The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand

About The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand

The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand is a G+49 tower being built inside the grounds of the Al Habtoor Grand Resort on Jumeirah Beach, at the Dubai Marina end of the coast. It is a different proposition from Al Habtoor Tower: not 1,740 apartments on Sheikh Zayed Road, but a beachfront building whose residents get direct private beach access and the use of a five-star hotel’s facilities next door.

The product is larger and more varied than the portal suggests. The developer’s schedule runs from two-bedroom apartments of 2,100–2,323 sq ft, through three-bedrooms at 2,844–3,358 sq ft and four-bedrooms at 4,115–4,618 sq ft, to three and four-bedroom townhouses of 4,032–8,418 sq ft and penthouses of the same range. Sea-facing, in every case, according to the developer.

What to weigh. First, what “use of five-star facilities” means in a contract. Access to the resort’s pools, beach, restaurants and spa is the whole point of buying here, and it is also the item most likely to be trimmed later. Ask for the access rights in writing: which facilities, on what terms, for how many guests, and what happens if the hotel changes operator or brand.

Second, the price per square foot. At roughly AED 5,000 per square foot this is priced as prime beachfront, well above the Dubai Marina average and above most of what is being built on the JBR stretch. That may be right — private beach frontage inside an operating resort is genuinely scarce — but you should be able to name what you are paying it for, and compare it with a sea-view apartment a few hundred metres inland.

Third, the delivery date. The developer says March 2027, which is soon for a building at this stage; the portal says Q4 2027. Ask for the construction percentage and the contractor’s programme, and check what the sale and purchase agreement says about delay.

Fourth, the operating model. A tower inside a resort will have hotel-grade staffing and a corresponding service charge. Ask for the estimate, what it covers, and whether residents share in the hotel’s costs or pay a separate residential charge. On a 4,000 sq ft townhouse, a small difference per square foot is a large annual number.

Fifth, the location’s trade-offs. This is the busiest, most built-up stretch of the Dubai coast — the beach, The Walk at JBR and Dubai Marina are all close, which is exactly why people pay. The compensation is that everything is on foot once you are there.

Compiled November 2026 from Al Habtoor Real Estate’s The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand page, factsheet and payment plan (G+49, unit schedule, March 2027 handover, 60/40 plan with instalment dates, amenity list and drive times), the Al Habtoor Group’s real-estate and about pages (developer entity and resort context) and the listing portal’s record (entry price, unit size, handover date and payment plan).

Homes, sizes and price

The developer publishes a full size schedule by type — apartments, townhouses and penthouses — which is unusually detailed for a Dubai launch. Prices are not published beyond the portal’s entry point.

At AED 10,522,000 for 2,101 sq ft the entry price is about AED 5,000 per square foot. That is a beachfront number, and the comparison that matters is not with Dubai Marina apartments a few streets back but with other private-beach buildings on the JBR and Marina frontage.

The townhouses are the unusual product: 4,032 to 8,418 sq ft on the beach, which in this district competes with villas rather than apartments. At the top of that range you are buying a house, and should compare it with Palm Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bay Island stock as well.

Ask for the floor and the elevation of any apartment you are shown. In a G+49 tower on the beach, a low floor with the resort podium in front and a high floor with an open sea view are two different products sold on the same size schedule.

Price and payment plan

The developer publishes the schedule in full, with dates rather than just percentages: 10% on reservation plus 4% DLD and a AED 5,000 admin fee, a further 10% within 30 days, then eight 5% instalments at three-month intervals from month 3 to month 21, and 40% on completion — a 60/40 structure.

On the entry price, the 40% at completion is roughly AED 4.2 million in one payment. That is the number to plan around, not the reservation amount.

The published dates assume a March 2027 completion. If delivery moves, the 40% moves with it — and the eight instalments may or may not. Ask for the completion and payment mechanism, and the delay provisions, in the sale and purchase agreement.

Amenities

The list is built around the beach: direct access to a private beach, a rooftop infinity pool, gymnasium, kids play area, steam, sauna, jacuzzi and spa, an outdoor tennis court, multiple restaurants and bars, and use of the five-star hotel facilities next door.

Private beach access is the amenity that cannot be replicated inland, and in this part of Dubai it is increasingly rare for a new tower to have it directly rather than across a road. The rooftop infinity pool is the second: sea on one side, the Marina skyline on the other.

Building services: high-speed lifts, valet and secured parking, and 24-hour security with CCTV. The valet is a small thing that signals the operating model — this is a building run like a hotel, and it will be charged like one.

The question to press on is the hotel access. Ask exactly which facilities are included, whether they are contractual or discretionary, whether they extend to guests, and what the service charge covers. “Use of 5-star facilities” is a marketing line until it is written into the sale and purchase agreement or a separate access agreement.

Where it is

The Residences, Al Habtoor Grand is on Jumeirah Beach at the Dubai Marina end of the coast, inside the grounds of the Al Habtoor Grand Resort. The developer’s own drive times: The Walk at JBR 10 minutes, Dubai Harbour 10, Dubai Marina 12, Palm Jumeirah 15, Burj Al Arab 20, Bluewaters 20, Dubai Mall 25, the airport 30 and Abu Dhabi 57.

In practice this is one of the few Dubai addresses where the beach, the restaurants and the marina are genuinely walkable. JBR’s The Walk, the Marina promenade and Dubai Harbour are all close, and the tram and metro connect the district to the rest of the city.

The trade-off is density and traffic. This is the most intensively developed stretch of the Dubai coastline, with new towers going up along the Marina and Dubai Harbour, and the roads around it are slow at peak times. Ask what is being built on either side of the plot and how the beach frontage is shared with the resort’s guests.

At a glance

• G+49 beachfront tower inside the Al Habtoor Grand Resort, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai Marina.
• 2–4 bedroom apartments, 3–4 bedroom townhouses and penthouses.
• Apartments from 2,101 sq ft; townhouses and penthouses up to 8,418 sq ft.
• Portal-listed from AED 10,522,000 — about AED 5,000 per square foot.
• Private beach access, rooftop infinity pool, tennis, spa and use of hotel facilities.
• Handover March 2027 per the developer; the portal says Q4 2027.
• 60/40 plan: 10% + DLD at reservation, 10% at 30 days, eight 5% instalments, 40% at completion.

What we verify before you reserve

• The beach access and hotel-facility rights, in writing and in the contract.
• The service charge estimate per square foot, and whether hotel costs are shared.
• The construction percentage and the handover date in the sale and purchase agreement.
• The penalty and payment mechanism if completion moves.
• The unit schedule for your floor and elevation, and the sea view it actually has.
• What is being built on the adjacent plots, and how the beach frontage is divided.
• Parking allocation and whether valet is included or charged.
• The escrow account and project registration number.
• Comparable beachfront prices per square foot on JBR, the Marina and Palm Jumeirah.
• Whether short-term letting is permitted inside a resort-run building.