Al Jurf is the coastal escape between the cities: IMKAN's Sha-branded wellness district and beachfront villa phases along the Ghantoot shore, selling privacy, natural beach and second-home calm to buyers from both capitals. It suits second-home purchasers and wellness-retreat investors, closer to Dubai than to Abu Dhabi's centre. It doesn't suit daily-commute households or yield chasers. What to watch: this is a lifestyle-led market with thin liquidity; buy the specific beach position, not the concept. , Equity Edge analyst note
Where Al Jurf sits
35 min Dubai Marina25 min Expo City45 min Saadiyat Island45 min Abu Dhabi Airport
AED 2.07M54%below the registered medianbelow the 2 bed apartment median
Registered4 September 2026
What sold2 bed apartment in Ghadeer Al Tayr
Like-for-like medianAED 4.46Mevery 2 bed apartment registered in Ghadeer Al Tayr, 12 months
Drawn from54 salesmedian AED 3,011/sqft
All apartmentsAED 2.17Macross every layout, 162 sales
ADREC registered transactions for Al Jurf, trailing 12 months. The registry publishes no project name against a sale, so like-for-like here means the same area, the same property type and the same number of bedrooms. Methodology
The median registered sale price for a Al Jurf apartment is AED 2.17M (162 ADREC-registered sales, 12 months to Sep 2026), or AED 2,714/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 1.39M.
Who is Al Jurf for?
People buying a coastal second home between the two cities, beach villas with gardens, the Sha wellness resort as anchor, and deliberate quiet. It’s the UAE’s answer to an out-of-town coastal retreat rather than a primary-residence community.
What’s the Sha connection?
The renowned Spanish wellness brand’s first regional outpost anchors Al Jurf’s identity, with Sha Residences trading at the district’s top end. The wellness halo is central to the investment case, and to its risk if positioning shifts.
Is there liquidity at Al Jurf?
Thin, second-home coastal product trades slowly everywhere, and the registered sales above (its district registers as Ghadeer Al Tayr) skew to off-plan launches. Enter assuming a long hold and negotiate accordingly.
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