Property guide · Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Aldar Properties as a counterparty
Aldar, the listed Abu Dhabi developer with audited accounts: master developer of Saadiyat, Yas, Al Raha and Reem, and what that means when you buy one home.
- Checked2026-09-08
The company
Listed in Abu Dhabi, with audited accounts
Its accounts are audited and public, which is more than can be checked about most off-plan developers.
Aldar Properties was approved in October 2004 and registered in February 2005, and its shares trade on the Abu Dhabi exchange. It is the master developer of Saadiyat, Yas, Al Raha and Reem, holding a land bank of about 65M m²Aldar.
- 2004Approved as a company
- 2005Registered; shares listed on the Abu Dhabi exchange
- NowMaster developer of Saadiyat, Yas, Al Raha and Reem
Land bank about 65M m²Aldar.
- —Delivery record: none available
There is no dataset of promised against actual handover dates across its projects.
Master developer
One company answers for the whole district
As master developer, Aldar plans and services the whole district and builds on part of it; a plot developer builds one building inside somebody else's plan.
The difference shows up years later, in who is responsible when the promised promenade, school or marina arrives late. On Saadiyat that responsibility sits with one company, which is a risk concentrated rather than a risk removed.
Projects
Aldar projects in Abu Dhabi
Each project page sets out what was announced, where it sits and what Aldar has not published yet.
- Aldar Properties
Aldar's new waterfront district on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi: a marina, beaches and a cycle loop, freehold for foreign buyers, beside the island's museums.
- Abu Dhabi
Aldar's finished beachfront homes on Saadiyat Island: flats, townhouses and penthouses on a promenade with shops and a beach club, minutes from the Louvre.
- Abu Dhabi
Aldar's villas beside a nature reserve on Saadiyat Island: launched in 2022 for UAE nationals only, with a trail, nearby schools and an unconfirmed handover.
- Other projectsAsk about a project
A project of theirs not listed here
Name the project and we send what is registered, what Aldar has published and what it has not, each with its source.
Not published
No record of on-time handovers
Whether Aldar hands over on schedule cannot be checked, because no dataset sets its promised dates against the actual ones.
A delivery record — promised against actual handover dates — is what a buyer most needs to know here, and there is none to cite.
- Delivery record—
no dataset of promised against actual handover dates is available
- Marketing claims—
the company's own descriptions of its projects are left out, since none of them can be checked
Checked 2026-09-08
Sources
Audited accounts, Aldar's own pages, the regulator
Dates and districts come from the audited accounts, the land bank from Aldar itself, and escrow details from ADREC.
- Accounts
Audited annual accounts
Incorporation dates, listing, the districts under master development.
- Developer
Aldar's corporate pages
The land bank figure, with attribution.
- Regulator
ADREC
Where the escrow account of a registered project is published.
- DocumentsGet the documents
The source documents
We send the filings and the regulator's pages, current on the day you ask, with the relevant lines marked.
Questions
Ask about Aldar
Name a project and we send its registration, the terms Aldar has published and what is still missing, each with its source document.