DP World Dubai

Not in the usual sense. DP World is a ports, logistics and economic zones group formed in 2005. In Dubai real estate it owns and services land through its subsidiaries Dubai Maritime City and P&O Marinas, and partner developers such as Emaar, Beyond, DAMAC and Danube build and sell the homes on that land.

Since it delisted from Nasdaq Dubai in 2020, DP World has been 100 percent owned by Port and Free Zone World, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World, the Government of Dubai holding group. It was listed between November 2007 and 2020.

Essa Kazim was appointed Chairman and Yuvraj Narayan Group CEO on 13 February 2026, after Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned with immediate effect. Abdulla Bin Damithan leads the UAE business.

Dubai Maritime City is a 227 hectare man-made peninsula beside Port Rashid, launched in 2004 and owned by DP World. DP World builds the roads, utilities and sea infrastructure; the residential towers are built and sold by Beyond, DAMAC, Danube, Deyaar, Omniyat, Select Group, London Gate, LIV Developers, Prestige One and KORA Properties.

P&O Marinas, a DP World subsidiary, made the Mina Rashid land available to Emaar in May 2019 and develops the marinas and berthing facilities. Emaar develops and sells its residential phases at Rashid Yachts and Marina, including Seagate, launched as Sirdhana, and the planned Sera 2 and Marina Place. Other developers are also active in the wider Mina Rashid area, including Ellington Properties, which develops Portside Square.

With the developer named on the project, not with DP World. Your sales and purchase agreement, your payment plan and the DLD-registered escrow account all belong to that developer, so its own delivery record is the one to check.

No. Construction halted in 2010 during the Dubai financial crisis, the first phase of infrastructure was targeted for the first quarter of 2021 and was announced again in February 2022, and several early third-party towers were cancelled. The industrial precinct is operating, the Maritime Business Centre 2 office tower opened in May 2026, and the residential towers are at various stages under their own developers.

At Dubai Maritime City, published launch prices in October 2026 ran from AED 1.12 million (USD 304,969) at Franck Muller Yachting to AED 3.80 million (USD 1,034,717) at Talea by Beyond, with a median starting price of AED 1.60 million (USD 435,671). At Rashid Yachts and Marina, off-plan sales registered on 6 November 2026 at Portside Square ran from AED 1.36 million (USD 370,273) for a studio to AED 5.22 million (USD 1,421,056) for three bedrooms.

Eligibility depends on the value of the unit you buy and the regulations in force at the time of application, not on who owns the land. Many towers at Dubai Maritime City and Rashid Yachts and Marina have units above the AED 2 million (USD 544,588) threshold.

Jebel Ali Free Zone is a 57 sq km commercial and industrial zone that DP World has operated since 2014, with more than 12,000 businesses and over 144,000 jobs. No homes are sold inside it, but its workforce drives rental demand across Jebel Ali, Dubai South and the Expo corridor.

No. DP World sells no homes, so there is no DP World payment plan. Each tower on its land carries the plan of the developer that builds it, and those plans change between launches.

For 2025 DP World reported revenue of USD 24.4 billion, adjusted EBITDA of USD 6.4 billion, profit of USD 1.96 billion and 93.4 million TEU handled across 109 million TEU of capacity, with USD 3.1 billion of capital spending in the year.