Skyhills Residences 1

About Skyhills Residences 1

Skyhills Residences 1 is the project that established HRE Development as a developer rather than a contractor, and it is unusually well documented for a first launch. Two residential towers at Dubai Science Park, Al Barsha South, holding studios and one, two and three-bedroom apartments — all delivered fully furnished, with smart-home integration built in.

The delivery is the story. HRE handed over in April 2026, six months ahead of the contractual deadline, and marked it with a launch event on site at which the company received the First Real Estate Achievement Medal 2026 from the Arab Union for Construction and Real Estate Development. For a developer three years into selling its own projects, early delivery is the most persuasive document it can produce.

What to weigh. First, what you are buying. There is no primary stock left: this is a completed building, so the transaction is a normal resale — title, service charge history, condition, and a seller’s price. Ask for the service charge history rather than the estimate, and look at the actual furnishing package delivered, not the render.

Second, the product. Fully furnished with smart lighting and climate control is a genuine differentiator in Dubai Science Park, where most stock is unfurnished. It widens the tenant pool to short stays and corporate lets, and it also means the furniture is now six months old and part of the flat’s condition.

Third, the amenity. A beach-style pool and a lazy river in a mid-market Al Barsha South building is unusual, and it is the kind of feature that carries a premium in rent and a cost in service charge. Ask what the pool costs per square foot to run.

Fourth, the comparison. Dubai Science Park now has two HRE buildings, this one delivered and Skyhills Astra under construction; JVC has two more. Compare a resale here against the launch prices at Skyhills 3 from AED 708,000 and Astra from AED 750,000 — and remember that a delivered, furnished flat has no construction risk and a 2027 launch does.

Compiled November 2026 from HRE Development’s Skyhills Residences 1 page (unit types, furnishing and smart-home specification, the two-tower configuration, the April 2026 handover and the award) and from the listing portal’s record (price, handover date, payment plan), which predates delivery.

Homes, sizes and price

HRE publishes the unit mix and the specification but no size schedule. The portal publishes an entry price that reflects the 2023–25 launch market rather than today’s resale.

Because there is no developer price any more, the only useful numbers are the last registered transfers in the building and the current asking rents. Ask for three of each, in the same tower, in the same bedroom count.

The furniture matters to the valuation. A furnished flat in a building where everything was delivered furnished is worth more than an identical shell in a neighbouring tower, but only to a tenant who wants it — and only if the furniture has been maintained. Inspect it.

Price and payment plan

The portal records a 20% booking, 30% construction, 10% handover structure with 40% post-handover — an unusually investor-friendly plan for a 2023 launch, which is part of why the project sold well.

None of that applies to a resale today: you pay the seller, and the only schedule is your own mortgage. It does tell you something about how the building was sold, and it may explain a high proportion of investor-owned units — ask how many flats are owner-occupied and how many are in a short-let pool.

Amenities

HRE publishes a short, specific amenity list: a beach-style pool, a lazy river, wellness spaces, a gym and pedestrian areas, alongside the in-unit smart home kit and floor-to-ceiling glazing.

The lazy river is the talking point and the amenity that distinguishes the building from the rest of Dubai Science Park’s stock. It is also the reason to check the service charge: water features cost money to run and to maintain, and on a delivered building you can see the actual figure instead of a projection.

Dubai Science Park itself is a working business community with laboratories, offices and a growing residential component, which gives the building a tenant base that is not purely lifestyle-driven.

Where it is

Skyhills Residences 1 is in Dubai Science Park, Al Barsha South, on the western side of the city between Al Barsha and DubaiLand. The setting is quiet and business-oriented, and the main roads — Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Al Khail Road and Hessa Street — are close, which is what makes it work for commuters.

The trade-off is that this is a car-first district: there is no metro station at the door and no high street to walk to. In exchange, the rents are materially lower than Al Barsha, JLT or the Marina, and the tenant pool is professionals and small families who work locally or in DubaiLand.

Ask about schools and supermarkets within walking distance, and test the drive to your office at 8am — the Hessa Street and Umm Suqeim Street junctions are the pinch points.

At a glance

• Two residential towers at Dubai Science Park, Al Barsha South.
• Studios to three-bedroom apartments, all delivered fully furnished with smart home systems.
• Handed over April 2026, six months ahead of the contractual deadline.
• Beach-style pool, lazy river, wellness spaces and gym.
• No primary stock left — resale and rental only.
• The portal’s AED 696,000 and Q4 2026 date are historical.
• Awarded the First Real Estate Achievement Medal 2026 at handover.

What we verify before you reserve

• The registered title and the service charge history for the building.
• Condition of the delivered furniture and smart-home systems.
• The actual service charge figure per square foot, not the estimate.
• How many units are owner-occupied, rented long-term or in short-let pools.
• Three recent registered transfers in the same tower and bedroom count.
• Current asking rents for furnished and unfurnished units.
• Parking allocation and visitor parking.
• The drive to work at peak time, and walking distance to shops and schools.