Top 22 Construction Projects in UAE

Halfway through 2026, the UAE’s construction sector continues to build on strong momentum, with federal and emirate-level budgets, economic diversification initiatives, and major investment inflows across real estate, transport, energy and AI infrastructure all supporting positive market sentiment. This continues to drive construction activity across the country.

Ventures ONSITE looks at the top 22 construction projects to look out for as of July 2026. For the full, continuously updated list of active developments, visit our UAE projects page, and for a broader view of sector trends and pipeline data, see our UAE Construction Market Report.

Mohammed Bin Rashid (MBR) City

Mohammed Bin Rashid (MBR) City will include several developments within and connected to Downtown Dubai and Business Bay through a crossing that will be named the “Cultural Crossing”.

The city will have art galleries and create the largest area for arts in the region, family entertainments, hotels and other tourist attractions, retail & shopping centres including Mall of the World, residential districts, business and commercial establishments.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens, Universal Studios Theme Park, and Dubai Hills will also be part of the development.

Dubai Creek Harbour

Dubai Creek Harbour offers a truly mixed-use development with waterfront eco-resorts, a marina and yacht club, commercial and retail space will all inter-mingle with cultural, leisure and educational amenities, all creating an aspirational mixed-use development.

The Dubai Creek Harbour master plan will include a retail precinct, walkways, Signature Towers, and the Dubai Creek Residences. It will house 39,000 homes, more than 8 million square feet of retail space, 3,664 office units and 22 hotels.

The development will be of 6 million square meters in size. Located next to Ras Al Khor wildlife sanctuary, a home to an abundance of native flora and fauna, Dubai Creek Harbour aims to bring harmony between responsible city living and creating an awareness of sustainable biodiversity.

Hail and Ghasha Sour Gas Development

The project is one of the largest sour gas fields projects as well as the largest upstream project that Adnoc is developing. It is expected to produce about 1 billion cu ft of sour gas per day.

The infrastructure requirements for the Hail and Ghasha Project include a minimum of 11 offshore artificial islands to be designed and constructed.

The development cost is expected to be US$ 15 Billion. Production from the Hail & Ghasha conventional gas development project is expected to begin in 2026.

Etihad Rail (Emirates Railway Project)

The ambitious Etihad Rail project involves the establishment of an Inter-Emirate 1500 km long Rail Network that will run from Saudi border to Fujairah. When completed, the railway would link all the 7 emirates.

The railway will connect the UAE to Saudi Arabia via Guweifat in the west and Oman via Al Ain in the east. The project was introduced under the “Projects of the 50” scheme, with an investment worth US$13.61bn. In some of the latest developments, Etihad Rail has completed the work to connect Abu Dhabi and Dubai through a direct line and construction underway on various packages under Stage 2.

Etihad Rail will be expanded to include passenger train services and is expected to carry millions of passengers between the country’s major cities by 2030.

The Mina Rashid Development

The Mina Rashid Development will be an upscale waterfront retail, dining and leisure destination. There will be a sandy beach of 12,600 square meters and Dubai’s longest pool. Hotels, a club, interconnected parks, a 500-metre long palm tree-fringed canal, art galleries, a theatre and a museum are also included in the scope.

The Valley

The development involves construction of a new gated community in Dubailand along Dubai Al Ain Road near Dubai Outlet Mall. It will house contemporary 4,500 residential units with world class amenities.

The town center is designed to be the weekend destination and central hub for residents with indoor and outdoor retail and entertainment facilities on offer such as Golden Beach; Kids’ Dale; a Sports Village; The Pavilion and various community facilities.

Aljada in Sharjah

Aljada mixed use development in Sharjah which will house 70,000 people. The 220-hectare project will be next to the University City of Sharjah and will have residential, commercial, hotels, retail, leisure, and entertainment components. A business park will also be a part of the master plan. The Central Hub, will house an urban piazza with cafés and restaurants, musical fountain, skate parks, extreme sports, and children’s adventure and discovery complex. Design is underway on many packages within Aljada while in some of the recent updates, Ventures ONSITE has reported contractor appointment on Tiraz Residential project within Naseej District in Aljada.

The Central Hub, will house an urban piazza with cafés and restaurants, musical fountain, skate parks, extreme sports, and children’s adventure and discovery complex. Design is underway on many packages within Aljada while in some of the recent updates, Ventures ONSITE has reported contractor appointment on Tiraz Residential project within Naseej District in Aljada,

Haliba, Mandous, Mushash Field Developments

The scope of the 30 year concession covers, field development, drilling of wells, design of surface facilities and associated facilities in the three three concession areas-Haliba Field, Mandous Field, Mushash Field

Borouge 4 Complex Expansion

The complex will include downstream derivatives units for both polyolefin and non-polyolefin products. The project is expected to increase the current petrochemical production to almost 10 million tonnes per year.Primary products will be ethylene, propylene, butadiene, MTBE, 1-Butene, Pygas,1-Hexene and benzene from the new mixed-feed cracker and its derivative units.

ADNOC and Borealis AG recently signed a strategic partnership that confirms a US$6.2 billion investment agreement to build Borouge 4. EPC contracts were awarded recently with first package for Early Works awarded to Al Asab General Transport and Contracting LLC; the second package for the Ethane cracker awarded to Technip Energies, in consortium with Target Engineering, the last three packages awarded to Tecnimont. The third package is for polyethylene and 1-hexene units, fourth package is for utilities and offsites and fifth package is for building the XLPE plant.

Tilal Al Ghaf (D4)

The development will be built across 3 million square meters of space. It will include about 400,000 square meters of open space including the Lagoon Al Ghaf. The project will be constructed in phases and will be completed in 2027. It will house over 6,5000 homes of mid to upper luxury.

The Lagoon Al Ghaf will span 70,000 square meters and the water canal of 48,000 square metes. Ghaf trees will abound in the development, hence the name Tilal Al Ghaf. The project will be located close to the Dubai Sports City near the intersection of Hessa Street and Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street.

In a latest development within Tilal Al Ghaf master development, infrastructure works contract for Harmony, a development comprising 755 premium three- and four-bedroom townhouses has been awarded to DBB in November 2021.

Masaar in Sharjah

The 1,760 million square meter project will comprise 4,000 villas and townhouses set in 8 gated districts. The districts are linked by a landscaped “green spine.” The development will feature sports facilities, a five-kilometre looped cycling track, healthy cafes, footpaths flanked by 50,000 trees and acres of green space.

The project will also feature a fitness centre, skatepark, children’s adventure playground and an events area. Masaar’s community centre will contain a supermarket, shops, cafes and restaurants, among other services. Also included in the Masaar masterplan is a large international school and nursery, located to the north side of the project.

Motor City Hills

The project calls for the construction of mixed use development at the Motor City. It will include 195 villas, 490 townhouses, and 6 commercial properties. The project will be 2.9 million square feet in size. This new master plan of the Motor City development is a joint venture of China State Construction & Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and the Union Properties.

Wasl Gate

The master plan will have a large park as well as offices, shops, hotels, apartments and villas. The central theme of the city is innovation and there will be a dedicated innovation square to attract and encourage young innovators to practice their work.

The innovation square will be known as Ibdaa Square and will be hosting exhibitions and events based on innovations and ideas. Phase 1 will involve construction of 257 townhouses and a mall anchored by IKEA by Al-Futtaim Group while Phase 2 will include 1,457 homes, hospitality and entertainment units, a sports complex, K-12 schools, and a central park connecting the community’s commercial and residential neighborhoods.

Qasr Al Jurf in Sahel Al Emarat, Abu Dhabi

Qasr Al Jurf project aims at construction of a mixed use development in a 370 hectare area with a 3.4 kilometers beachfront. The project will comprise of three districts: Al Jurf Gardens, Jiwar Al Qasr and Marsa Al Jurf.

This development will have two marinas, private berths, town center, hotels, retail shops, a wellness resort and clinic component, serviced residences and villas. It will also have access to public schools and private schools, private beaches, beach clubs, restaurants, community centers, parks, mosques and clinics.

Jubail Island in Abu Dhabi

The mixed use development will have single family villas, townhouses, apartment, boutique hotels, resort, office & business park and a marina. The project will have 6 distinct zones and interconnected villages (village 1 – Haven Town, Village 2 – Panorama Grove, Village 3 – Jubail Point, Village 4 -South Grove, Village 5 – Sanctuary Shores) including residential (townhouses, low rise apartments, villas), commercial (office & Business park), F&B, retail, Hotel & services apartments & community areas (govt. facilities, community centre, schools, clinic, mosques & a marina and Bed’a Al Jubail – Zone 6. Construction is underway on Phase 1 of the development with the first set of 300 villas expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Yas Island North Mixed Use Development

Yas Island North will have villas, duplexes, townhouses, mosques, schools, commercial & retail units, nurseries & learning centers, library, municipal office, post office, petrol station, clinic, and other community support facilities.

While most of the phases within the project are still in the design stage, construction is progressing on the Yas Living in North Yas (NOYA) package. NOYA development is a gated residential community that consists of 420 Townhouses, 90 villas and a community club with shared facilities.

Al Riyadh City in Abu Dhabi

The project calls for the construction of an 8,000 hectare of a mixed use development, said to be the largest in the emirate, 30 kilometres from Abu Dhabi Downtown, and is expected to accommodate 200,000 UAE citizens and occupy 45 percent of Abu Dhabi’s total residential land area.

It will also offer a full range of public facilities, such as parks, schools, shops, mosques, and medical and community service centres. Construction works are in progress for some of the packages while few packages are in design or in tender for construction stages.

Hayyan in Sharjah

Hayyan development involves construction of 1,836 villas in Al Barashi, along Emirates Road in Sharjah. The villas will be spread across 3 different zones. The first area of the project is divided into 3 phases. Phase 1 calls for the construction of 268 villas.

Phases 2 and 3 will have 727 villas. The villas have 6 distinct interior designs from 7 bedroom mansions to 2 bedroom villas. The project includes Sharjah’s largest swimming pool, spanning 50,000 sq ft, along with the largest park within a residential community in Sharjah. There will be retail shops, restaurants, a nursery, and a Club House. Football pitches, tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts, a gymnasium will be part of the development.

Stargate UAE - OpenAI Data Centre

Stargate UAE is a landmark AI infrastructure project in Abu Dhabi, developed by G42’s Khazna Data Centres in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, SoftBank and Cisco. The 1-gigawatt compute cluster, expandable to 5 gigawatts, sits within a newly established UAE-US AI Campus and represents the first international deployment of OpenAI’s Stargate infrastructure, valued at more than US$30 billion. The first 200-megawatt phase is set to come online in 2026, positioning the UAE as a hub for sovereign AI development in the region.

Gulf Railway

The Gulf Railway (GCC Railway) is a planned 2,117km cross-border network linking Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, first announced in 2009 and now reported to be roughly half complete. The UAE’s Etihad Rail forms one of the network’s most advanced segments, while the Hafeet Rail link between Abu Dhabi and Sohar Port in Oman is under construction, and a high-speed line between Riyadh and Doha is also progressing. Once complete, the network aims to connect all six GCC member states by rail, supporting regional trade and tourism, with a target completion date of December 2030.

TASREEF Program - Rainwater / Stormwater Drainage System

The Tasreef Programme is Dubai Municipality’s long-term stormwater and groundwater drainage initiative, valued at approximately AED30 billion and scheduled for completion by 2033. The programme aims to increase the emirate’s drainage network capacity by 700%, enabling it to manage more than 20 million cubic metres of water per day through a system of deep tunnels and pumping stations. Recent phases include a major subsea outfall project in Jebel Ali and contracts awarded for an integrated stormwater and groundwater network in Al Marmoom and Saih Al Salam, reinforcing Dubai’s readiness for long-term climate resilience and urban growth.

Marsa Al Saadiyat Waterfront Development

Marsa Al Saadiyat is a AED100 billion waterfront masterplan by Aldar, marking the final phase of the Saadiyat Island development in Abu Dhabi. Spanning 6.4 million square metres along an 8-kilometre waterfront, the project will include the emirate’s largest marina with capacity for 350 yachts and sailing boats, 5.6 kilometres of beaches, 140 kilometres of walking trails, a 46-kilometre cycling network, and an underground Etihad Rail high-speed station. The masterplan will house more than 58,000 residents across private mansions, branded residences, luxury villas and waterfront apartments, alongside a theatre district, yacht club, and two luxury hotels.

Amaala Project – The Riviera of the Middle East

According to the list of major construction project data in Saudi Arabia, the Amaala project in Tabuk stands as one of the luxury destinations expected to cover an area of more than 3,800 km². The project extends across several land islands, targeting the construction of more than 2,500 hotel rooms, 800 residential villas, and 200 commercial facilities and sports amenities.

The project is funded by the Public Investment Fund within the vision of diversifying the economy, promoting international tourism, and reducing reliance on oil revenues, and is being implemented in cooperation with major contracting companies in Riyadh and Jeddah.

Consultants: Foster & Partners, Egis International, Denniston International, HKS Architects. Project Manager: Parsons. Contractors: Beijing UAE International Construction Company, HASC (Hassan Al-Harbi Establishment), Al-Saad General Contracting Company, and Saudi Infrastructure Real Estate Company (Binyah).

Renewable Energy Program – Fifth Round

This is one of the major construction projects in Saudi Arabia, aiming to establish the Renewable Energy Program (Fifth Round) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The project is being developed by the Saudi Ministry of Energy, the Saudi Power Procurement Company, and Tawee Hydropower Energy Company. The project’s capacity is approximately 3,700 megawatts.

It consists of the following projects:

Al-Sudair Independent Power Plant with a capacity of 2,000 MW, located in the Eastern Province.

Al-Massa Independent Power Plant with a capacity of 1,000 MW, located in the Hail region.

Al-Hanakiyah 2 Independent Power Plant with a capacity of 400 MW, located in the Madinah region.

Rabigh 2 Independent Power Plant with a capacity of 300 MW, located in the Makkah region.

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