Zayed City is the capital's planned next centre: the mainland district earmarked for government quarters and growth corridors, where Bloom Living's Mediterranean-styled villages are delivering the area's first modern master-planned homes. It suits families buying new-build villas and townhouses at mainland pricing with a long urbanisation story behind them, and investors tracking the government-district plans. It doesn't suit buyers needing established surroundings. What to watch: Bloom Living's phase cadence versus the wider district's slower public build-out. , Equity Edge analyst note
Where Zayed City sits
15 min Abu Dhabi Airport10 min Khalifa City25 min Yas Island30 min Corniche
AED 2.01M1%below the registered medianbelow the 2 bed villa median
Registered3 September 2026
What sold2 bed villa in Zayed City
Like-for-like medianAED 2.02Mevery 2 bed villa registered in Zayed City, 12 months
Drawn from234 salesmedian AED 1,525/sqft
All villasAED 2.81Macross every layout, 937 sales
ADREC registered transactions for Zayed City, 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
What does an apartment cost in Zayed City in 2026?
The median registered sale price for a Zayed City apartment is AED 1.55M (453 ADREC-registered sales, 12 months to Sep 2026), or AED 1,468/sqft. The median 1-bedroom sold for AED 1.06M.
What is Bloom Living?
The anchor development, a self-contained community of villas, townhouses and apartments in Mediterranean styling, with its own schools, retail plaza and lake. Its phases (Granada, Cordoba, Toledo…) drive most of Zayed City’s registered volume above.
What’s the long-term Zayed City plan?
Abu Dhabi’s planning frameworks position it as a future administrative and residential centre for the mainland. Timelines are governmental, the near-term reality is Bloom Living plus corridor growth from the airport side.
Who buys here?
Families working the airport/Khalifa City corridor wanting new-build space, plus Emirati and expat buyers on the villa ladder. Rental demand is forming as phases hand over, early landlords are effectively pioneers, priced accordingly.
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