Overview
Palm Jebel Ali is Nakheel's second palm island: seven islands and 16 fronds with 120 km of coastline and more than 90 km of beachfront, planned for beachfront villas, apartments, townhouses, hotels and marinas. It is developed by Nakheel, part of Dubai Holding Real Estate, the master developer that built the first palm.
Key facts
- Developer
- Nakheel
- Location
- Jebel Ali (off Sheikh Zayed Road, near Expo City and Al Maktoum International Airport), Dubai
- Unit types
- 5-6 BR beachfront villas, 6-7 BR beachfront villas, 1-4 BR apartments, 4-5 BR townhouses
- Prices from
- 2,700,000 AED
- Areas from
- 7,500 sq ft (697 sqm)
- Handover
- Villas: phased handover of the first villas scheduled to begin in late 2026 and continue through 2027. Palm Central Private Residences: estimated construction completion September 2030.
- Community size
- Seven islands and 16 fronds; 120 km of coastline and more than 90 km of beachfront; 12 residential fronds (544 villas on Fronds A-F under construction, 728 villas on Fronds K-P in finishing)
- Phases on sale
- Frond F — The Beach Collection, Frond F — The Coral Collection, Palm Central Private Residences (phase 2)
Beachfront villas on Frond F
A limited release of 44 villas from the Beach and Coral Collections, across ten architectural designs on one frond.
Published payment plan
Palm Central Private Residences sell on Nakheel's own published plan: 20% on booking, the balance to an estimated completion in September 2030.
Handovers start from 2026
Nakheel has scheduled a phased handover of the first villas from late 2026, continuing through 2027.
Status
Selling. 44 Beach & Coral Collection villas on Frond F released 20 August 2026 (described by Nakheel as one of the final opportunities to own a new beachfront villa on the fronds); phase 2 of Palm Central Private Residences (222 homes) released 24 June 2026.
Location
Palm Jebel Ali sits off the Jebel Ali coast at the western end of Dubai, reached from Sheikh Zayed Road, and it is a separate island from Palm Jumeirah, which Nakheel puts 27 minutes away. The developer's own drive times are 16 minutes to Life Pharmacy Metro Station, 19 to Ibn Battuta Mall, 24 to both Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City, and 25 to Dubai Marina. That places the island inside the corridor the city is expanding into rather than on the established Marina and Downtown axis. Schools, clinics and shops on the island itself arrive with the master plan, so for now the services a resident uses are the ones on the mainland.
- Life Pharmacy Metro Station16 min
- Ibn Battuta Mall19 min
- Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)24 min
- Expo City24 min
- Dubai Marina25 min
- Palm Jumeirah27 min
About the developer
Nakheel is a Dubai-based master developer and a member of Dubai Holding (Dubai Holding Real Estate). Its waterfront projects, including Palm Jumeirah, have added more than 300 km to Dubai's original 70 km coastline. Nakheel states that around 700,000 people live in its communities and that its master developments cover some 15,000 hectares.
Nakheel built the first palm, so Palm Jebel Ali is the second time it has run a project of this type rather than the first. Its own 2026 updates show the work moving: 544 villas on Fronds A to F are in substructure, superstructure, MEP and infrastructure works, while 728 villas on Fronds K to P have reached internal and external finishing. As master developer Nakheel also controls the island's roads, beaches and community management after handover, not only the homes it sells.
Why this project
- Nakheel publishes an official price list and payment plan for Palm Central Private Residences, with apartments from AED 2.7M, so the entry into the island is documented rather than quoted by word of mouth.
- The Frond F release is 44 beachfront villas from the Beach and Coral Collections, which Nakheel describes as one of the final opportunities to own a new beachfront villa on the fronds.
- The villas are at beachfront scale: from 7,500 sq ft (697 sq m) in the Beach Collection and from 11,500 sq ft (1,068 sq m) in the Coral Collection.
- Construction is visible rather than theoretical: 544 villas on Fronds A to F are being built and 728 villas on Fronds K to P are already in finishing.
- Two horizons on one island: the first villa handovers run from late 2026 through 2027, while Palm Central Private Residences carry an estimated completion of September 2030.
Master plan & phases
The master plan covers seven islands and 16 fronds, with 120 km of coastline and more than 90 km of beachfront, and 12 of the fronds are residential. On sale now are the Beach Collection and the Coral Collection on Frond F, and phase 2 of Palm Central Private Residences, the 222-home apartment and townhouse district released in June 2026. The fronds are at different stages — 544 villas on Fronds A to F under construction and 728 villas on Fronds K to P in finishing — so the frond decides when you move in and what is built around you. Ask which frond, which collection and which building any unit belongs to before you compare prices.
Unit types, areas & starting prices
Published prices
- 1BR apartment — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 2,700,000 AED
- 2BR apartment — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 4,300,000 AED
- 2BR + maid apartment — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 4,900,000 AED
- 3BR apartment — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 7,500,000 AED
- 4BR apartment — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 12,400,000 AED
- Townhouse — Palm Central Private ResidencesFrom 14,900,000 AED
Published areas
- 5-6 BR villa — The Beach Collection (Frond F)7,500 sq ft (697 sqm)
- 6-7 BR villa — The Coral Collection (Frond F)11,500 sq ft (1,068 sqm)
The published starting prices belong to Palm Central Private Residences, the apartment and townhouse district; Nakheel has not published prices for the Frond F Beach and Coral Collection villas, and the sizes shown are those collections' starting areas.
Payment plan
Palm Central Private Residences (Nakheel price and payment plan sheet): 1BR and 2BR apartments — 20% down payment on booking, 5% November 2026, 5% April 2027, 10% September 2027, 10% February 2028, 10% July 2028, 5% November 2028, 5% March 2029, 30% September 2030. 3BR and 4BR apartments and townhouses — 20% on booking, 5% November 2026, 5% April 2027, 10% September 2027, 5% February 2028, 5% July 2028, 5% November 2028, 5% March 2029, 40% September 2030. Estimated construction completion September 2030. Nakheel has not published a payment plan for the Frond F villas.
The plan is a 20% down payment on booking and instalments up to an estimated completion in September 2030, with the final 30% due for one- and two-bedroom apartments and 40% for three- and four-bedroom apartments and townhouses; it covers Palm Central Private Residences, and Nakheel has not published a plan for the Frond F villas.
The honest drawbacks
What may not suit you, before you book, with the other side of each point.
This is a long-horizon island. Palm Central Private Residences carry an estimated construction completion of September 2030, and the fronds are delivered in stages, so money is committed years before the island feels finished.
CounterweightThe published plan spreads payments across that period instead of front-loading them, and the first villa handovers begin from late 2026, so parts of the island are inhabited long before the whole is complete.
The island's own infrastructure is still being built: the frond road network, the shoreline works, the retail, the schools and the clinics all arrive with the master plan, so early residents live beside construction with few services on the island itself.
CounterweightNakheel is the master developer for the whole island, so the infrastructure runs on one programme rather than depending on other parties, and its own figures put Life Pharmacy Metro Station at 16 minutes and Ibn Battuta Mall at 19.
Ticket sizes are high. The smallest documented entry is a one-bedroom at Palm Central from AED 2.7M, a townhouse starts at AED 14.9M, and the Frond F villas start at 7,500 and 11,500 sq ft with no published price at all.
CounterweightEverything at or above the current investment threshold qualifies the owner to apply for long-term residency, and a beachfront plot on a limited number of fronds is a different asset from an inland villa of the same money.
The project was launched more than a decade ago, shelved after the global financial crisis and only relaunched in 2023, so asking whether the schedule will hold this time is a fair question, not pessimism.
CounterweightThe current programme can be checked rather than taken on trust: Nakheel reports 544 villas under construction on Fronds A to F and 728 in finishing on Fronds K to P, and it is now part of Dubai Holding Real Estate, which changes who stands behind the balance sheet.
The island is at the far western end of Dubai and has no metro of its own. Nakheel's figures put Dubai Marina at 25 minutes, Palm Jumeirah at 27 and the nearest metro station at 16 minutes by car.
CounterweightThe same address is 24 minutes from Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City, which is where the city's next decade of growth is being built.
Nakheel publishes prices for Palm Central Private Residences but not for the Frond F Beach and Coral Collection villas, so villa pricing circulates through portals and cannot be checked against a developer document.
CounterweightA price sheet exists per release; we request the current official one with the unit list so the figure you compare is Nakheel's and not a portal estimate.
Amenities & services
The island is planned as a resort address rather than a housing estate: hotels and resorts, beach clubs and a yacht club sit among the homes, with a waterfront promenade, leisure parks and lifestyle malls between the fronds. For a resident that means the beach, the boat and dinner are all on the island, and sport and wellness facilities are part of the master plan rather than a later addition. Most of it is delivered with the phases, so what is open on the day you move in depends on which frond you buy.
- Hotels & Resorts
- Lifestyle Malls
- Leisure Parks
- Waterfront Promenade
- Beach Clubs
- Yacht Club
- Sports & Wellness
Who this project suits
- End-user families: a five- to seven-bedroom beachfront villa from 7,500 sq ft with its own beach frontage, handed over in phases from late 2026.
- Investors: a documented entry at AED 2.7M for a one-bedroom, on a published payment plan running to an estimated completion in September 2030, on an island with a fixed number of beachfront plots.
- Upgraders: move from a Marina apartment or an older palm villa to a larger, newer beachfront plot without changing side of town — Nakheel puts Palm Jumeirah 27 minutes away.
- Second-home buyers: 24 minutes from Al Maktoum International Airport, in a gated island community the master developer manages while the home is closed.
Before you book: points to verify
- Confirm the frond, the collection or building, and the handover date of the specific unit: villas run from late 2026 through 2027, Palm Central to an estimated September 2030.
- Check that the unit is registered with the Dubai Land Department under Oqood and that the sale agreement names the same unit number as the reservation form.
- Confirm that every payment goes into the project's registered escrow account in the project's name, never to a personal or third-party account.
- Ask for the service-charge estimate per sq ft in writing; an island with beaches, marinas and a promenade carries higher community charges than an inland address, and a beach plot carries more than an apartment.
- Ask which premiums are inside the price — frond position, beach frontage, sea view — and read the resale clause: how much must be paid before a unit can be assigned, and what the developer's transfer fee and no-objection certificate require.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the starting price at Palm Jebel Ali?
Nakheel's published list for Palm Central Private Residences starts at AED 2.7M for a one-bedroom, AED 4.3M for a two-bedroom and AED 14.9M for a townhouse. Prices for the Beach and Coral Collection villas on Frond F are not published, so request today's official price list.
What unit types are there?
On Frond F: five- and six-bedroom Beach Collection villas from 7,500 sq ft and six- and seven-bedroom Coral Collection villas from 11,500 sq ft. At Palm Central Private Residences: one- to four-bedroom apartments and four- and five-bedroom townhouses.
When is handover?
Villas: a phased handover of the first homes is scheduled to begin in late 2026 and continue through 2027. Palm Central Private Residences: estimated construction completion September 2030. Confirm the date for the specific unit in the sale agreement.
What is the payment plan?
For Palm Central Private Residences Nakheel publishes a 20% down payment on booking, instalments during construction, and a final 30% for one- and two-bedroom apartments or 40% for three- and four-bedroom apartments and townhouses at an estimated completion in September 2030. No plan is published for the Frond F villas, so request today's terms.
Where is Palm Jebel Ali and how is the commute?
Off the Jebel Ali coast at the western end of Dubai. Nakheel's figures: Life Pharmacy Metro Station 16 minutes, Ibn Battuta Mall 19, Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City 24 each, Dubai Marina 25 and Palm Jumeirah 27. Everything is by car; there is no metro on the island.
Does Palm Jebel Ali qualify for the Golden Visa?
A property at or above the current investment threshold lets the owner apply for long-term residency. Most units here sit above it, but eligibility follows the value recorded on the purchase, so we confirm it per unit before you book.
Is it off-plan or ready?
Off-plan, but not at day one: villa construction is advancing across all 12 residential fronds, 728 villas on Fronds K to P are in finishing, and the first handovers are scheduled from late 2026. Palm Central Private Residences is earlier in the cycle, with an estimated completion in September 2030.
Can foreigners buy, who is the developer, and what about service charges?
Dubai designates freehold zones where all nationalities may own, and Nakheel sells on that basis — confirm the tenure written on your title documents. The developer is Nakheel, part of Dubai Holding Real Estate, which is also the master developer of the island. The service-charge estimate per sq ft is confirmed with the sales advisor before you sign.