Palace Residences Hillside at Dubai Hills Estate by Emaar Properties

Palace Residences Hillside is a branded residential development by Emaar inside Dubai Hills Estate, carrying the Palace Hotels and Resorts name. It comprises 359 residential units across one, two and three bedroom apartments plus three bedroom townhouses, set within landscaped resort grounds.

The project sits inside Dubai Hills Estate, the Emaar master community that spans over 11 million square meters between Al Khail Road and Umm Suqeim Street, alongside the Dubai Hills Golf Club, Dubai Hills Park, Dubai Hills Mall and King's College Hospital.

The collection covers one bedroom apartments of ≈ 676 to 772 sq ft (63 to 72 sq m), two bedroom apartments of ≈ 1,060 to 1,191 sq ft (98 to 111 sq m), three bedroom apartments of ≈ 1,882 to 2,110 sq ft (175 to 196 sq m), and three bedroom townhouses of ≈ 2,620 to 2,623 sq ft (243 to 244 sq m). Apartment layouts include a balcony within the stated total area.

Handover is scheduled for June 2029, which places the project in its construction phase with a long payment runway still ahead. Progress against RERA inspection data is tracked month by month in the Palace Residences Hillside construction updates guide.

Prices start from AED 1.71M ≈ USD 466K for one bedroom apartments, rising to AED 2.51M ≈ USD 683K for two bedrooms, AED 4.77M ≈ USD 1.30M for three bedroom apartments and AED 6.34M ≈ USD 1.73M for three bedroom townhouses, depending on layout, floor and availability.

The developer plan is 10 percent on booking plus the 4 percent DLD registration fee, a further 70 percent spread across seven instalments dated from December 2025 to July 2028, and the final 20 percent on completion in June 2029. Because the instalments carry fixed dates, a buyer entering later in the schedule settles the instalments already fallen due at the point of booking.

It reads as a hold rather than a flip. Dubai Hills Estate is a finished, trading community with its golf club, park, mall, hospital and schools already open, so rental demand is established rather than speculative, and the branded Palace product sits above the community's unbranded stock. Suitability still turns on entry price, holding horizon to the June 2029 handover, and whether the exit is rental yield or resale.

The UAE property investment threshold for the 10 year Golden Visa is AED 2M ≈ USD 545K. The two bedroom apartments, three bedroom apartments and three bedroom townhouses all start above that level and qualify, while the one bedroom tier starts below it at AED 1.71M and does not on its own. The Palace Residences Hillside Golden Visa guide sets out the eligibility steps in detail.

Yes. Palace Residences Hillside is a freehold development, open to buyers of all nationalities, with title registered at the Dubai Land Department in the buyer's own name.

Yes. Reservation, the sale and purchase agreement, and Oqood registration can all be completed remotely, and I manage the sequence end to end with Emaar on the buyer's behalf. Each stage of the remote purchase is documented in my Dubai real estate guide library.

Every off plan instalment is paid into the project's DLD-registered escrow account and released to the developer only against verified construction progress, a framework regulated by the Dubai Land Department. The mechanics for this specific project are set out in the Palace Residences Hillside escrow account guide.

Emaar has delivered approximately 118,400 residential units in Dubai and other global markets since 2002, including Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall, and reported revenue of AED 35.5 Bn for the 2024 financial year. Dubai Hills Estate is one of its own master communities, which means the developer controls both the building and the surrounding masterplan.