.

The payment split is the sharper disagreement. Octa publishes 50/50 on completion. The portal illustrates 20% down, 30% during construction, 50% on handover, plus 4% DLD. On the portal’s studio price, the portal plan asks for AED 224,178 at reservation, AED 336,266 during construction across six instalments, and AED 560,444 at handover. The 50/50 plan asks for two payments of AED 560,444 — AED 336,000 more up front. On a studio at this price that is the difference between a manageable deposit and a second year of saving.

The amenity list is the most modest of the four. Octa lists a gym, changing room, pool, kids’ pool, multipurpose room and kids’ play area; the portal adds 24/7 security surveillance, dining outlets, a fitness centre, parks and leisure areas, a health care centre, restaurants and cafés, retail, a supermarket and a swimming pool. The health care centre is a community facility rather than something in the building, and the retail and supermarket are the masterplan’s, not SOLA’s — which is fine, but it is Wasl Gate you are buying into as much as the building.

What is not published. There are no sizes for the one-, two- and three-bedroom homes, no breakdown of the 260 units by type, no service charge estimate, and no construction progress figure on either page. Nor is it stated whether SOLA residents get the same access to the Central Park and community facilities as buyers in Wasl’s own buildings, or on different terms.

The honest read. Of the four Octa projects we cover, this is the most legible: the dates agree, the product is clear, and the entry price is the lowest of the group. The risks are the ones you would expect from a smaller developer inside a larger masterplan — a price that moves by 19% depending on where you read it, a payment plan with two competing structures, and a service charge nobody has estimated. Wasl Gate itself is a genuinely practical address: metro, park, Expo City and the airport expansion down the road.

Compiled November 2026 from Octa Properties’ own project page (price lead, handover, payment split, residence count, amenity list, developer name) and the listing portal’s project record (starting price, studio size, payment plan, feature tags, project reference). Where the two disagree, both figures are shown. Not a valuation.

Layouts, sizes and price

The portal publishes one priced layout. Octa publishes a starting price with no size attached:

A 392 sq ft studio is small — about 36 sq m — and at AED 2,859 per square foot it is priced like a mainstream new-build in a mid-market district rather than a bargain. The one-bedroom and family units, which are what the family positioning is actually selling, have no published sizes or prices at all, so the entry price tells you very little about the cost of the home most buyers here would want.

Ask for the full schedule and, specifically, for the largest and smallest units of each type. In a 260-home building the spread between a low-floor studio and a park-facing three-bedroom is the difference between two different products sharing a lift lobby.

Price and payment plan

The portal illustrates a 20 / 30 / 50 structure. On its own AED 1,120,888 studio:

Octa’s own page states 50% during construction and 50% on completion, which on the same studio means AED 560,444 before you get the keys and the same again at handover. If that is the real plan, the cash requirement in the first two years is 2.5 times the portal’s illustration. If the portal is right, the construction phase is spread over six instalments. Get the schedule that will be annexed to the sale and purchase agreement, with dates.

Budget AED 1,165,724 to complete on the portal’s studio price including 4% DLD, or AED 1,383,200 on Octa’s starting price, before furniture, agency fees or finance. Check whether any post-handover element exists — neither page mentions one, which for a Q4 2027 completion is unusual in this market and worth confirming.

Amenities

Inside the building: a pool, a kids’ pool, a gym with changing rooms, a multipurpose room and a kids’ play area. The portal’s tags add a fitness centre, parks and leisure areas, 24/7 security surveillance, dining outlets, restaurants and cafés, retail, a supermarket, a health care centre and a swimming pool.

Most of the longer list belongs to Wasl Gate rather than to SOLA — the supermarket, the restaurants and the health care centre are masterplan amenities, and the 82,700 sq m Central Park is the community’s shared asset. That is a good thing for daily life and a bad thing for cost transparency: ask which facilities SOLA residents pay for through their service charge and which are funded separately, and get the per-square-foot estimate in writing.

Where it is

Wasl Gate sits in Jebel Ali on the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor, wrapped around the Energy Metro Station on the Red Line. Our community guide puts the metro a minute away, Festival Plaza and IKEA five minutes, Expo City ten, Al Maktoum International Airport fifteen and Dubai Marina twenty. For anyone working at the port, in the free zone, at Expo City or around the airport, that is one of the more practical addresses in the city.

The Central Park — 82,700 sq m of lawns, play areas and walking routes, open since April 2026 — is the amenity that makes the location work for families, and the reason entry prices here are higher than in the older Jebel Ali stock. Retail is still catching up: the community has local shops and the beginnings of a high street, with a 710 m retail boulevard planned as part of the Boulevard Park phase completing in 2029.

The rental market is a working one rather than a lifestyle one — tenants come from the port, the free zone, Expo City and the airport. That supports steady lets and limits how far rents can run. For resale, the same point applies: you will be competing with the rest of Wasl Gate’s pipeline, including more than 1,200 homes at Boulevard Park alone.

At a glance

• 260 residences, studios to three bedrooms, at Wasl Gate in Jebel Ali.
• Sold by Octa Properties; developer is SOLA Residences Real Estate Development — not Wasl.
• Portal price: 392 sq ft studio at AED 1,120,888 — AED 2,859 per square foot.
• Octa price lead: from AED 1.33M — AED 3,393 per square foot at 392 sq ft, about 19% higher.
• Handover: Q4 2027 on both records — the only one of the four where the dates agree.
• Payment plan: 20/30/50 on the portal, 50/50 on completion from Octa.
• Amenities: pool, kids’ pool, gym, multipurpose room, kids’ play area, plus the Central Park and Wasl Gate retail.
• No sizes for one- to three-bedroom homes, no service charge estimate, no progress figure.
• Metro at the Energy station; Expo City 10 minutes, the airport 15.

What we verify before you reserve

• The unit schedule with sizes and prices for every type, not just the studio.
• Which price is live — AED 1,120,888 or AED 1.33M — and what the difference buys.
• The payment schedule annexed to the sale and purchase agreement, with dates and amounts.
• Whether there is a post-handover element, and on what terms.
• The service charge estimate per square foot, and which masterplan facilities it covers.
• Whether SOLA residents have the same access to the Central Park and community amenities as Wasl’s own buyers.
• The construction report with the consultant’s name and a date.
• Completed projects by SOLA Residences Real Estate Development, and who will manage this building.
• Escrow account, DLD registration and the developer’s name on the sale and purchase agreement.
• Parking allocation and whether the space is titled.