Taiyo Residences

About Taiyo Residences

Wasl Gate is a master community on the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor at Jebel Ali, built by Wasl and best known for being genuinely connected: the Energy metro station is at the gate, Ibn Battuta mall is a short drive, and the road takes you to Dubai Marina in about fifteen minutes. LMD’s Taiyo Residences is one of the residential buildings inside it, and it is the cheapest way into the developer’s Dubai portfolio.

The product is unashamedly entry-level: studios from around 377 sq ft and up, one, two and three-bedroom apartments, with the largest units at roughly 1,376 sq ft. Prices start below AED 600,000, which in a metro-connected community just over the road from Dubai Marina is the whole pitch.

What to weigh. First, work out which release you are being sold. LMD sells Taiyo in phases, including a later release marketed as The Collection at Taiyo with its own starting price, and brokers quote completion as either Q1 2028 or Q4 2027 depending on which one they are referencing. Ask for the specific unit, floor and building phase in writing before comparing prices.

Second, the payment plan. Brokers describe it as 20% at booking, 30% during construction and the balance over up to two years after handover — which is a post-handover plan, not a conventional 60/40, and the distinction matters enormously if you are relying on rental income. Ask for the schedule in the sale and purchase agreement and check the percentage that falls due after key handover, not before.

Third, the yield arithmetic. A studio at the bottom of this range let at Jebel Ali rents will produce a gross figure that looks attractive against a sub-AED 600,000 price, but the service charge in a master community with a shared pool and gym is not trivial, and the building will be competing with a lot of other studios in Wasl Gate and Discovery Gardens. Ask for the service charge per square foot and for three current rental comparables in the same community.

Fourth, location within the community. Wasl Gate is large, and buildings within it differ on distance to the metro, the retail centre and the road. On an entry-price unit, the position of the building is often worth more than the floor.

Compiled November 2026 from broker and launch-partner listings for Taiyo Residences, LMD’s published Dubai project statements, and Wasl Gate community information. LMD has no Dubai project website and publishes no price list; the listing portal carries no listing. Prices, sizes, plans and dates are broker-quoted and labelled as such, and the two published completion dates are flagged on this page.

Homes, sizes and price

The published range is studios through to three-bedroom apartments, from about 377 sq ft to 1,376 sq ft. Brokers quote the studio at roughly 35 sq m (about 377 sq ft), with one, two and three-bedroom units up to the top of that range.

At AED 585,000 for a 377 sq ft studio the rate is about AED 1,550 per square foot, which is entry-level for a metro-connected Dubai address. The larger units price differently — ask for the rate per square foot by type rather than assuming the studio rate holds across the building, because on this sort of product it usually falls as the units get bigger.

Ask, too, about the difference between the standard Taiyo releases and The Collection at Taiyo, which is marketed separately with its own starting price and unit schedule. They may be the same building phasing or different plates entirely; the broker’s brochure should say, and if it does not, treat that as the first question.

Price and payment plan

Brokers describe a 20% booking payment, 30% during construction and the balance settled after handover over up to two years. That is a very different structure from the 60/40 plans common on Dubai launches, and it changes who the buyer should be: it is easier for someone buying to let, and harder to model if you need the developer’s money out of the deal early.

Two points to pin down. First, the exact number of post-handover instalments and whether they carry a charge — post-handover plans sometimes do, and it is rarely in the headline. Second, whether the plan is developer-funded or arranged through a bank partner; if it is the latter, the approval is part of the timeline.

On a sub-AED 600,000 studio, a 20% booking payment is around AED 117,000 — genuinely accessible. The discipline is to model the post-handover balance alongside the service charge and any rent guarantee assumptions, because that is where entry-level investors usually discover the plan was not as light as it looked.

Amenities

Taiyo is a building inside a master community, so the amenity question has two halves: what the building has, and what Wasl Gate provides.

• Shared pool and gymnasium in the building (confirm the current schedule with LMD).
• Wasl Gate community retail, including supermarkets and restaurants at the entrance.
• Energy metro station at the gate of the community.
• Landscaped community areas and walking routes.
• Ibn Battuta Mall within a short drive.

LMD has not published a detailed amenity schedule for the building, and at this price point it is worth checking exactly what is included rather than assuming a full package. Ask whether the pool and gym belong to Taiyo or to the wider community, because that decides whether their cost sits in your service charge or in a separate community levy.

Where it is

Wasl Gate sits on the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor at Jebel Ali First, between Dubai Marina and Ibn Battuta, with the Energy metro station on the community’s doorstep. That combination — a Red Line station, a major road and a mall nearby — is the reason the area works for tenants who commute into the Marina, JLT or the Media City cluster.

The trade is that this is a peripheral address in market terms: rents and prices are lower than the Marina because the address is Jebel Ali, not because the buildings are worse. For a buyer that is the point — you are buying the location’s discount, and you are betting that the corridor closes some of the gap as the Expo and Dubai South development continues.

Practically, check the walk to the metro from the specific building rather than from the community gate. Wasl Gate is large enough that “metro at the gate” can mean a ten-minute walk or a two-minute one depending on the plot.

At a glance

• Studios to three-bedroom apartments by LMD inside Wasl Gate, Jebel Ali.
• Broker-quoted from AED 585,000 for a studio of about 377 sq ft.
• Completion listed as Q1 2028 by some brokers and Q4 2027 by others — confirm the phase.
• Payment plan quoted as 20% booking, 30% construction and the balance post-handover over up to two years.
• Energy metro station at the community gate; Ibn Battuta Mall nearby.
• No published price list and no portal listing for the project.

What we verify before you reserve

• Which release and phase the unit is in — Taiyo or The Collection at Taiyo.
• The completion date in the sale and purchase agreement, not the brochure.
• The post-handover schedule: number of instalments and any charge attached.
• Service charge per square foot, and whether the pool and gym are building or community amenities.
• Three current rental comparables in Wasl Gate and Discovery Gardens.
• The unit’s registered BUA and balcony area.
• The escrow account and project registration with the Dubai Land Department.
• Freehold status and the registration route for foreign buyers.