Overview
DAMAC Hills 2 is a large master community in Dubailand, off Al Qudra Road, launched as Akoya Oxygen and later renamed. It is developed by DAMAC Properties, which is also the master developer: much of the community is built and occupied while DAMAC keeps releasing new clusters inside the same master plan, from the ELO apartment buildings to the Violet townhouses and the villa lines.
Key facts
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
- Location
- Dubailand, off Al Qudra Road (D63); formerly Akoya Oxygen, Dubai
- Unit types
- Apartments, hotel apartments, townhouses and villas, 1-2 BR apartments, 4 BR townhouses, 3 BR townhouses
- Prices from
- 1,372,000 AED
- Areas from
- 527 sq ft (49 sqm)
- Handover
- ELO 3: Q3 2027 (project header and FAQ); the 2BR unit card on the same page shows Q4 2028. Violet 4: Q3 2027; Natura: Q2 2026
- Community size
- 55 million sq ft; 14,044 villas and townhouses; 2,120 residential apartments; 2,127 hotel rooms and hotel apartments
- Phases on sale
- Violet 4, ELO 3, ELO 2, ELO, Verona - DAMAC Hills 2, Eterno Prestige Villas at DAMAC Hills 2, Prestige Villas at DAMAC Hills 2, Privilege Villas at DAMAC Hills 2, Premier Villas at DAMAC Hills 2
Already a real place
Thousands of homes are delivered and occupied, so you can walk the streets, judge the finish yourself and check what neighbours actually pay in rent before you buy.
Amenity-led master plan
Malibu Beach and its wave pool, a lazy river, a fishing lake, a zen garden, a paintball park and sports fields all sit inside the gates.
Apartments in a villa town
The ELO buildings put 1 and 2 bedroom apartments inside a townhouse and villa community, with published prices from AED 1,372,000.
Status
Established community with off-plan releases selling; ELO 3 apartments priced and on sale, Violet 4 / Natura / Camelia / Verona priced on request
Location
DAMAC Hills 2 sits at the outer edge of Dubailand, off Al Qudra Road near the Jebel Ali–Lehbab road, further from the city than almost any other DAMAC community. The developer's own figures put Jebel Ali School – DAMAC Hills and the Radisson hotel at 10 minutes, and First Avenue Mall in Motor City and Aster Medical Centre at 15. Mall of the Emirates and Al Maktoum International Airport are both 30 minutes away and Dubai International Airport 35, and different DAMAC project pages quote longer times than that for the same trip. There is no metro out here and one main road corridor in and out, so peak-hour traffic is the real commute, not the published minutes.
- Radisson Dubai DAMAC Hills10 min
- Jebel Ali School – DAMAC Hills10 min
- First Avenue Mall – Motor City15 min
- Aster Medical Centre15 min
- Al Maktoum International Airport30 min
- Mall of the Emirates30 min
- Dubai International Airport35 min
About the developer
DAMAC Properties was formed in 2002 as the property development division of the DAMAC Group of Companies. It reports 50,000+ units delivered, 54,000+ units in progress and planning, and 100+ million sq ft of project area in planning and progress.
DAMAC Hills 2 is the company's largest community by unit count: 14,044 villas and townhouses, 2,120 apartments and 2,127 hotel rooms and hotel apartments in one master plan. It is also the clearest place to audit the developer, because a big part of it is finished and lived in rather than drawn: the roads, the landscaping and the amenities can be inspected before you sign. Buyers come here for the lowest entry price in the DAMAC portfolio and for instalment plans that suit salaried households, and they accept the distance in exchange.
Why this project
- The apartment releases carry published prices — ELO 3 from AED 1,372,000, ELO 2 from AED 1,374,000 and ELO from AED 1,397,000 — so you can compare three releases of the same product before you call anyone.
- DAMAC shows the same 1% plan on both the ELO 3 and Violet 4 pages, which keeps the monthly outlay small while the home is being built.
- You are not buying into an empty map: with 14,044 villas and townhouses planned and a large part already handed over, the shops, schools runs and services around you are in use today.
- The amenity list is unusually long for this price level: Malibu Beach and its wave pool, a lazy river, a fishing lake, a floating cinema, a zen garden, a paintball park and tennis, padel, volleyball and football fields.
- Apartments, hotel apartments, townhouses and villas sit in one master plan, so the community serves a first purchase and an upgrade without a move to another area.
Master plan & phases
The master plan covers 55 million sq ft and is planned for 14,044 villas and townhouses, 2,120 residential apartments and 2,127 hotel rooms and hotel apartments, arranged as named clusters around a central amenity spine. What the developer lists as bookable today is Violet 4, the ELO, ELO 2 and ELO 3 apartment buildings, Verona, and four villa lines — Eterno Prestige, Prestige, Privilege and Premier. Only the ELO buildings carry a printed price; the townhouse and villa clusters are shown as price on request. Older clusters such as Natura and Camelia Villas still have project pages but no longer appear on the community list, which is usually a sign that their inventory is finished or held back.
Unit types, areas & starting prices
| Unit types | Areas from | Prices from |
|---|---|---|
| 2BR apartment — ELO 3 | 829 sq ft (77 sqm) | From 1,372,000 AED |
Indicative, from public listings, not published by the developer
Published prices
- 2BR apartment — ELO 2From 1,374,000 AED
- 2BR apartment — ELOFrom 1,397,000 AED
Published areas
- 1BR apartment — ELO 3527 sq ft (49 sqm)
Indicative, from public listings, not published by the developer
The published prices belong to the ELO apartment buildings; Violet 4, Verona and the Prestige, Privilege and Premier villa lines are all price on request, and the apartment areas shown come from a property portal because the developer publishes maximum sizes only.
Payment plan
1% (ELO 3; Violet 4 shows the same 1% plan)
The 1% is the monthly instalment shown on the ELO 3 and Violet 4 pages; the booking amount and the share due at handover are not published, so ask for the full schedule in writing for the exact release you are buying.
The honest drawbacks
What may not suit you, before you book, with the other side of each point.
This is the furthest-out DAMAC community. On the developer's own numbers Dubai International Airport is 35 minutes and Mall of the Emirates 30, with one main corridor on Al Qudra Road carrying everyone in and out, and no metro anywhere near. A daily commute to Downtown or DIFC is a long, traffic-dependent drive.
CounterweightThe distance is exactly what buys the price and the plot: this is the cheapest entry into a DAMAC master community. Al Maktoum International Airport is 30 minutes, and for anyone working in the southern half of the city, or working from home, the commute argument mostly disappears.
A large delivered pool competes with the new launches. Thousands of villas and townhouses here are already handed over and many are listed for resale or rent, so a new cluster is sold next to ready homes in the same community.
CounterweightThat competition is also information you can use: the resale and rental history of the same layouts is public, so you can price a new unit against what delivered stock actually achieves instead of guessing from a render.
The handover date is not one date. On the ELO 3 page the header and the FAQ say Q3 2027 while the 2 bedroom unit card on the same page says Q4 2028; Violet 4 shows Q3 2027, Natura shows Q2 2026 and Camelia's field is blank.
CounterweightThe only date that matters is the one in the sale agreement for your unit, and the difference is easy to settle before you pay: ask which quarter applies to the exact apartment or townhouse on the offer and have it written in.
Amenities cost money to run. A wave pool, a lazy river, a fishing lake and sports fields are maintained out of service charges across a very large community, and the rate per sq ft is not published on the project pages.
CounterweightBecause the community is delivered, the charge is not a projection: owners already pay it, the rate is filed with and approved by the Dubai Land Department, and you can ask for the last invoice rather than an estimate.
Repetition at this scale is real. With 14,044 villas and townhouses planned, most homes here share a handful of layouts, so at resale you compete with dozens of near-identical units and with DAMAC's own next release inside the same gates.
CounterweightStandardised stock is liquid stock: valuations are straightforward, tenants find the product easy to understand, and a corner plot, a larger garden or a finished upgrade is what sets your unit apart when you sell.
The apartments are compact. Portal figures put the smallest ELO 3 units at about 527 sq ft for a 1 bedroom and 829 sq ft for a 2 bedroom, which is small for a family that came here looking for space.
CounterweightThe compact layouts are what hold the entry price down and they rent well to couples and small households; if you need space, the same community sells townhouses and villas on land that would cost far more closer in.
Amenities & services
The community is built around a day out that does not need a car. Mornings go to the lazy river or the wave pool at Malibu Beach, afternoons to the sports fields for tennis, padel, volleyball or football, and evenings to the floating cinema or the zen garden. For families with teenagers the paintball park and the fishing lake are the reason the weekend stays inside the gates, and this is what the distance from the city buys.
- Lazy river
- Paintball park
- Zen garden
- Floating cinema
- Fishing lake
- Sports fields (tennis, padel, volleyball, football)
Who this project suits
- End-user families: the largest amount of space and amenity per dirham in the DAMAC portfolio, with a school and a clinic 10 to 15 minutes away and a delivered community you can inspect before committing.
- Investors: an ELO 2 bedroom from AED 1,372,000 is one of the lowest entry tickets into a serviced master community in Dubai, and the delivered blocks next door already show what such a unit rents for.
- Upgraders inside the community: an owner who started in an apartment can move to a 3 or 4 bedroom townhouse or a villa line without leaving the master plan or changing schools.
- Second-home and weekend buyers: hotel apartments and a 1% instalment plan suit an owner who is in Dubai part of the year, with Al Maktoum International Airport 30 minutes away.
Before you book: points to verify
- Pin the cluster, the unit number and the contractual handover date in the sale agreement — the ELO 3 page itself shows two different quarters, and other clusters show a third or none.
- Confirm the project is registered with RERA and that your off-plan purchase is recorded on Oqood at the Dubai Land Department before the second instalment leaves your account.
- Pay into the project escrow account named in the sale agreement only; a request to pay elsewhere is a reason to stop, not to negotiate.
- Ask for the current service-charge invoice for a comparable delivered unit, not an estimate — this community is old enough to have real figures, and the approved rate is on the Land Department index.
- Check the plot or floor premium you are paying for a view or a corner, and read the resale clause: assigning an off-plan unit in Dubai usually needs a minimum percentage paid plus an NOC fee from the developer.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the starting price at DAMAC Hills 2?
The developer publishes AED 1,372,000 for a 2 bedroom apartment in ELO 3, AED 1,374,000 in ELO 2 and AED 1,397,000 in ELO. Townhouses and villas here are shown as price on request, so we request the official price list for the cluster you want and send it as issued.
What unit types are available?
Apartments and hotel apartments, townhouses and villas. The current releases include 1 and 2 bedroom apartments in the ELO buildings, 4 bedroom townhouses in Violet 4, 3 bedroom townhouses in Camelia Villas and four separate villa lines.
When is handover?
It depends on the cluster, and the developer's pages do not agree with themselves: ELO 3 shows Q3 2027 in the header and FAQ but Q4 2028 on the 2 bedroom unit card, Violet 4 shows Q3 2027 and Natura Q2 2026. Ask for the handover date written into the sale agreement for the exact unit.
What is the payment plan?
DAMAC shows a 1% plan on both the ELO 3 and Violet 4 pages, but it does not publish the booking amount or how much falls due at handover, and plans change between releases. Request today's plan in writing for the specific cluster before you commit.
How long is the drive to the city?
The developer puts Jebel Ali School – DAMAC Hills at 10 minutes, First Avenue Mall and Aster Medical Centre at 15, Mall of the Emirates and Al Maktoum International Airport at 30 and Dubai International Airport at 35. Those are off-peak figures on one main road, and there is no metro station nearby.
Is it the same as Akoya Oxygen?
Yes. The community was launched as Akoya Oxygen and renamed DAMAC Hills 2; the old name still appears in older listings, title documents and search results, which is worth knowing when you compare prices and delivery history.
Does a unit here qualify for the golden visa?
Property at or above the current investment threshold set by the UAE authorities qualifies the owner to apply for long-term residence. The threshold is a government rule, not a developer offer, so we confirm it per unit against the price, the payment stage and the title status.
What will the service charges be?
They are set per community and approved by the Dubai Land Department. Because a large part of DAMAC Hills 2 is already delivered, you can ask for an actual invoice from a comparable unit as well as the estimate per sq ft the sales advisor confirms before booking.