Off-Plan Investment
Allocations in new launches before public release, with payment plans negotiated and an exit planned before you sign.
Developer allocations ahead of launch · Escrow and milestone checks · Resale timing modelled
Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Ras Al Khaimah
Property advice for the Emirates, given privately.
Meridian is a private office for investors buying, leasing and holding prime property in the UAE: off-plan allocations, finished homes, office floors and golden-visa residency, handled by one senior advisor.
18 yrsIn the UAE market
AED 12B+Transactions advised
1,400+Homes and floors placed
40+Developer relationships
The firm
We advise. We do not list.
We started in 2008 as the in-house property desk of a single family office. Clients now call us from London, Riyadh, Mumbai and Singapore, but the arrangement is the same: you speak to one partner, and that partner answers to you, not to a developer’s sales target.
There is no portal and no public inventory. We look for property that fits a brief, then tell you plainly what it is worth, what it will cost to own and how you would sell it. Sometimes the advice is to wait.
“The best deal we arranged last year was the one a client didn’t sign.”
Advisory
Four services. One advisor from first call to handover.
Prime Residential
Villas, penthouses and branded residences on the Palm, Emirates Hills, Jumeirah Bay and Saadiyat, including homes that never reach a portal.
Off-market and quiet listings · Independent valuation · Snagging and handover
Commercial Leasing
Office floors in DIFC, Business Bay and Abu Dhabi Global Market, searched, compared and negotiated on the occupier’s side.
Requirement and space planning · Rent-free and fit-out terms · Licence-zone advice
Golden Visa & Residency
Ten-year residency through property worth AED 2 million or more: we structure the purchase and manage the file through to the stamp.
Eligibility check before you buy · Title deed and DLD filing · Family sponsorship
Featured developments
Selected opportunities, this quarter.
Allocations we hold or have inspected ourselves, from Palm sky villas to leased office floors on the canal.
Off-plan · Sky villasPalm Jumeirah, Dubai
Aurelle Sky Villas
Twenty-two sky villas on the Palm’s western crescent, each with a private pool deck facing the Gulf sunset.
From AED 14.8M
- Est. gross yield
- 5.1%
- Est. growth p.a.
- 7–9%
- Handover
- Q4 2027
Ready · ApartmentsDubai Marina
Halden Marina Residences
Finished one- to three-bedroom apartments on the marina promenade, already let through a managed holiday-home operator.
From AED 2.35M
- Est. gross yield
- 6.8%
- Est. growth p.a.
- 5–6%
- Handover
- Ready now
Off-plan · Branded residencesDowntown Dubai
Quill Residences
A slim tower of hotel-serviced residences on the Boulevard, with Burj Khalifa views from the second floor up.
From AED 4.6M
- Est. gross yield
- 4.9%
- Est. growth p.a.
- 6–8%
- Handover
- Q2 2028
Yields and growth are Meridian estimates based on comparable transactions in 2025–26. They are illustrations, not guarantees, and property values can fall as well as rise.
Markets
Three emirates, three different jobs in a portfolio.
Dubai for depth and liquidity, Abu Dhabi for steadiness, Ras Al Khaimah for early-stage upside. We know each one well enough to say where your money should not go.
01Dubai
Palm Jumeirah, Downtown, Marina, Emirates Hills and Business Bay: most of a portfolio usually sits here.
The Dubai market
02Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat, Yas and Al Reem: more owner-occupiers, fewer traders and steadier prices.
The Abu Dhabi market
03Ras Al Khaimah
Al Marjan Island ahead of its integrated resort: the highest yields, and the widest range of outcomes.
The Ras Al Khaimah marketHow an engagement works
From a first conversation to the keys.
- 01
The brief
A forty-minute call or a meeting at Boulevard Plaza. What should the property do for you: income, growth, a home, residency, or all four?
- 02
The shortlist
Three to five options with our valuation, running costs, payment schedule and a realistic exit for each. Not forty listings.
- 03
The negotiation
We negotiate price, payment plan and handover terms, check every payment instruction against the escrow account, and coordinate the lawyer.
- 04
Ownership
Snagging, handover, lettings through a licensed operator, golden visa filing and a yearly review. The same advisor throughout.
Why clients stay
A private office, not a portal.
Discretion
Your name never appears on a listing. Viewings are private, and your file is seen by your advisor and one partner only.
Access
Developers offer us allocations before public launch, because our clients complete. You see inventory before the market does.
Independence
We say how we are paid on every deal. If a launch does not suit your brief, we say so, in writing.
One point of contact
Finance, legal, residency and handover are coordinated by the advisor who took your first call.
Client voices
In our clients’ own words.
International investors and Gulf families, quoted with their permission and by first name only.
They told us not to buy the first two villas we fell for, and explained why with numbers. The third one, on Saadiyat, has been the best decision of our move.
I bought from London without flying in once. Every document arrived explained in plain English, and every payment was checked against the escrow account before I sent it.
Our golden visa was stamped eleven weeks after the title deed. One advisor, one WhatsApp thread, no surprises.
Insights
Notes from the desk.
Seven checks before you commit to an off-plan launch
Escrow, developer track record, payment-plan maths and the exit: the questions we ask before any client signs a reservation form.
The property golden visa, explained without the jargon
Who qualifies, how off-plan and mortgaged homes count, what it costs, and how long the process really takes from title deed to stamp.
Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Ras Al Khaimah? How we split a UAE portfolio
Three emirates, three very different markets. How we weigh liquidity, yield and risk when a client asks where their money should go.
Consultation
Begin with a private conversation.
Tell us what you want the property to do: income, growth, a home, residency. A senior advisor replies within one business day, usually by phone or WhatsApp.