Off-planDubai Hills Estate

Park Lane

Park Lane at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar: 1–3 bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom townhouses with Vida interiors from AED 1.4M, off-plan, handover October 2028.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceAED 1.40M

HandoverOct 2028

StatusOff-plan

CommunityDubai Hills Estate

Overview

Project brief

APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES WITH INTERIORS BY VIDA, BESIDE DUBAI HILLS PARK

Park Lane is a residential development by Emaar within Dubai Hills Estate, the master-planned community built around an 18-hole championship golf course, with Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Hills Park, positioned between Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina via Al Khail Road. Homes are delivered with interiors by Vida.

The development comprises 854 homes: 850 one, two and three-bedroom apartments with vast balconies, together with 4 three-bedroom townhouses. Apartments start from 607 square feet, townhouses extend to 2,602 square feet, and starting prices begin at AED 1.4 million.

Emaar has structured the launch around a construction-linked payment plan — a 10% down payment followed by further instalments tied to construction milestones, with the final payment due on 100% completion, scheduled for October 2028.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Park Lane
Developer	Emaar
Community	Dubai Hills Estate
Type	1–3 Bedroom Apartments & 3 Bedroom Townhouses
Total units	854 (850 apartments, 4 townhouses)
Starting price	From AED 1.4 million
Payment plan	Construction-linked (10% down + 8 instalments)
Expected completion	October 2028

Based on initial launch information, subject to change if there are future releases.

UNIT MIX & STARTING PRICES

Unit type	Size (sq ft)	Starting price (AED)
1-Bedroom	607 – 1,089	1.40M
2-Bedroom	923 – 1,718	2.18M
3-Bedroom	1,523 – 2,203	3.31M
3-Bedroom Townhouse	2,588 – 2,602	5.58M

Sizes and starting prices per the Emaar fact sheet.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

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

DEVELOPER: EMAAR, ONE OF DUBAI'S MOST ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS

Park Lane is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations. Emaar reported revenue of AED 49.6 billion for 2025 and, with a proven delivery track record, has completed over 125,600 residential units across Dubai and other global markets since 2002. Its portfolio includes globally recognised assets such as Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. For investors, this scale and delivery history provide a meaningful measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED GOLF COMMUNITY, MINUTES FROM DUBAI HILLS MALL

Park Lane sits within Dubai Hills Estate, an Emaar master-planned community built around an 18-hole championship golf course, with Dubai Hills Mall and Dubai Hills Park at its centre and Al Khail Road linking it to the wider city. The development has direct access to Dubai Hills Park, sits close to the championship golf course, and is minutes from Dubai Hills Mall. Emaar's published drive times put Downtown Dubai at around 12 minutes, Dubai Marina at 15 minutes, Dubai International Airport at 20 minutes and Al Maktoum International Airport at 25 minutes.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — the construction-linked plan commits limited capital ahead of completion; Dubai Hills Estate has an active resale market in its delivered phases, offering a potential exit 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 — an established, amenity-rich Emaar community with golf, parks, schools and a major mall supports long-let demand; Vida-branded interiors may support short-let positioning. Yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary or second home in a green, master-planned community with direct park access.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — delivery is scheduled for October 2028; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
Location premium — established Emaar communities such as Dubai Hills Estate price at a premium to less mature districts; the entry point should be weighed against that premium and verified on current PSF.
Service charges — master-planned, amenity-rich communities typically carry meaningful service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Dubai Hills Estate has a substantial ongoing delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.

SOURCES

Emaar — Park Lane at Dubai Hills Estate fact sheet and payment plan.
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Hills Estate) — live feed pending.

Payment structure

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Handover Oct 2028

9 instalments as published for this project, totalling 100% of the purchase price. Amounts in AED are calculated from the entry price of AED 1,400,000 stated on this brief and are illustrative only — the sum payable depends on the unit selected and the price agreed.

Cumulative share of purchase price — each block is one instalment

First instalment: 10%Cumulative at final instalment: 100%

Instalment	Share	Cumulative	When due	Amount (AED)
Down payment	10%	10%	Booking · On booking	AED 140,000
1st	10%	20%	May 2024	AED 140,000
2nd	10%	30%	October 2024	AED 140,000
3rd	10%	40%	March 2025	AED 140,000
4th	10%	50%	20% construction · February 2026	AED 140,000
5th	10%	60%	40% construction · October 2026	AED 140,000
6th	10%	70%	60% construction · May 2027	AED 140,000
7th	10%	80%	80% construction · November 2027	AED 140,000
8th (completion)	20%	100%	100% construction · October 2028	AED 280,000
Total	100%			AED 1,400,000

Percentages as published for this project and subject to change by the developer between releases. Amounts shown exclude Dubai Land Department transfer and registration fees, service charges and any other purchase costs, and are not a quotation. Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand of The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Park Lane is in the Dubai Hills Estate area.

Location record

Area: Dubai Hills Estate

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

Emaar

Dubai Hills Estate

Emaar is the developer of this project in Dubai Hills Estate. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Emaar 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 Park Lane 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 Emaar; 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. Emaar gives completion for Park Lane as Oct 2028; off-plan completion dates can move, and the SPA governs the position.

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 Park Lane, 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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