Saadiyat Island · Abu Dhabi
Marsa Al Saadiyat
A new marina district by Aldar on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, launched in July 2026. Prices, layouts and the payment plan are not yet published.
- District6.4M m²Media Office
- Shoreline8 kmMedia Office
- Berthsup to 350Media Office
- DeveloperAldar Properties
- Checked2026-09-08
The launch
Marina, beaches and a cycle loop
Announced by the Abu Dhabi Media Office in July 2026 — a government release, and so far the only primary document about the project.
Marsa Al Saadiyat was launched on 22 July 2026. The figures beside this text come from that release unless their mark names another source.
- District6.4M m²Media Office
- Shoreline8 kmMedia Office
- Berthsup to 350Media Office
The qualifier is the release's own: a marina for up to that many, not that many.
- Beaches5.6 kmMedia Office
- Cycle loop46 kmMedia Office
- Residentsover 58,000Media Office
The capacity of the district, not a number of homes.
Not yet published
What Aldar has not published yet
Prices, floor plans, the payment plan and the escrow account are still to come; a price or escrow number quoted today is not Aldar's.
- Sales opening—
the release names a half-year, not a date
- First phase—
no phase has been named yet
- Layouts—
neither the unit mix nor the floor plans are out yet
- Prices—
a figure quoted for this address today is a district average, not its price
- Payment plan—
published with the sales launch, not before
- Project number—
assigned when the project is registered for sale, which has not happened yet
- Escrow account—
opened when the project goes on sale; an escrow number quoted before then is invented
Checked 2026-09-08
Get the next details the day they appear
When Aldar publishes the schedule, the floor plans or the escrow registration, we send them the same day, with the document.
Marsa Al Saadiyat — the project's own site, with the eight-page overview in four languages
Location
Drive times to the Louvre, NYU and airport
Saadiyat is an investment zone, so a foreign buyer holds freehold; the museums, beaches and universities are the island's, not the project's.
The drive to the Louvre Abu Dhabi is about 20 minroad graph on the road network; to NYU Abu Dhabi about 15 minroad graph; to the airport about 35 minroad graph. Each time is computed on the road map on the date in its mark, not taken from marketing.
The developer
Aldar, the listed master developer of Saadiyat
Aldar's accounts are audited and public, but its terms for this project are not yet published — two separate questions.
Aldar Properties is the master developer of Saadiyat, and of Yas, Al Raha and Reem, with a land bank of about 65M m²Aldar. It is listed on the Abu Dhabi exchange, which means its accounts are audited and public — an unusual amount of daylight for an off-plan counterparty.
Sources
A government release, Aldar's page, the regulator
Nothing here comes from a brochure: the figures are the government's, and Aldar's own words are marked as Aldar's.
- Release
Abu Dhabi Media Office, 22 July 2026
The launch announcement: district area, shoreline, marina capacity, beaches, cycle loop, residents, timing.
- Developer
Aldar's project page, assets dated 20 August 2026
Used for the developer's own description of the district, with attribution; never for a figure the release does not state.
- Regulator
ADREC and the Abu Dhabi laws
Investment-zone status, the registration fee, the escrow rules — the regulatory frame the address sits in.
- Computed
Our own measurements
Drive times on the OpenStreetMap road graph and straight-line distances, each with the date it was computed.
- DocumentsGet the documents
The source documents
We send the release and the regulator's pages, current on the day you ask, with the relevant lines marked.
Questions
Ask about Marsa Al Saadiyat
We send what Aldar and the government have published about it, each with its date and document, and tell you which of your questions has no answer yet.