Nobody lives on Al Fahid Island yet. Aldar unveiled the masterplan in June 2025, construction and infrastructure work started in 2026, and the island is expected to fully open around 2029.
That makes this an early-entry play, not a move-in-tomorrow one. It sits directly between Yas Island and Saadiyat Island — both effectively sold out in their prime phases — which is the core of the pitch: the last unbuilt beachfront in that stretch of coastline.
Al Fahid is the world's first Fitwel-certified island — a health-building standard usually applied to individual offices, not entire coastlines. It also holds LEED Cities and Communities Platinum precertification.
Aldar brought in Japan's Kengo Kuma and Koichi Takada, London-based ACME, and UAE-based NAGA Architects to design the residential districts — an unusually international roster for a single Abu Dhabi masterplan.
The first release, Fahid Beach Residences, is seven mid-rise buildings of 65 apartments each. Fahid Beach Terraces, designed by Koichi Takada with interiors by M&L, anchors a dedicated beachfront clubhouse. Townhouses and ultra-luxury villas follow in later phases.
Every home on the island is designed to sit within a five-minute walk of the water — the masterplan splits Fahid down the middle, beaches on one side, mangrove forest on the other.
Most of this is still on the masterplan, not on the ground — worth knowing exactly what's been announced versus what's still to come.
BEACH CLUBOpen to the public, anchoring Fahid Beach Terraces' clubhouse.
The island's own school opens 2028; everything else on-island is still masterplan, not built.
Fahid Beach Residences alone generated over AED 3 billion in sales at launch — one of the strongest single-project debuts Abu Dhabi has seen. As a brand-new masterplan, long-run yield and price-growth data is still being established.
