South Garden
From AED 550,000 (portal-listed)
Developers / Wasl Properties
Developer profile · Dubai
Wasl Properties: Dubai’s biggest landlord, now selling off-plan
Seventy thousand rented units, 37 hotels, three golf clubs and 23 master developments — and a sales arm that publishes almost no prices. Seven projects here, from AED 550,000 studios in Jebel Ali to AED 5.6 million townhouses at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Founded2008, by Dubai Real Estate Corporation
Portfolio70,000+ units across 1,343 buildings
Communities23 master developments
Hotels37 hotels, c. 9,000 rooms
GolfEmirates, Dubai Creek, JGE
Here7 projects, AED 550,000 to AED 5.6m
About Wasl Properties
Wasl Properties is the largest landlord in Dubai that most buyers have never bought from. Formed in 2008 as the asset management arm of Dubai Real Estate Corporation, it holds more than 70,000 residential and commercial units across 1,343 buildings, 23 master developments and roughly 5,970 land plots, along with 37 hotels and around 9,000 rooms, 14 community malls, 380 restaurants and three golf clubs — Emirates, Dubai Creek and Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Read that list again and the character of the company becomes clear. Wasl is not a launch machine. It is a state-linked asset manager that built its balance sheet by renting apartments, running hotels and operating golf courses, and it came to off-plan sales late and cautiously. Where Emaar sells a skyline and Damac sells a brand, Wasl sells a lease and a park.
That has real advantages for a buyer. The communities it sells into are mostly already inhabited — Wasl Gate’s early clusters are handed over and its Central Park opened in April 2026, Jumeirah Golf Estates has been lived in for years, and Wasl 1 is a district rather than a render. Because the same organisation will still own the neighbouring buildings and the retail after you buy, it has an interest in the neighbourhood working, which is not always true of a developer that sells out and moves on.
It also has disadvantages, and they are the ones to plan around. Wasl publishes almost nothing about price. There is no price list, no unit schedule and no payment plan for any of the seven projects on this site; the plans that appear on these pages come from the listing portal, and where Wasl does publish one — the 40% construction, 60% handover structure at Hillside — it disagrees with the portal. Every price you see here is therefore labelled portal-listed, and every one should be confirmed against a written quotation before you rely on it.
The portfolio itself is split across four very different markets. Wasl Gate in Jebel Ali is the volume play: flats from AED 550,000, a metro station at the gate and a fifteen-minute drive to Al Maktoum International. Wasl 1 in Al Kifaf is the central-city play, next to Zabeel Park. Business Bay carries One B Tower, the company’s most architectural address. And Jumeirah Golf Estates is the villa and townhouse business, where the entry price is five times higher and the buyer is a family rather than an investor.
One project deserves its own paragraph. One B Tower is being built as an AED 800 million endowment tower under the 1 Billion Meals Endowment launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2023 — Dubai’s tallest endowment building, designed to generate income for a permanent food-security fund. It is a genuine statement project, and it also means the asset has a philanthropic mandate that will shape how it is managed long after the last unit is sold.
The company is also still expanding its rental book. In 2026 it signed a memorandum with the Roads and Transport Authority and Dubai Municipality aimed at roughly doubling an affordable leasehold portfolio of around 45,000 units, which tells you where management attention is likely to sit. For a buyer, the practical conclusion is simple: treat Wasl as a solid, well-capitalised counterparty with an unusual amount of neighbourhood control, and insist on the unit-level documents — schedule, plan, service charge, escrow — that it does not publish.
Wasl Properties projects
Seven projects, each with its own page: what the developer publishes, what the portal records, and where the two disagree.
Hillside Residences 3
From AED 3,596,000 (portal-listed)
Boulevard Park
From AED 900,000 (portal-listed)
Avenue Park Towers
From AED 1,180,000 (portal-listed)
One B Tower
From AED 1,600,000 (portal-listed)
Pinewood Village
From AED 5,600,000 (portal-listed)
Ashwood Estates
From AED 2,966,000 (portal-listed)
For the districts themselves — the park, the metro, the parkway and what is still being built — see the Wasl Gate community guide and, for the golf estate, the Jumeirah Golf Estates guide. Every price here is portal-listed because Wasl publishes no price list for any of these projects; ask us for the current unit schedule rather than working from a headline.
What distinguishes Wasl Properties
It is a landlord that learned to sell
Wasl has rented apartments in Dubai for nearly two decades; selling them off-plan is the newer business. That history shows in the product — practical layouts, working buildings, parks that get maintained — and in the sales process, which is less polished than a listed competitor’s and gives you far less documentation up front.
It does not publish prices
No price list, no unit schedule and no payment plan for any of the seven projects here. The prices on these pages come from the listing portal and are labelled as such. Where Wasl does publish a plan — 40/60 at Hillside — it differs from the portal’s record. Expect to ask twice and to get it in writing.
The amenity is owned, not promised
The Central Park at Wasl Gate, the two championship courses at Jumeirah Golf Estates, the clubhouses and the marinas are Wasl’s own operations, run through its Dubai Golf and hospitality divisions. When a developer operates the amenity it sells, the amenity tends to get finished.
Four markets, one seller
AED 550,000 studios in Jebel Ali and AED 5.6 million homes in Jumeirah Golf Estates come from the same company and have nothing else in common. Decide which market you are in before comparing projects; the per-square-foot numbers are not transferable.
A state-linked balance sheet, with a state-linked agenda
Wasl is owned through Dubai Real Estate Corporation, and its 2026 commitment to roughly double an affordable leasehold portfolio of about 45,000 units is a policy objective as much as a commercial one. That is a strength for delivery and a caution for anyone expecting the company to chase a luxury segment.
Buying a Wasl Properties property: what to check
Wasl does not make research easy. The company is easy to understand; the unit is what needs work.
The written quotation: unit number, floor, view, size and price — Wasl publishes none of this.
The payment plan as written in the sale and purchase agreement, not as described in a call.
The service charge estimate per square foot, itemised, including any park or community contribution.
The escrow account and the DLD project registration number for your specific building.
The construction update for that cluster or tower, not the group’s overall delivery headline.
Which surrounding plots, retail and schools are complete, under construction or still drawn.
Whether the view you are paying for is contractual — particularly on Sheikh Zayed Road.
Golf membership terms, if they are being offered as an incentive: which club, what type, how long, transferable or not.
Recent registered transfers and lets in the same building or cluster.
The delay clause, and how completion is defined in the agreement.
Wasl Properties frequently asked questions
Who is Wasl Properties?
Wasl Properties is Dubai’s largest landlord, established in 2008 as the asset management arm of Dubai Real Estate Corporation. It holds more than 70,000 residential and commercial units across 1,343 buildings, 23 master developments, 37 hotels, 14 community malls and three golf clubs.
What has Wasl built?
Its best-known communities are Wasl Gate in Jebel Ali, Wasl 1 in Al Kifaf, and its hotels and golf clubs including Emirates Golf Club, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club and Jumeirah Golf Estates, which it also manages. Current for-sale projects include South Garden, Hillside Residences 3, Boulevard Park, Avenue Park Towers, One B Tower, Pinewood Village and Ashwood Estates.
How big is Wasl?
It reports more than 70,000 residential and commercial units, 1,343 buildings, 23 master developments, 5,970 land plots, 37 hotels with around 9,000 rooms, 14 community malls and 380 restaurants, plus three golf clubs under its Dubai Golf division.
Is Wasl a safe developer to buy from?
It is a government-linked asset manager with a two-decade operating record and a very large rental book, which makes it one of the more solid counterparties in Dubai. The risk is not solvency but information: Wasl publishes no price lists or payment plans for its for-sale projects, so the due diligence burden sits with you. Ask for the SPA, the escrow details and the service charge in writing.
Where does Wasl build?
Principally at Wasl Gate in Jebel Ali, Wasl 1 in Al Kifaf, on Sheikh Zayed Road in Business Bay, and at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubailand, alongside its hotel and golf portfolio across the city.
How much do Wasl homes cost?
In this portfolio, from AED 550,000 for a studio at South Garden to AED 5.6 million for a townhouse at Pinewood Village, with most apartments between AED 900,000 and AED 1.8 million. Every price on this site is portal-listed and labelled, because Wasl publishes none.
What payment plans does Wasl offer?
The company publishes a 40% construction, 60% handover plan at Hillside Residences and nothing at all for the other six projects. The listing portal records 10/50/40 at South Garden and Boulevard Park, 20/40/40 at Avenue Park Towers, 5/35/60 at One B Tower, 10/70/20 at Pinewood and no plan at Ashwood. Confirm the schedule in the sale and purchase agreement.
What is the One B Tower endowment?
One B Tower is being built as an AED 800 million endowment tower under the 1 Billion Meals Endowment launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2023. It is described as Dubai’s tallest endowment building, designed to generate income for a permanent food-security fund rather than to maximise developer margin.
Is Dubai freehold for foreign buyers in Wasl’s communities?
Wasl Gate in Jebel Ali, Wasl 1 in Al Kifaf, Business Bay and Jumeirah Golf Estates are designated freehold areas where foreign buyers can own property. Confirm the title structure and registration route with the developer and the Dubai Land Department for the specific unit.
Considering a Wasl Properties property?
Tell us which project and budget. We will send the current unit list, the payment schedule as written in the SPA, the estimated service charge, the construction update for that building, and our honest read on the numbers.
Sources and verification. Unit types, layouts, amenity lists, drive times, the Wasl Gate masterplan and Central Park, the One B Tower endowment mandate and the 40/60 plan at Hillside were taken from Wasl’s own project and community pages; group figures — 70,000 units, 1,343 buildings, 23 master developments, 37 hotels, 14 community malls, three golf clubs — from company information and press coverage of the group; the 2026 memorandum on the affordable leasehold portfolio from coverage of the RTA, Dubai Municipality and Wasl agreement. Prices, handover dates, unit counts and portal payment plans come from the listing portal’s project records and are labelled portal-listed throughout. Committed to publication: Wasl publishes no price list or payment schedule for any for-sale project here; South Garden completes in December 2027 on the portal and 2028 on the developer’s community page; the portal records Hillside as 1–4 bedroom plus sky villas while the developer publishes 1–3 bedroom apartments and 2 and 3-bedroom duplexes across 20 layouts, with a 40/60 plan the portal does not show; Avenue Park Towers is in Al Kifaf and Zabeel on the developer’s page and Al Wasl on the portal; Pinewood Village and Pinewood Estate Homes are the same asset under two names; and the portal’s AED 2.966 million entry for Ashwood Estates sits oddly against its own AED 5.6 million record for townhouses on the same golf estate. Nothing here is a valuation or a promise of return.