Standalone villas around swimmable lagoons.
Meraas's first standalone-villa community: fully detached homes around freshwater swimmable lagoons and themed gardens in central Dubailand. It is off-plan with handovers from 2027 to 2028, so here are the real Land Department numbers and the honest picture.
What The Acres actually is
The Acres is Meraas's first standalone-villa community, in Wadi Al Safa 7, central Dubailand. Every home is fully detached, with no shared walls, arranged around freshwater swimmable lagoons, seven themed gardens and a looped trail park. It is pitched as detached, nature-led villa living at a lower entry price than Tilal Al Ghaf or Arabian Ranches.
It is off-plan and still being built. Phase 1 launched in 2023 and is around a quarter built, with Land Department completion around early 2028; later phases and the larger Estates mansions run through 2028. The best early villas are largely sold, so a lot of what is available now is resale or the newer, pricier Estates stock.
The honest part: the lagoons and gardens are a promise until handover, the area is inland and car-dependent with no metro, and real off-peak drive times to Downtown are closer to 30 to 35 minutes than the advertised 20. Land Department data also shows area villa prices softening year on year as new supply lands, so this is not a guaranteed quick flip.
Life in The Acres
The masterplan destinations the community is built around.
Freshwater lagoons set in natural landscape, the central feature of the community.
Seven named gardens, from Arrival to Edible, threaded through the community.
A looped linear park and trail network connecting the villa clusters on foot.
Shared pools, clubhouses, an outdoor gym and sports courts.
An on-site retail and food and beverage village.
A nursery, school, clinic and mosques within the masterplan. LEED Gold pre-certified.
Location & connectivity
The Acres sits in Wadi Al Safa 7, central Dubailand, with access to Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54) and Emirates Road (E611). Drive times are off-peak estimates and run longer in traffic.
The real numbers for The Acres
Actual registered transactions, not asking prices. Updated November 2026.
These medians are the registered sales for The Acres itself, which is the honest reference, not the headline from-AED-5M marketing. The wider Wadi Al Safa 7 villa area has softened year on year as heavy new supply lands, so read capital growth cautiously. The Acres is the top-selling villa project in its area.
Source: Dubai Land Department via DXB Interact, The Acres and Wadi Al Safa 7. Data as of 12 November 2026. Figures describe past transactions and are not a forecast.
Homes available in The Acres
Current clusters and starting prices. Register on any one and we send its full price list, floor plans and handover date.
Phase labelling is inconsistent across public sources, and Estates mansion prices rest on thin samples, so treat starting figures as indicative. Registered Land Department sales for Phase 1 run a median near AED 7.75M. Ask us for live comparables and the handover date for any phase before you commit.
About the developer
The Acres is a Meraas community, part of Dubai Holding Real Estate, the developer behind City Walk, Bluewaters Island and Nad Al Sheba Gardens. It builds design-led, amenity-rich communities with the backing of the Dubai Holding group. The Acres is its first standalone-villa community and its first to target LEED Gold for Communities certification.
Questions buyers ask
Who is the developer?
Where exactly is The Acres?
What does it cost to get in?
Is it freehold?
When do villas hand over?
Are the lagoons real and swimmable?
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Price list, floor plans, payment plan and the honest investment case, sent by an adviser who works for you, not the developer.
- Current Emaar price list and the exact handover date per cluster
- The real Land Department numbers for your budget
- No spin. We tell you the catch before you commit.
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