Rabdan Avenue – 1 to 3 Bedroom Apartments and Duplexes by Rabdan Developments, Meydan, Dubai
147 residences in an eight-storey building on Meydan Avenue, three minutes from the Meydan Racecourse and twelve from the Burj Khalifa. One, two and three bedroom apartments plus two-level duplexes with private pools, from AED 1,300,000 on a 40/60 plan with all seven instalments published.
Rabdan Avenue — 147 Residences on Meydan Avenue
Rabdan Avenue is a single eight-storey building on Meydan Avenue in Nad Al Sheba 1, and it is deliberately small: 147 homes in total, in a district where the usual answer is a tower. One, two and three bedroom apartments sit above a podium of amenities, and the top of the range is a three-bedroom duplex — a two-level home with an expansive terrace and a private pool, in Rabdan's own words. The architecture is the thing you notice first: every balcony edge is a curve, so the building reads as a stack of soft horizontal bands rather than a grid of boxes. Inside the podium are a beach-style pool with a real sand edge, a rooftop pool and lounge, an Energy Zone gym, kids' pool and play area, a residents' lounge with co-working space, a viewing deck and a BBQ area, plus three retail units at ground level. The Meydan Racecourse is three minutes away, Meydan One Mall five, Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa twelve. Rabdan Developments is a Dubai company named after Sheikh Zayed's Arabian horse; this is its first Meydan building.
Rabdan Developments
Rabdan Developments is an Emirati developer headquartered in Dubai, named after the Arabian horse Rabdan that belonged to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It builds mid-rise residential buildings in Arjan, Majan, Jumeirah Village Circle and now Meydan, and it has been delivering them since 2018 — NAS 1 and NAS 2 in Arjan were both completed that year, Gharbi I has since followed, and Gharbi II in JVC is set for completion in Q2 2027. Rabdan publishes no incorporation year, so GRAF does not print one; its own earliest dated milestone is NAS 1, delivered in 2018.
Its own figures for the group's scale come in two versions and GRAF prints both rather than choosing. Rabdan's homepage says it has delivered over 2.5 million square feet across 10 projects, with a gross development value exceeding AED 2.3 billion and over AED 4.2 billion in completed transactions. Its own About page gives a smaller and visibly older figure — over 2,000 residential units and a gross development value exceeding AED 815 million — on a page that still describes Gharbi II as completing in 2026, which Rabdan's own project page has since moved to Q2 2027. Mansoor Mohammed Maher is Founder and CEO, and he is the only executive Rabdan names.
⚠️ Not to be confused with Rabdan Academy or any other Abu Dhabi entity of the same name — this is a Dubai residential developer and nothing else.
Rabdan Avenue — Meydan Avenue, Nad Al Sheba 1, Dubai
Rabdan's own address for the building is "Rabdan Avenue, Meydan, Dubai"; the land registry trail places it more precisely on Meydan Avenue in Nad Al Sheba 1, inside Mohammed Bin Rashid City. The practical consequence is the drive times, and Rabdan publishes them itself: Meydan Racecourse and Grandstand three minutes away, Meydan One Mall five, Meydan Golf six, Nad Al Sheba Health Centre seven, Nad Al Sheba Mall eight, Business Bay ten, Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa twelve, Dubai International Airport fifteen and La Mer Beach eighteen. For roads it is two minutes to Al Ain Road (E66), five to Ras Al Khor Road (E44) and eight to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311); Business Bay metro station is ten minutes out. ⚠️ One thing to know before you sign anything: Rabdan's own project page shows two different completion dates. Its payment schedule and its main completion field both say Q2 2029 — that is the date GRAF publishes, and it is the one the 60% balance is contractually tied to. A separate "Estimated Completion Date" tile in the page's construction-progress section says Q1 2028. That tile sits in a block where every other value is still blank or zero — no progress percentages, no description, no photos — and the construction-history page says in as many words that no photos are available yet. GRAF treats the contractual date as the real one and tells you the other exists rather than quietly picking. Rabdan's own 87-page brochure states no completion date at all.
- Beach-style pool with a sand edge on the podium deck
- Rooftop pool looking out over Meydan to the Downtown skyline
- Kids' pool beside the children's play area
- Rooftop jacuzzi facing the Burj Khalifa
- Rooftop lounge and rooftop social terraces
- Residents' lounge with co-working facilities
- BBQ area and dedicated family spaces
- Viewing deck over the city
- Energy Zone — the building's gym, glazed and planted
- Kids' play area within the landscaped podium
- Lobby with a piano, reception and lounge seating
- Three retail units at ground level
Rabdan Avenue
A small building in a district of towers — 147 homes, eight storeys, and a payment plan printed in full.
Meydan is filling up with big numbers. Rabdan Avenue is the opposite bet: one eight-storey building, 147 homes, and a developer that has been handing over in Arjan since 2018. What stands out going through the documents is how much is actually published — all seven payment instalments with their dates, the full amenity list, the exact area range — and how little is hidden behind "on request". Where something is missing, this page says so.
147 Homes, Not 1,470
Rabdan's own count. One building, eight residential storeys above a podium, and a deliberately limited collection of one, two and three bedroom apartments plus duplexes. In a district where the default is a tower of several hundred units, the whole building here is smaller than one floor of some of its neighbours.
The Payment Plan, Printed in Full
Seven milestones, every one of them dated, published by Rabdan on its own project page: 10% on booking plus the 4% DLD fee, 10% at two months, then 5% each at six, ten and eighteen months, and the 60% balance on completion. Nothing on this page is reconstructed from a broker's summary.
A Beach Inside the Building
The podium pool is built with a real sand edge and a shallow shelf running into it, with loungers set on the sand and palms planted around the deck. Rabdan calls it the beach-style pool, and it is the amenity the renders lead with.
A Second Pool on the Roof
Above the beach pool there is a rooftop pool set under a slatted canopy, with floating loungers and an open edge facing the Downtown skyline. Two pools in a 147-home building is generous arithmetic.
Curves Instead of Corners
Every balcony edge on the building is a curve, so the facade reads as a stack of soft horizontal bands rather than a grid. Rabdan's own line for it is that curves soften the architecture — it is the single thing that makes the building recognisable from the road.
Three Minutes to the Racecourse
Meydan Racecourse and the Grandstand — home of the Dubai World Cup — are three minutes away, Meydan Golf six and the Meydan Hotel four. These are Rabdan's own published drive times, not a brochure's optimism about rush hour.
Duplexes With Their Own Pools
The three bedroom duplex is the top of the range and Rabdan describes it as a two-level home with an expansive terrace and a private pool. The rooftop jacuzzi render — city on one side, Burj Khalifa on the horizon — is what that terrace is meant to feel like.
The Energy Zone
Rabdan's name for the gym. A fully glazed room with planting between the machines and the city beyond the glass, plus a strength wall and free weights — not a windowless basement room with three treadmills in it.
Built for Families Too
A kids' pool and a landscaped children's play area sit together on the podium, with family spaces and a BBQ area beside them. The three bedroom apartments and the duplexes are the homes those amenities are aimed at.
A Lobby With a Piano in It
Rabdan's own brochure makes a point of it — a curved, travertine-lined arrival hall with layered ceilings, a reception desk in marble and bronze, lounge seating in the round, and a piano. Small building, serious entrance.
Retail on the Ground Floor
Three retail units sit at street level under the residences, which is the difference between walking downstairs for a coffee and driving to Meydan One Mall for one. The mall is five minutes away when you do want it.
A Developer That Has Delivered
NAS 1 and NAS 2 in Arjan were both completed in 2018, Gharbi I has followed, and Gharbi II in JVC is set for Q2 2027. Rabdan is not a first-time developer launching in Meydan — it is an Arjan and JVC builder moving up a postcode.
Property Types & Floor Plans
1 Bedroom Apartment
Development-wide range starts at 687 ft² (64 m²)
AED 1,892/ft² · ≈ $5,546/m²
Rabdan publishes no per-type area table or bathroom count — 687 ft² is the floor of the published 687–2,937 ft² range
2 Bedroom Apartment
Not published per type
Rabdan publishes no price or area for the two bedroom; brokers quote from AED 2,300,000 at 1,184 ft², which is not a developer figure
3 Bedroom Apartment
Not published per type
Rabdan publishes no price or area for the three bedroom; brokers quote from AED 3,900,000 at 1,622 ft², which is not a developer figure
3 Bedroom Duplex
Development-wide range tops out at 2,937 ft² (273 m²)
Two levels with an expansive terrace and a private pool — Rabdan's own description; brokers quote from AED 6,300,000 at 2,937 ft², which is not a developer figure
Rabdan's own 40/60 plan — seven instalments, every one of them dated, with the 60% balance on completion in Q2 2029.
This is the developer's schedule, printed on Rabdan's own project page, not a broker's summary of it: 10% down payment plus the 4% DLD fee, then 10% at two months from the down payment, 5% at six months, 5% at ten months, 5% at eighteen months from reservation, 5% at eighteen months from the down payment, and the 60% balance upon completion in Q2 2029. That is 40 before handover and 60 at it. Two notes on the detail. First, the 4% DLD registration fee is added to the first instalment, not included in the price — Rabdan's own label reads "Down Payment + 4% DLD". Second, two of the instalments are both pegged at eighteen months, one measured from reservation and one from the down payment; those are two different events, and the two rows are reproduced exactly as Rabdan prints them rather than tidied into one. Rabdan publishes no post-handover plan. ⚠️ On the completion date: Rabdan's own page carries two. Its main completion field and this payment schedule both say Q2 2029, and that is the date the 60% is contractually tied to, so it is the one GRAF publishes. A separate "Estimated Completion Date" tile in the page's construction-progress block says Q1 2028 — but that block is otherwise entirely empty, with every progress percentage still at zero and no photos at all, and the instalment ladder above runs to eighteen months before completion, which fits Q2 2029 and does not fit Q1 2028. Rabdan's own brochure names no date. If the developer's progress tracker is ever filled in, we will revisit it. On a one-bedroom at AED 1,300,000 the first payment is AED 130,000 plus AED 52,000 of DLD fee, a further AED 390,000 falls due across construction, and AED 780,000 on completion.
Why Rabdan Avenue Works as a Meydan Investment
For Rent
The entry ticket is a one-bedroom at AED 1,300,000 in a building of 147 homes, three minutes from Meydan Racecourse and ten from Business Bay. Meydan's tenant pool is the one that wants Downtown access without Downtown density — twelve minutes to the Burj Khalifa, fifteen to the airport, two minutes to Al Ain Road — and the amenity list here is unusually deep for a building this size: two pools, a gym, a residents' lounge with co-working space, a viewing deck and three retail units downstairs. The 40/60 structure means 40% of the price is spread across roughly two and a half years before the asset exists, which is the usual off-plan argument for holding costs.
For Resale
Scarcity is the straightforward case: 147 homes, and only a handful of them duplexes with private pools and terraces. Rabdan has a delivery record to point at — NAS 1 and NAS 2 completed in Arjan in 2018, Gharbi I since, Gharbi II due Q2 2027 — so this is not a first building. The honest caveats are two. ⚠️ Rabdan publishes a price for the one-bedroom only; the AED 2.3M, AED 3.9M and AED 6.3M figures you will see quoted for the larger homes are broker numbers, not the developer's, so check them against a current price list before modelling anything. ⚠️ And the developer's own page shows two completion dates — Q2 2029 on the contractual payment schedule, Q1 2028 on an otherwise-empty progress tile. Model your holding period on Q2 2029, which is the date the money is tied to, and get the handover clause in writing.
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