Off-planAl Jaddaf

Binghatti Starlight

Binghatti Starlight at Al Jaddaf by Binghatti: studio, 1 & 2-bedroom apartments in a 25-storey creek-side tower with retail. Off-plan; pricing on request.

DeveloperBinghatti

Entry priceOn request

Handover—

StatusOff-plan

CommunityAl Jaddaf

Overview

Project brief

A RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN AL JADDAF, MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN DUBAI

Binghatti Starlight is a residential tower by Binghatti in the Healthcare City Phase 2 area of Al Jaddaf, a central creek-side district minutes from Downtown Dubai. The development sits within an established Binghatti cluster, in a location that pairs a quieter creek-side setting with direct access to the city's commercial core.

The building rises 25 storeys over three basement levels and holds approximately 511 units — a mix of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, together with one retail unit. Amenities are given as a fitness centre, landscaped gardens and a swimming pool.

A note on sourcing. Every figure on this page is PropSearch's. The Starlight brochure supplied was image-only and yields no extractable text, and no other Binghatti document for this project is held, so nothing below has been verified against a developer document — not the storey count, not the basement levels, not the unit total, not the unit sizes, not the amenities and not the handover date. No source held states a starting price or a payment plan at all. Treat the whole page as indicative and confirm it with the developer before use.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Binghatti Starlight
Developer	Binghatti
Community	Al Jaddaf (Healthcare City Phase 2), Dubai
Type	Studio, 1 & 2-Bedroom Apartments + Retail
Total units	Approximately 511 (per PropSearch)
Storeys	25, over 3 basement levels (per PropSearch)
Starting price	On request (no source held states a price)
Payment plan	On request (no source held publishes a payment plan)
Expected completion	Estimated March 2026 (per PropSearch)

Every figure in this table is PropSearch's; the Binghatti brochure held is image-only and no other developer document for this project is held. Confirm all of it with the developer.

UNIT MIX

Unit type	Size	Number of units	Source
Studio apartment	431 – 451 sq ft	Not published	PropSearch
1-Bedroom apartment	approx. 758 sq ft	Not published	PropSearch
2-Bedroom apartment	approx. 1,372 sq ft	Not published	PropSearch
Retail	Not published	1	PropSearch

Unit types and sizes are PropSearch's and appear in no Binghatti document held; the approximate 511-unit total is likewise PropSearch's. No source held gives per-type unit counts or starting prices, so none are shown. Sizes and prices confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Binghatti Starlight is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Al Jaddaf is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: BINGHATTI, A LEADING PRIVATELY HELD UAE DEVELOPER

Binghatti is an Emirati developer known for a distinctive, sculptural design language and for branded-residence collaborations with BUGATTI, Mercedes-Benz and Jacob & Co. According to Binghatti, it ranks among the UAE's foremost privately held developers, with a portfolio of more than 60 projects valued in excess of AED 40 billion and a delivery record of over 20,000 completed homes. For investors, that scale and an active delivery pipeline provide a measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: AL JADDAF, ON DUBAI CREEK MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN

Al Jaddaf is a central creek-side district with its own Metro station and direct road links across the city. It sits minutes from Downtown Dubai, Business Bay, Dubai Healthcare City and Dubai Creek, combining a quieter creek-side setting with genuine connectivity to the city's commercial and cultural core. Specific drive times were not confirmed from the source supplied for this brief.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — an off-plan tower in an established Binghatti cluster; where a construction-linked plan applies, a buyer commits limited capital ahead of completion, with a potential exit route before handover. Any premium depends on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — a high proportion of studios and one-bedroom homes, minutes from Downtown and the Metro, suits both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a centrally located, design-led home on the edge of Dubai Creek.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — the tower is under development; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
No developer document is held for this project — the Binghatti brochure supplied is image-only and yields no extractable text, and nothing else has been recovered. The storey count, basement levels, ~511-unit total, unit sizes, amenities and the March 2026 handover estimate are all PropSearch's and appear in no Binghatti document held. No source held states a starting price or a payment plan. Confirm the whole set with the developer, and assess the entry point against live Al Jaddaf PSF.
Unit-mix concentration — studios and one-bedroom apartments make up a large share of the building, which can mean a deeper competing supply pool on resale and rental within the same tower.
Service charges — design-led, amenity-rich buildings typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.

PAYMENT PLAN

No source held publishes a payment plan for Starlight. The current plan and starting price are confirmed on request.

SOURCES

Binghatti — Binghatti Starlight project brochure. Image-only: it yields no extractable text and supports no figure on this page. No other Binghatti document for Starlight has been recovered.
PropSearch (propsearch.ae) — Binghatti Starlight listing. Sole source for every figure on this page: the 25 storeys, the 3 basement levels, the approximate 511-unit total, the studio range of 431–451 sq ft, the approximate 758 sq ft one-bedroom and 1,372 sq ft two-bedroom, the single retail unit, the amenity list (fitness centre, landscaped gardens, swimming pool) and the estimated March 2026 handover. Also the source of the Al Jaddaf / Healthcare City Phase 2 location detail. No Binghatti document held states any of it.
Binghatti — corporate profile: portfolio scale (more than 60 projects, in excess of AED 40 billion), delivery record (over 20,000 completed homes) and branded-residence collaborations, as stated in the developer's project brochures. Figures are Binghatti's own; specifics vary between brochures, so the conservative figures are used here.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Al Jaddaf) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Binghatti Starlight is in the Al Jaddaf area.

Location record

Area: Al Jaddaf

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register.

Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Developer

Binghatti

Al Jaddaf

Binghatti is the developer of this project in Al Jaddaf. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Binghatti on this site and the registered sales behind it, not an assessment of the developer.

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Developer attribution as stated on this brief. Counts describe what Mitchell’s Realty publishes and, where shown, sales registered with the Dubai Land Department at those projects; they are not a measure of the developer’s wider portfolio or delivery record.

Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Two different things sit on this page: transaction evidence taken from the Dubai Land Department’s public register, and the mechanics of buying in Dubai. The four notes below explain how the figures were built and what they can fairly be used for.

Registered, not askedEvery Dubai Land Department figure on this page comes from a sale that completed and was entered on the public register. Asking prices, portal listings and developer price lists are excluded: they record what someone hoped for, not what was paid.
Medians, not averagesProject samples are often thin, and a single penthouse or one bulk-discounted floor will pull an average a long way off. The median — the middle transaction — describes the typical unit far more reliably at these sample sizes. The count behind each figure is always shown so you can judge how much weight it deserves.
Sales only“Sales” means arm’s-length sales. Intra-family and other “Gift” transfers are excluded, as are rows registered at zero or nominal consideration, because neither is evidence of a market price.
A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot at the date stated beside them, taken from one extract of the register rather than queried live. A figure for this project quoted elsewhere, or taken from a different extract, may not match what you see here.

Common questions

What does buying off-plan at Binghatti Starlight involve?

Off-plan means contracting with the developer before the building is finished. In outline: you reserve the unit, sign the developer’s Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), and pay in instalments tied to construction milestones rather than in a single sum at the start.

Buyer payments on an off-plan sale in Dubai are made into a project escrow account regulated under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, and are released to the developer against verified construction progress. The developer registers the sale with the Dubai Land Department. The contract is between you and Binghatti; we act as broker, not as principal.

What is the 4% DLD transfer fee, and who pays it?

The Dubai Land Department charges a property registration (transfer) fee of 4% of the price recorded on the contract, plus a fixed administrative charge. That is the rate in force as at July 2026. The statutory position splits the fee between buyer and seller; established market practice in Dubai is that the buyer pays the whole 4%.

Developers sometimes offer to absorb part or all of it on off-plan sales. Treat that as real only where it is written into the sale documents, not where it appears in marketing. Budget separately for the registration trustee charge, the Oqood registration fee on off-plan units, and — if you are borrowing — mortgage registration at 0.25% of the loan amount.

What is an Oqood registration, and is it the same as a title deed?

No. Oqood is the Dubai Land Department’s registration system for property that is not yet complete. When you buy off-plan, the developer lodges the SPA through Oqood, your interest is recorded on the interim property register, and you receive an initial registration certificate.

The title deed is a separate and later document, issued once the project is complete and the unit is formally transferred into your name. An off-plan purchase that is never registered leaves you off that interim register, so ask for evidence of Oqood registration once your first payment has cleared.

Can a non-UAE buyer own a unit outright?

In Dubai’s designated freehold areas, yes. Regulation No. 3 of 2006 sets out the areas in which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title or a long lease; outside those areas ownership is restricted to UAE and GCC nationals. Ownership does not depend on holding UAE residency, and no local partner is required.

Tenure attaches to the plot rather than to a development’s marketing, so confirm what is recorded against the specific unit — freehold or leasehold, and the remaining term if leasehold — before you sign.

What happens at handover?

Once the building is complete and the completion certificate issued, you are called for handover: you inspect the unit (the snagging inspection), the developer addresses the defects listed, you settle the final instalment and any outstanding fees, and the unit is transferred into your name with a title deed issued.

Annual service charges begin at handover. They are levied per square foot at a rate approved by the regulator, so they are a recurring cost rather than a one-off. If you intend to let the unit, allow for the interval between handover and the first tenancy — a vacant unit earns nothing, and gross yield is annual rent measured against the purchase price, before those costs are taken off.

Where do the Dubai Land Department figures on this page come from?

They are drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s public transaction register — sales actually registered against Binghatti Starlight, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. They are a dated extract of the register, not a live query: the extract date is printed with the figures, and everything on this page is calculated from that single extract.

The number of sales behind every figure is shown alongside it. A median drawn from a handful of registrations carries far less weight than one drawn from several hundred, and should be read that way.

Who is Mitchell’s Realty, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand. The RERA-licensed brokerage behind it is The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

On developer off-plan sales the commission is paid by the developer. On resale transactions the brokerage fee is agreed with you in writing before terms are signed. We will confirm how we are paid on any specific transaction before you commit to it.

Please note. The above is general information about how transactions work in Dubai, not legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy. Fee rates, tenure rules and residency requirements change, and your own position may differ. Take your own independent legal and tax advice before you commit to a purchase.

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