Island C, Dubai Islands

Island C is the third of the five islands in Dubai Islands, Nakheel's 18.6 square kilometre masterplan off the Deira coastline in northern Dubai. It is the golf-led island, planned around an 18-hole championship course, more than 1.1 million square metres of parks and open space, a marina village and a set of wellness, eco, family and sport resort districts.

Nakheel is the master developer and land owner of Dubai Islands, including Island C. Nakheel sits within Dubai Holding Real Estate and its track record includes Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Islands and Jumeirah Golf Estates. Individual projects on the island are built by Nakheel or by developers who acquire plots from it.

Jumeirah Golf Community is the first official featured project on Island C, a golf community set on the island's championship course. Its unit mix, sizes, prices and launch timetable are released by the developer, and I share them the day they are published.

The published mix is villa-led: fairway villas within the golf community, beachfront villas of four to seven bedrooms, private low-density villa enclaves, marina-facing apartments of one to four bedrooms in the marina village, branded residences attached to the resort districts and a limited number of retail and hospitality plots. All sizes are quoted on Built-up Area.

No Island C unit has traded yet, so there is no resale history for the island. Across Dubai Islands as a whole the median transaction price was AED 2,840 per square foot, approximately USD 773, in January to July 2026, up 17.7 percent on the 2025 median. The first Island C releases will set their own price levels.

Dubai Islands connects to the Deira mainland by road bridges with direct access to the Al Shindagha Corridor, and a further eight-lane bridge to Bur Dubai is under construction. Nakheel places the destination 20 minutes from Dubai International Airport, 24 minutes from Downtown Dubai, 10 minutes from Gold Souq Metro Station and 33 minutes from Business Bay.

Dubai Islands is sold as freehold, open to buyers of any nationality. Property purchases with a registered value of AED 2,000,000, approximately USD 544,588, or more fall within the UAE Golden Visa property route, so villas and larger units on Island C are expected to clear that threshold.

Island C is at the pre-launch stage. The island master plan is published, Jumeirah Golf Community is the first official featured project, and no homes have been handed over. Across the wider destination, three hotels, the marina and Souk Al Marfa are open, Island B infrastructure and shoreline works are under contract, and Nakheel's own Bay Villas, Bay Grove and Bay Estate communities are in construction or sales.

Bank transfer, manager's cheque, cash and crypto are the accepted payment roads. Off-plan payments are made into the project's DLD-registered escrow account, never to an individual, and payment plans are set per release by the developer.

Yes. Off-plan units are routinely reserved and purchased remotely: the reservation, sales and purchase agreement and payments can all be completed from abroad, with signing handled electronically or through a power of attorney. Every payment goes into the project's DLD-registered escrow account.