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Jubail Island, Abu Dhabi: mangrove living and the RIMAS villas
Jubail Island sits in the channel between Abu Dhabi city, Saadiyat and Yas, wrapped in more than 5,000 hectares of protected mangroves. It is one of the few places in the capital where the water and the wildlife are on your doorstep and the Corniche is still about twenty minutes away. The island is built as a handful of low-density villages, and RIMAS by LEAD Development is the newest, handing over in early 2030.
Updated September 2026
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At a glance
What is Jubail Island?
Jubail Island is a low-rise community between the Abu Dhabi mainland and Saadiyat, a few minutes over the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Highway. Most of the land is left as mangrove and wetland, so the built parts are villages rather than towers: Ain Al Maha, Bada, Seef, Souk Al Jubail, and now RIMAS. Gordonstoun runs a school here, the mangrove park and the equestrian centre are part of daily life, and the whole place is laid out for walking, cycling and the water rather than the car.
RIMAS is the island's newest release: a gated set of villas built directly against the mangroves, from LEAD Development, handing over in the first quarter of 2030. Every home comes in one of two design palettes, Breeze for a lighter coastal look or Ember for warmer, earthier tones, with plots from 800 to 1,716 sqm.
If you want an apartment rather than a villa, the Souk Al Jubail village centre is the lower entry point to the island, with studios through three-bedroom homes.
Prices & market data
RIMAS villas start at AED 8.5M for a four-bedroom, AED 12M for a five-bedroom, and AED 27M for a six-bedroom on the water. Apartments in Souk Al Jubail bring the entry point down to roughly AED 1.4M for a one-bedroom. Sizes are large: RIMAS built-up areas run from about 467 sqm up to 991 sqm.
Source: Developer and public listings, September 2026. Confirm the live price and availability with us before you commit.
The investment case
Payment plan (RIMAS)
10 percent down, a 2 percent registration fee, then 40 percent spread across eight instalments during construction from April 2027 to August 2029, with the remaining 50 percent on handover, targeted April 2030. That back-weighting keeps your outlay light until the home is close to finished.
Who it suits
Abu Dhabi runs on end-users more than the flip-driven crowd you see across some Dubai launches. RIMAS is family-sized, low-density and years from completion, so it fits a buyer with a long horizon who wants to hold, not trade, and who values the space and the setting over quick turnover.
Freehold and the scarcity case
Jubail Island is a designated Abu Dhabi investment zone, so foreign buyers own freehold. The genuine scarcity here is the frontage: there is only so much buildable land against protected mangrove, and RIMAS holds a large share of it. That is the part that is hard to replicate later.
Lifestyle & amenities
Mangrove & nature
A trail linking straight into Jubail Mangrove Park and the Royal Equestrian Arts centre, with protected wetland on the doorstep.
Wellness & water
A beachfront gym and wellness centre facing the sea, a resort pool, and a kayak launch for the mangrove channels.
Active outdoors
Equestrian bridle paths, continuous run and cycle corridors along the water, and multi-use courts for tennis and basketball.
Schools & family
Gordonstoun School on the island itself, with the villages built around family life.
Connectivity
Jubail Island connects to the mainland over the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Highway (E12). Travel times are the developer's figures and worth confirming for your own route and time of day.
A look around Jubail Island
Jubail sells the opposite of the Dubai launch playbook. It is low density inside a protected mangrove reserve, in an Abu Dhabi market that runs on people who actually live in their homes rather than trade them. That makes it a slower, steadier hold, not a quick flip.
RIMAS is a 2030 handover, so this is a long horizon and the payment plan is built for that. The real scarcity is the frontage against the mangrove: there is a fixed amount of it, and RIMAS holds a large share. If the setting is what you are buying, that is genuinely hard to replace later. As always, we would weight the developer's delivery record and the specific plot heavily before committing.
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Jubail Island — frequently asked questions
Jubail Island sits in the channel between Abu Dhabi city, Saadiyat and Yas, reached over the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Highway (E12). Saadiyat and the Louvre are 10 to 15 minutes away, the Corniche about 20 to 25.
RIMAS is developed by LEAD Development on Jubail Island, with handover targeted for the first quarter of 2030.
Four-bedroom villas start from around AED 8.5M, five-bedroom from around AED 12M, and six-bedroom waterfront villas from around AED 27M. Prices move with each release, so ask us for what is actually available.
10 percent down, a 2 percent registration fee, then 40 percent across eight instalments during construction from April 2027 to August 2029, and 50 percent on handover, targeted April 2030.
Yes. Jubail Island is a designated Abu Dhabi investment zone, so foreign nationals can buy freehold. Confirm the current terms with us before you sign.
Yes. Apartments in the Souk Al Jubail village centre run from studios to three-bedrooms, with one-bedrooms from roughly AED 1.4M, a lower entry point than the RIMAS villas.
Built-up areas run from about 467 sqm for a four-bedroom up to about 991 sqm for a six-bedroom waterfront villa, on plots of 800 to 1,716 sqm, with four to six covered parking spaces.