Tilal Al Ghaf – Lagoon Villas & Townhouses by Majid Al Futtaim
A 300-hectare, AED 14 billion master community built around a swimmable crystal lagoon and a central cascade, on the Al Qudra side of Dubailand. Eleven neighbourhoods run from three-bedroom townhouses at Elan and Aura Gardens to the Grand Villas of Alaya and the waterfront mansions of Elysian, Serenity and Lanai.
Tilal Al Ghaf — The Lagoon Community of the Al Qudra Belt
Tilal Al Ghaf is Majid Al Futtaim's flagship residential destination: more than 300 hectares on the Al Qudra side of Dubailand, an estimated AED 14 billion of development, and a swimmable crystal lagoon with a central cascade at the centre of it. The community is deliberately layered — Elan and Aura Gardens carry the three and four bedroom townhouses, Harmony and Amara the family villas, Alaya the Grand Villas, and Elysian, Serenity and Lanai the waterfront mansion tiers. Build-out runs to 2027, with delivered neighbourhoods already occupied.
Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim is the group behind Mall of the Emirates, City Centre and Ski Dubai — an operator of destinations rather than a pure housebuilder, which is why its one residential master plan is amenity-led. Tilal Al Ghaf is the group's flagship community and its largest residential undertaking, at an estimated AED 14 billion across more than 300 hectares.
The amenity programme reflects the operator background: a swimmable lagoon with beaches, a central cascade, parks and a retail and F&B spine designed as destinations in their own right rather than as an afterthought to the plots.
Tilal Al Ghaf — Al Qudra Road, Dubailand
The community sits on the Al Qudra side of Dubailand between Hessa Street and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, in the same corridor as Damac Hills and Dubai Sports City, with Dubai Marina and Downtown both reachable via Sheikh Zayed Road and E311.
- Swimmable crystal lagoon
- Central cascade
- Lagoon beaches
- Waterfront promenade
- Parks and green corridors
- Retail and F&B spine
- Sports and play facilities
- Schools within the master plan
- Al Qudra Road
- Hessa Street
- Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Rd (E311)
- Dubai Sports City & Damac Hills nearby
25.02441, 55.22829 · Al Qudra, Dubailand
Tilal Al Ghaf
The lagoon community built by an operator of destinations.
Majid Al Futtaim runs Mall of the Emirates and Ski Dubai. Its one residential master plan is built the same way — the lagoon, the cascade and the retail spine are destinations, not renders on a masterplan board.
A Swimmable Lagoon
The crystal lagoon and central cascade sit at the centre of the plan, with beaches and a promenade around them.
Eleven Neighbourhoods
From Elan and Aura Gardens townhouses through Harmony and Amara villas to the Elysian, Serenity and Lanai mansion tiers.
Alaya Grand Villas
The Reserve collection runs to 8,891 ft² of built area with a private lift, four parking spaces and a rooftop sky suite.
Townhouse Entry
Elan and Aura Gardens open the community at three bedroom townhouses of roughly 2,150–2,175 ft².
Already Standing
Delivered neighbourhoods are occupied — you can walk finished streets while the later phases build out to 2027.
Waterfront Mansions
Elysian, Serenity and Lanai form the trophy tier, with listings running from around AED 13.6M.
Property Types & Floor Plans
rate of 2026-08-10
3 Bedroom Townhouse — Elan
2,152 ft² (200 m²)
AED 558/ft² · ≈ $1,634/m²
200 m² · ground + first
3 Bedroom Townhouse — Aura Gardens
2,175 ft² (202 m²)
AED 1,251/ft² · ≈ $3,665/m²
Type A & B · left/right middle unit
Grand Villa — Alaya, The Reserve Type A
8,891 ft² (826 m²)
AED 1,129/ft² · ≈ $3,310/m²
Internal 7,487 ft² · lift · 4 parking · sky suite
50/50 across the community, with a 60/40 option on some releases.
Majid Al Futtaim sells Tilal Al Ghaf on a 50/50 structure — half through construction, half on handover — with a 60/40 variant on some releases that opens at 10% on booking. Delivered neighbourhoods trade on the resale market instead, where the balance settles at transfer. Confirm the plan for the specific neighbourhood and release at booking; the 4% DLD registration fee is charged on top.
Why Tilal Al Ghaf is a Smart Dubailand Investment
For Growth
The community spans an unusually wide ladder for one master plan: portal listings run from about AED 1.2M for an Elan townhouse to AED 24.4M in the Serenity mansion tier, with Harmony villas around AED 7.07–7.34M and Alaya Grand Villas from AED 10.04M. These are asking prices rather than registered sales — read them as the top of the range.
For the Long Hold
A swimmable lagoon, a built retail spine and an operator with three decades of running destinations behind it, in the Al Qudra corridor where the 2024–25 mega-launches are now under construction. The honest counterweight: that same corridor hands over tens of thousands of homes into 2028–2030, and the mansion tiers here are a thin market with few comparable sales.
