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Island B · Dubai Islands

Shore Island

Beachfront living with boutique resorts, beach clubs and family villas near the shore. Anchor resort is Rixos.

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Aerial view of Shore Island, Dubai Islands
Island B · Nakheel masterplan render
Planned hotels 45 The resort island. Most keys of the five, and the reason short-let gets pitched here
Open space 300,000+ sq.m Beach, promenade and landscaped setback along both channels
Infrastructure awarded AED 527M Roads, utilities and marina connections. Committed spend, not a render
First handover Q4 2026 Rixos. The first honest read on occupancy anyone gets here

The case, and the caveats

Works

The only island with money in the ground

Nakheel awarded an AED 527M infrastructure contract to Al Nasr in April 2026 for roads, utilities and marina connections. Committed spend beats a render every time.

Works

The first real occupancy test

Rixos hands over Q4 2026. That is the first honest read anyone gets on what short-let demand here actually looks like, and it lands before most of the island completes.

Careful

Beachfront is a word people stretch

Row one is genuinely row one here, which is rare. Row three is Deira with a longer walk and it is priced as though it is not. Check the plot, not the brochure.

Selling here now

9 projects on Shore Island

Every one carries a buy, watch or skip.

What it looks like

3 of 3 photographs still to come
1 The waterfront Promenade, marina or beach at eye level. What someone actually walks along. island-b-01.jpg 4:3 · 1600px wide or more
2 The buildings Streetscape or podium level. Height, spacing and materials, not another aerial. island-b-02.jpg 4:3 · 1600px wide or more
3 The amenity Whatever this island is actually selling: the marina, the golf, the beach club. island-b-03.jpg 4:3 · 1600px wide or more

What is on the island

Beachfront resorts Rixos Q4 2026, the rest still on the drawing board
Beach clubs Planned along the western channel
Family villa districts Low-density, set back from the resort strip
Marina connections Part of the April 2026 infrastructure award
Waterfront promenade Both channels, continuous where built
Retail and F&B Resort-led rather than a mall. The mall is on Island A

The detail

Official name
Shore Island (Island B), Dubai Islands
Concept
Beachfront resorts, beach clubs and family villas near the shore
Property types
Apartments, beachfront villas, branded residences
Anchor operator
Rixos · handover Q4 2026
Infrastructure
AED 527M contract awarded to Al Nasr, April 2026
Part of
Dubai Islands by Nakheel · Deira, Dubai
Ownership
Freehold, full foreign ownership
Payment plans
50/50 to 80/20, post-handover available
Golden Visa
10-year, from AED 2,000,000 registered
Connectivity
Infinity Bridge to mainland Deira · dedicated island bridges 2027–29

Getting around

Drive times today, via Infinity Bridge. The dedicated island bridges and the metro extension are dated 2027–29, and I track them quarterly.

From the islands
  • ★ Dubai Islands You are here. Five islands, 17 sq.km —
  • Deira waterfront Gold Souk · Infinity Bridge exit · Dubai Hospital 5 min
  • Old Deira and the port Gold Souk Metro · Maritime City · Cruise Terminal · Deira Old Town 10–15 min
  • 1 Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 3, via the Infinity Bridge 20 min
  • Festival City and Trade Centre City Centre Deira · Festival City · World Trade Centre 20–25 min
  • 2 Downtown Dubai Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall 25 min
  • 3 DIFC The financial district 25 min
  • 4 Business Bay Depending on the Sheikh Zayed Road run 30–40 min
  • Jumeirah and the beaches Jumeirah Beach · City Walk · Safa Park · Burj Al Arab 30–40 min
  • 5 Palm Jumeirah The comparable everyone reaches for 30–40 min
Numbered rows are the pins on the map. Times are today, via the Infinity Bridge.

The other four islands

A Central Island Where the liquidity is C Oasis Island Wait for phase two D Golf Island Lifestyle, not yield E Elite Island Capital preservation
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