Alhambra at Bloom Living – Studios to 4 Bedroom Penthouses by Bloom, Zayed City, Abu Dhabi
The final release of Bloom Living: low-rise Mediterranean-Spanish blocks wrapped around Souk Alhambra, the Grand Stairs and the lakefront Paseo, in a community of 4,500 homes where the first two phases are already lived in. From AED 865,000 on Bloom's own 5 / 35 / 60 plan with the 2% ADM registration fee included.
Alhambra — the Final Release and the Heart of Bloom Living
Alhambra is the last thing Bloom will build at Bloom Living, and it is also the piece the rest of the community has been waiting for. Bloom Living is a 2.2 million square metre town in Zayed City, close to Zayed International Airport: more than 4,500 homes in Mediterranean Spanish architecture around a lake, released phase by phase since 2022 — Cordoba, Toledo, Casares, Granada, Granada II, Seville, Almeria, Carmona, Marbella and Malaga among them. Cordoba and Toledo are occupied; their residents have been living next to a retail centre that did not exist yet. Alhambra is that centre. Its low-rise blocks wrap Souk Alhambra — a plaza ringed with cafés and restaurants, a multi-purpose amphitheatre, the Grand Stairs running down to the water, and a covered retail corridor holding a supermarket, a medical clinic, a nursery and veterinary services. Above and around the shops are the homes: studios from 347 sq ft, one, two and three bedroom apartments, three bedroom duplex townhouses, and a limited run of four bedroom triplex penthouses looking out across the lake. Bloom Living is a designated investment zone, so buyers of all nationalities can own here.
Bloom
Bloom Holding is an Abu Dhabi developer and part of National Holding LLC. It does not only build communities — it runs them, through Bloom Education (15 schools and more than 19,000 students, including Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai), Bloom Hospitality, Bloom Landscape and Bloom Facilities Management. Its Abu Dhabi book includes Bloom Gardens, Bloom Central, Bloom Marina and, on Saadiyat Island, Soho Square and Park View — both sold out. Bloom's own story page opens in 2007, and the company has worked in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai and Rochester, Minnesota since. It publishes no incorporation year, so GRAF does not print one.
Its delivery record is its own to claim: Bloom began handing over Aldhay in Bloom Gardens six months ahead of schedule, and opened Bloom Arjaan by Rotana on Saadiyat Island on 29 July 2026. At Bloom Living the first two phases, Cordoba and Toledo, are finished and occupied — Cordoba sold out — and Alhambra is the last release. Bloom's CEO Carlos Wakim said at the launch that the remaining phases are "all on track for delivery as scheduled"; he named no date, and neither does this page.
Alhambra — the centre of Bloom Living, Zayed City, Abu Dhabi
Bloom Living sits in Zayed City — Khalifa City C — on the mainland side of Abu Dhabi, close to Zayed International Airport. It covers 2.2 million square metres and will hold more than 4,500 homes around a lake with walking and cycling trails along its edge. Alhambra is in the middle of it rather than on the edge, which is the point: Bloom put the community's retail, dining and services here, in Souk Alhambra, within walking distance of the villa and townhouse phases that came before. Two international schools, places of worship and the Bloom Living Wellness Village — pools, sports and wellness facilities — are all reachable on foot through the community's interconnected parks, with no road crossing. ⚠️ One thing Bloom has not published: a handover date. Brokers advertise Q3 2030 and several print 30 September 2030, but that figure appears nowhere in Bloom's press release, on any of its six Alhambra unit pages, on the Bloom Living master page, or in its own 65-page Alhambra brochure. GRAF prints it as broker-advertised and will replace it the day Bloom states one. Bloom Living's permit number is 20260001482640 and its project number 2022/122218.
- A plaza ringed with cafés and restaurants, open to the lake
- A multi-purpose amphitheatre and the Grand Stairs down to the water
- 20,000 sqm of retail and F&B, including a skylit retail corridor and atrium
- Supermarket, medical clinic, nursery and veterinary services
- Central lake with abundant greenery and a serene lake view
- Walking, jogging and cycling tracks along the water
- Two international schools and places of worship
- Gated community with 24-hour security and a central plaza for events
- State-of-the-art gymnasium with sauna
- Swimming pools with dedicated kids' areas
- Indoor and outdoor children's play areas and a nursery
- Residential lobby, amenities podium and resident parking
Alhambra
The last release of Bloom Living — and the one that finally gives the community its centre.
Most final phases are leftovers: the plots nobody wanted, sold once the good ones are gone. Alhambra is the opposite. Bloom held back the middle of Bloom Living and is building its town centre there — the souk, the plaza, the amphitheatre, the supermarket and the clinic — with the homes wrapped around and above it. The two earliest phases are already occupied, so this is not a render of a community: it is the missing piece of one that exists.
The Final Release
Alhambra is the last residential release at Bloom Living, after Cordoba, Toledo, Casares, Granada, Granada II, Seville, Almeria, Carmona, Marbella and Malaga. When it is finished the community is finished — there is no later phase to dilute it.
Souk Alhambra
The community's social centre, built as a souk rather than a mall: a plaza ringed with cafés and restaurants, a multi-purpose amphitheatre, and roughly 20,000 sqm of retail and dining threaded through arcades and a skylit corridor.
The Grand Stairs to the Lake
Bloom's own name for it. The plaza does not stop at a railing — it steps down to the water as a broad flight of stairs, with the amphitheatre looking out over the lake and the bridge beyond it.
The Jewel Gate
The market street runs under a deep triple arch Bloom calls the Jewel Gate, with its own forecourt in front of it. It is the piece that makes Alhambra read as a town square rather than a podium with shops on it.
The Paseo
A shaded pedestrian shopping street planted with olive trees, running between the blocks — low-rise on both sides, awnings, benches and shopfronts, scaled for walking rather than for cars.
The Lakefront Promenade
Dining terraces step down to the water along the lake edge, and the walking and cycling trails that ring Bloom Living run straight past them. Many of the apartments look directly onto it.
Everyday Essentials Inside the Gate
A supermarket, a medical clinic, a nursery and veterinary services are part of Souk Alhambra, not a drive away. For the villa and townhouse phases already occupied here, that is the single biggest thing Alhambra adds.
Two International Schools on Foot
Bloom Living carries two international schools and places of worship inside the community, reached through uninterrupted, interconnected parks rather than along a road.
The Wellness Village
Bloom Living's Wellness Village — swimming pools, sports and wellness facilities — is within walking distance, and each residential building adds its own gymnasium with sauna, pools with kids' areas and indoor play rooms.
Built for Children
An outdoor play area under the pergolas, an indoor play room in the building, a nursery in the souk and the parks between the blocks. The community's design assumes families, and the three-bedroom apartments and townhouses are priced for them.
Triplex Penthouses over the Lake
A limited run of four-bedroom penthouses, six bathrooms, from 4,252 sq ft across three floors with a roof terrace, pergola and fire pit — and unobstructed views over the lake and the rest of Bloom Living.
Freehold to All Nationalities
Bloom Living is a designated investment zone, so buyers of every nationality can purchase here. Bloom also includes the 2% ADM registration fee in the price rather than adding it at signing.
Property Types & Floor Plans
Studio Apartment
From 347 ft² (32 m²)
AED 2,493/ft² · ≈ $7,306/m²
1 bathroom · Bloom publishes four studio layouts: Type A1.4, A1.4 Balcony, A1.5 and A2
1 Bedroom Apartment
From 700 ft² (65 m²)
AED 2,000/ft² · ≈ $5,862/m²
2 bathrooms · Bloom publishes two 1-bedroom layouts
2 Bedrooms Apartment
From 1,098 ft² (102 m²)
AED 1,913/ft² · ≈ $5,606/m²
3 bathrooms · Bloom publishes seven 2-bedroom layouts: Type A, A1, A2.1, A2.2, A2.3 and A3
3 Bedrooms Apartment
From 1,851 ft² (172 m²)
AED 1,729/ft² · ≈ $5,067/m²
4 bathrooms · Bloom publishes six 3-bedroom layouts: Type A, B, C, C1 and C2
3 Bedrooms Townhouse
From 2,928 ft² (272 m²)
AED 1,537/ft² · ≈ $4,505/m²
4 bathrooms · duplex over ground and first floor, with a private garden
4 Bedrooms Penthouse
From 4,252 ft² (395 m²)
AED 1,952/ft² · ≈ $5,721/m²
6 bathrooms · triplex over three floors with a private roof terrace · limited release
Bloom's own plan — 5% down, 35% across construction, 60% on handover, with the 2% ADM registration fee included.
This is the developer's plan, not a broker's: Bloom Holding prints it in a Payment Plan block on every one of the six Alhambra unit pages, with an Incentives block beneath it reading "2% ADM Registration Fees Included" — the Abu Dhabi Municipality registration fee is in the price rather than added at signing. On a studio from AED 865,000 the down payment is AED 43,250, AED 302,750 falls due across the construction period and AED 519,000 on handover; on a three-bedroom apartment from AED 3,200,000 those become AED 160,000, AED 1,120,000 and AED 1,920,000. Bloom publishes the three stages as an aggregate and does not break the 35% into dated instalments — no breakdown is invented here. Its own footnote adds: "For more payment option plans, please call us on 800 Bloom (25666)." A 70/30 alternative (10% booking, 60% construction, 30% handover) is advertised by broker aggregators but is not published by Bloom, and is named here only so you know where you may have seen it. ⚠️ Handover: Bloom publishes no completion date for Alhambra anywhere — brokers advertise Q3 2030.
Why Alhambra is a Smart Zayed City Investment
For Rent
Alhambra is the only part of Bloom Living that offers studios and one-bedrooms — from AED 865,000 and AED 1,400,000 — in a community otherwise built of villas and townhouses. That puts the cheapest entry ticket in Bloom Living directly above the supermarket, the clinic and the restaurants that the villa phases have to walk to, with two international schools and the Wellness Village on foot. Zayed City sits beside Zayed International Airport, which is the catchment this size of unit usually rents into. The community is a designated investment zone, so a tenant pool of all nationalities is also a buyer pool.
For Resale
Two things make the exit here unusual for an off-plan purchase. First, the community is real: Cordoba and Toledo are built and occupied, so a resale buyer is not being asked to believe a render. Second, Alhambra is the final release — once Bloom finishes it there is no later phase of newer, cheaper stock competing with your unit, which is the normal drag on resale inside a long master community. Entry starts at AED 865,000 for a studio and runs to AED 8,300,000 for a four-bedroom triplex penthouse, and Bloom includes the 2% ADM registration fee rather than charging it on top. ⚠️ Bloom publishes no handover date, so model your holding period on the broker-advertised Q3 2030 with that caveat in mind, not as a contractual one.
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