Top Developers 35

The developer that inherited a World Expo — Expo City keeps the pavilions, the plazas and the Metro, and builds homes into the city already there.

The only hospitality group with an A ESG rating from ISS — every FIVE hotel in Dubai and Zurich is LEED Platinum and runs on solar power.

A thirty-five-year Emirati conglomerate whose residential statement is The Ritz-Carlton Residences — fifty-four homes on the Dubai Water Canal.

A boutique house that builds only with fashion and automotive maisons — Bentley Home, Trussardi, Gianfranco Ferré and Elie Saab in four years.

An Emirati family developer that waited for the right brand — its Business Bay tower carries Waldorf Astoria, and it says so was the whole point.

The developer of Town Square Dubai, built on the idea that a community should have its park, school and high street before it has its towers.

A hyper-luxury house that has built exactly one thing so far — twelve Foster + Partners mansions on the Jumeirah waterfront, and nothing else.

A European group that builds for human biology first — Eywa is LEED Platinum, WELL-certified, and a Robb Report top-ten wellness residence.

The developer building Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast on a regenerative brief — 90-plus islands, and a rule that the reef comes before the resort.

A waterfront specialist with 5.5 million sq ft delivered in Dubai — Select Group built The Torch, once the tallest residential tower in the world.

The property arm of Yas Holding, working in small collections — beachfront at LUCE on Palm Jumeirah, fairway villas at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Two hundred and thirty-one homes stacked into a Kohn Pedersen Fox landmark, sharing Palm Jumeirah’s crescent with a 795-room Kerzner resort.

One of Dubai’s largest landlords turned developer — wasl now builds freehold towers, including the Mandarin Oriental-branded Wasl Tower.

Amali Properties is a new-generation developer in Dubai's ultra-luxury segment, founded by Amira and Ali Sajwani — second-generation real estate entrepreneurs. The company focuses on boutique, design-led projects with limited inventory and high levels of customisation, working with studios such as Killa Design and HBA. Its portfolio includes Amali Island in The World Islands and Amali Residences on Dubai Canal.