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Select Group: Dubai Marina Towers and Current Projects

Select Group is one of Dubai's largest privately owned developers, founded in September 2002 by Rahail Aslam and led since October 2024 by Group CEO Israr Liaqat. It has delivered more than 10,000 homes, most of them in Dubai Marina, and is now building Peninsula in Business Bay, two Six Senses towers and Artistry One at Dubai Design District.

Last verified: 31 August 2026

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Select Group company profile

Select Group was founded in Dubai in September 2002 by Rahail Aslam, who had already built and sold an IT hardware distribution business in the UK, and who bought into Dubai Marina while the canal was still a construction site. The group does three things at once: it develops and sells homes, it owns and operates hotels and golf resorts in the UK, Germany and Dubai, and it invests in property it does not build itself. The one Select Group project GRAF sells is Artistry One Residences at Dubai Design District. See "Who owns Select Group?" below for the legal entity and the scale figures.

Dubai Marina, and everything after it

Select Group is known for many buildings in Dubai — among the best known are the ones it put up in Dubai Marina, where the company's own timeline runs from Yacht Bay in October 2007 through The Point and Royal Oceanic in December 2009, The Torch and Botanica Tower in 2011, Bay Central in December 2012, West Avenue in September 2014, The Residences at Marina Gate I in July 2018, No.9 in January 2019, The Residences at Marina Gate II in July 2019 and Jumeirah Living Marina Gate in September 2020; Studio One stands in the same district. Outside the Marina it completed The Pacific on Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah in February 2017, and it has since built in Business Bay, on Palm Jumeirah and at Dubai Maritime City.

Its current Dubai pipeline is Peninsula in Business Bay, where handovers have been running since 2025; Nautica One and Nautica Two at Dubai Maritime City, due in 2026; Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina, due in 2029; and Artistry One and Artistry Two at Dubai Design District, launched in January and February 2026 with handover stated for 2029 — see our off-plan buyer's guide for how a five-year handover horizon like this compares with other Dubai launches. Land at Palm Jebel Ali and further plots at d3 came through the strategic agreement with Dubai Holding described in the FAQ below, and neither has published unit counts yet.

Outside the UAE, Select Group has completed 15 Northside and 98 Baker Street in London, both in 2023, holds towers in Liverpool, Sheffield and Nottingham, and runs five golf resorts in the United Kingdom with more than 530 keys. Project-specific prices, payment plans and delivery dates come from the current official sales information for each development.

Sources: Select Group — Our Journey, Zawya — Six Senses Residences The Palm completed, 2 July 2026, Gulf News — Pentominium acquisition, 8 December 2023, The Caterer — UK golf resort acquisitions, 20 May 2026, and Government of Dubai Media Office — Dubai Holding agreement, 1 July 2025.

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Who owns Select Group?

Select Group is owned by its founder and publishes no shareholder register. British-Pakistani entrepreneur Rahail Aslam established the company in Dubai in September 2002, and the company prints his title as Founder and Chairman; he stepped down as chief executive on 14 October 2024, when Israr Liaqat, who had joined as Chief Financial Officer in 2016, became Group CEO. On the figures the company published on 2 July 2026 it is one of the largest privately owned developers in the Gulf — more than 10,000 homes delivered and a portfolio of 24.7 million square feet with a gross development value of AED 35.2 billion. The group also holds assets that have nothing to do with selling apartments: five golf resorts in the United Kingdom with more than 530 keys, the Radisson Blu in Dubai Media City, bought through the subsidiary Select M City Ltd for more than AED 200 million in a deal announced in February 2025, and a hotel in Frankfurt. Its legal entity is Select Global Development LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Dubai under commercial registration number 695299; no shareholding percentage appears in any source used here, and Emirates Strategic Investments Company LLC is named as a joint-venture partner on specific projects rather than as a shareholder in the group.

Source: Select Group — Terms & Conditions: legal entity and Dubai registration number · Construction Business News ME — Select Group announces strategic leadership overhaul, 14 October 2024 · The Caterer — Select Group expands UK portfolio with golf resort acquisitions, 20 May 2026 · Gulf News — Select Group buys Radisson Blu hotel in Dubai Media City, 3 February 2025 · Dubai Holding — strategic agreement with Select Group, 1 July 2025

Track record

Buildings that made the name

01 The Torch The tower that made the company's name in Dubai Marina — 682 apartments and six retail units on a narrow waterside plot, built through the subsidiary Torch Select Ltd after the original developer handed the scheme over. 2011 completed
02 Bay Central Three mixed-use towers with 747 homes, and the first time Select Group put a hotel operator inside one of its own buildings: InterContinental Hotels Group was appointed in September 2012 to run the hotel tower. 2012 completed
03 Marina Gate The group's flagship Dubai Marina scheme, delivered as three towers — The Residences at Marina Gate I in July 2018, The Residences at Marina Gate II in July 2019 and Jumeirah Living Marina Gate, run by Jumeirah Group, in September 2020. 2018–2020
04 No.9 A 37-storey tower on one of the last waterside plots left in Dubai Marina, next to the Grosvenor House hotel; completed in January 2019 and given an Arabian Property Award that May. 2019 completed
05 The Pacific Completed in February 2017 on Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah — the group's only delivered residential scheme outside Dubai, launched in 2008 at around AED 1 billion. 2017 completed
06 Peninsula Select Group's first master community, on a Business Bay peninsula wrapped by the Dubai Canal. Launched from November 2021, it includes Jumeirah Living Business Bay and the group's own headquarters, and handovers have been running since 2025. 2021–2026
07 Six Senses Residences The Palm, Dubai Signature villas, sky villas and penthouses on the West Crescent of Palm Jumeirah, completed in May 2026 — the first residential development in the Middle East and North Africa to carry the Six Senses name. 2026 completed
08 Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina Launched in April 2024 on the abandoned Pentominium foundations: 122 storeys, 517 m and 251 residences designed by Woods Bagot, which the developer says will make it the world's tallest residential tower when it completes in 2029. Launched 2024

Select Group track record

Homes delivered since 2002

More than 10,000

Select Group, published 2 July 2026

Units in the pipeline

About 5,000

Select Group, published 2 July 2026

Development portfolio

Over 24.7 million sq ft

Residential, commercial, hospitality and retail

Gross development value

AED 35.2bn

Select Group, published 2 July 2026

Portfolio figures are Select Group's own, published with the completion of Six Senses Residences The Palm on 2 July 2026.Delivered homes and pipeline units are separate counts and are not added together.

What Select Group is known for

Delivering in Dubai since

October 2007, when Yacht Bay was completed in Dubai Marina

Held the world's tallest residential title

The Torch, 352 m over 86 floors, completed 8 May 2011

First Six Senses homes in the Middle East and North Africa

Six Senses Residences The Palm, completed May 2026

Its own master community

Peninsula, Business Bay — 3.3 million sq ft and 3,300 units across seven buildings

Completed outside the UAE

15 Northside and 98 Baker Street in London, both 2023; a hotel in Frankfurt open since February 2020

Currently under construction

Artistry One and Artistry Two at d3, Nautica at Dubai Maritime City, Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina

Delivery figures are Select Group's own published numbers, dated 2 July 2026.Building dates come from the company's published timeline.

We are proud to have delivered the first Six Senses branded residences in the region and grateful to the homeowners who placed their trust in us.

Israr Liaqat Group CEO, Select Group Select Group company release, 2 July 2026

Where Select Group builds

Dubai Design District Apartments in Dubai

Current projects via GRAF

Artistry One Residences

Dubai Design District

From AED 2.2M

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How Select Group differs from other Dubai developers

What separates Select Group from most developers on GRAF is operational, not financial: where it builds, what it does with sites other people walked away from, and who it signs before it opens sales. Its legal form and ownership are set out in the ownership answer above.

Twelve buildings in one square kilometre: The company's own timeline dates eleven Dubai Marina completions, from Yacht Bay in October 2007 to Jumeirah Living Marina Gate in September 2020, and Studio One was handed over in the same district. Peninsula, launched in November 2021, is its first master community anywhere.
Restarts towers other developers stopped: The Torch was transferred to Select Group by its original developer, Al Rashideen Trading Company. The Pentominium shell, abandoned around 2011 at roughly a fifth built, was bought at a Dubai Courts auction in December 2023 for about USD 100 million after 46 bids and relaunched as Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina.
The operator is signed before the flat is sold: Jumeirah Group runs Jumeirah Living Marina Gate and Jumeirah Living Business Bay; Six Senses, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, runs both Six Senses buildings; IHG has run the Bay Central hotel tower since it opened. Each operator was named at launch, not after handover.
Sells out before the building is finished: Peninsula's off-plan sales closed on 20 May 2025 at a gross development value of AED 7 billion; Nautica at Dubai Maritime City is marked sold out on the developer's own site; Six Senses Residences The Palm was fully sold before construction finished.
Buys land straight from Dubai Holding: The agreement signed on 1 July 2025 covering Palm Jebel Ali and Dubai Design District was Dubai Holding's first strategic land sale to a third-party developer at Palm Jebel Ali — most developers on GRAF assemble plots on the open market.

Why GRAF recommends Select Group

GRAF recommends Select Group because it has been handing over buildings in Dubai for nearly twenty years and you can walk into most of them — The Torch, Marina Gate, Peninsula — before you buy anything off-plan from it. The one Select Group project GRAF sells is Artistry One Residences at Dubai Design District, a 36-storey tower with one- to three-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom duplex penthouses, from AED 2.2 million, with handover in 2029.

Why consider Artistry One

You are buying off-plan from a developer with finished buildings behind itHandover is five years out, so the question is whether the developer finishes. Its most recent completion, Six Senses Residences The Palm, was handed over in May 2026, and Peninsula in Business Bay has been handing over since 2025 — both were launched off-plan the same way Artistry One is being sold now.
Dubai Design District is only now getting homesd3 grew as a creative and office district; Artistry One is Select Group's first residential development there, and Artistry Two followed in February 2026. Ask GRAF what else is planned on the same master plan before you pick a floor.
The entry price is below the Marina and Downtown for the same address qualityApartments start at AED 2.2 million, with Business Bay, Downtown Dubai and DIFC a short drive away. Ask GRAF for a rental and resale comparison against equivalent sizes in Business Bay before you decide.

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Select Group — frequently asked questions

Who owns Select Group?

Select Group is owned by its founder and publishes no shareholder register. Its terms of use name Select Global Development LLC, trading as Select Group, a limited liability company incorporated in Dubai under commercial registration 695299; no shareholding percentage is published.

Source: Select Group — Terms & Conditions

Who runs Select Group today?

Israr Liaqat is Group CEO. He was appointed on 14 October 2024, when founder Rahail Aslam moved to Chairman after 22 years as chief executive. Liaqat joined Select Group in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer.

Source: Construction Business News ME, 14 October 2024

How many homes has Select Group delivered?

More than 10,000 since 2002, across a portfolio of over 24.7 million square feet with a gross development value of AED 35.2 billion. About 5,000 further units are in the pipeline. The two counts are reported separately and are not added together.

Source: Select Group company release, 2 July 2026

Has Select Group built anywhere outside Dubai Marina?

Yes, though the Marina came first and dominates the record. The Pacific on Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah completed in February 2017; Peninsula in Business Bay has been handing over since 2025; Six Senses Residences The Palm completed on Palm Jumeirah in May 2026. Outside the UAE the group has completed residential schemes in London, Nottingham and Liverpool and opened a hotel in Frankfurt in February 2020.

Source: Select Group — Our Journey

What is Artistry One Residences?

A 36-storey tower at Dubai Design District, launched in January 2026 and Select Group's first residential development in d3. It holds one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom duplex penthouses, from about 741 sq ft to 7,765 sq ft, sold on a 50/50 payment plan with handover stated for 2029. Artistry Two followed in February 2026.

Source: Select Group — Artistry One Residences

Is Six Senses Residences Dubai Marina the world's tallest residential tower?

The developer states that it will be on completion. The tower is 517 metres over 122 storeys with 251 residences, designed by Woods Bagot, and the official project page gives completion in 2029. It stands on the foundations of the Pentominium, a tower announced in 2007 and abandoned around 2011, which Select Group bought at auction in December 2023.

Source: Woods Bagot — Six Senses Residences, Dubai Marina

What is Peninsula in Business Bay?

A master community of 3.3 million square feet with 3,300 units across seven properties, at a gross development value of AED 7 billion. Off-plan sales closed on 20 May 2025 with the sale of the Grade A office tower. Handovers began in 2025 and Peninsula Four The Plaza was scheduled for mid-2026.

Source: Construction Business News ME, 20 May 2025

What is Select Group building at Palm Jebel Ali and d3?

Dubai Holding and Select Group, with joint-venture partner Emirates Strategic Investments Company LLC, signed a strategic agreement on 1 July 2025 covering both locations. It is Dubai Holding's first strategic land sale to a third-party developer at Palm Jebel Ali. Design and planning are under way and no unit counts have been published.

Source: Government of Dubai Media Office, 1 July 2025

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Official sources

Official website Select Group — official site Select Group — Our Journey Select Group UAE — LinkedIn Dubai Holding — strategic agreement with Select Group, 1 July 2025

About this profile

Maintained by the GRAF editorial team from public sources and our own project data. Updated 31 August 2026. Contact us