Property guide · Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Palm Jebel Ali by Nakheel: the island and its villas
Nakheel's new palm island, twice the size of Palm Jumeirah: Beach and Coral Collection villas, the approved master plan, and how far construction has got.
- Dubai International Airport (DXB)about 74 minroad graph
- Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)about 38 minroad graph
- Checked2026-09-12
Getting around
Closer to Al Maktoum than to DXB
Times run from the centre of the island, so a villa on an outer frond will differ; the nearest metro is Danube station, and every time is for a clear road.
- Dubai International Airport (DXB)about 74 minroad graph
46.7 kmstraight line in a straight line.
- Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)about 38 minroad graph
21.4 kmstraight line in a straight line.
- Downtown Dubai (Burj Khalifa)about 46 minroad graph
35.6 kmstraight line in a straight line.
- Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)about 47 minroad graph
37.3 kmstraight line in a straight line.
- Dubai Marinaabout 34 minroad graph
16.7 kmstraight line in a straight line.
- Metro: Danubeabout 27 minroad graph
10.7 kmstraight line in a straight line.
The island
Approved in 2023, now under construction
The approved plan fixes the island's size, shoreline, capacity and energy target, and Nakheel publishes construction progress frond by frond, its own figures beside the regulator's.
Nakheel is the master developer, so one company answers for the fronds, the roads and the promises between them. The release of 31 May 2023 calls this a new master plan; the earlier reclamation and standstill are widely told, but no dated first-hand document for either was found.
Nakheel's own inspection of 10 March 2026 puts the island at 26.75%Nakheel complete, and beside it the developer prints the regulator's inspection of 27 January 2026, which gives a lower figure on every frond but one. For a buyer asking when it will be finished, those two dated percentages are the best answer there is.
Behind the percentage are contracts rather than adjectives. In April 2026 the developer awarded over AED 3.5bnNakheel of building contracts covering 544Nakheel villas, and in June 2025 over AED 750MNakheel for infrastructure. A building contract is a commitment to build, not a specification of what is for sale, and the villa count inside one says nothing about how many the island will hold.
- Island13.4 km²
The Dubai Media Office release of 31 May 2023, in its own unit.
- Shoreline addedabout 110 kmMedia Office
- Planned for, familiesabout 35,000Media Office
The approved capacity of the island, not a count of homes for sale.
- Hotels and resortsover 80Media Office
- Renewable energyabout 30%Media Office
Stated in the approval release as a target for the island, not as a share anybody has measured.
- Against Palm JumeirahTwice the size
The comparison is the government release's own, on 31 May 2023.
- City planInside the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan
On the same release.
- OwnershipSet by Regulation 3 of 2006
Regulation 3 of 2006 lists the areas of Dubai where a buyer of any nationality holds freehold; this island's entry in it has not been checked yet.
Prices
Villa prices by frond, collection and size
Nakheel's launches are real and dated but carry no published price, so a price here is for a specific villa — its frond, collection and size — on the day it is asked.
Name the frond, the collection and the size, and we send what is asked for that villa today, with the payment schedule and the date it was read.
- On the developer's pagesNo asking price printed
Neither the project page nor the construction page gives a figure; a payment plan is offered as a download on one sub-project's page and has not been checked.
- On requestUnsold villas by frond, collection and size
What is unsold, its asking price and its payment schedule come through the brokerage, each with the day it was read.
- EstimatesNone
No price here is an area multiplied by a rate.
- Frond D villas, registered salesnot published
The Land Department registers these sales as land, not as villas, so they fall outside the homes a registered-price median here counts; a price per square metre of land is not a price per square metre of a home.
- Frond E villas, registered salesnot published
The Land Department registers these sales as land, not as villas, so they fall outside the homes a registered-price median here counts; a price per square metre of land is not a price per square metre of a home.
New launches
Beach Collection, Coral Collection and Palm Central
Nakheel names the Beach Collection and the Coral Collection, with bedroom counts and floor areas that differ between two of its own releases, and Palm Central Private Residences at the middle of the island, with ten villa designs from WATG, SAOTA, Whitespace Architects, NAGA Architects, LOCI and LW Design Group.
- Other projectsAsk about a project
A project not listed here
Name a frond or a collection and we send what is registered against it and what the developer publishes for it today, with the date on each line.
Sources
The Media Office, Nakheel's releases and progress page
One government release for the large figures, Nakheel's dated releases for the villas and the contracts, its progress page for the percentage, and drive times measured on the road network.
- Government
Dubai Media Office, 31 May 2023
The approval of the master plan by the Ruler of Dubai, and every large figure on this page: the area, the shoreline, the capacity, the hotels and the energy target.
- Developer
Nakheel's press releases, 2025 and 2026
The two villa collections, the architecture practices, the building and infrastructure contracts, and the words used about the first handovers.
- Developer
Nakheel's construction-progress page, read 12 September 2026
The overall percentage from its own inspection of 10 March 2026, printed beside the regulator's inspection of 27 January 2026.
- Computed
Drive times
Measured on the OpenStreetMap road graph, dated beside each figure.
- DocumentsGet the documents
The source documents
We send the release, Nakheel's own releases and the progress page, with the lines used here marked.
Questions
Ask about a villa on Palm Jebel Ali
Tell us the frond, the collection and the size, and we send what is unsold, its asking price and how the payments fall, each with the day it was read.