Off-plan projects in Warsan Fourth, Dubai

New build for an old rental market

Off-plan projects in Warsan Fourth are apartments, in mid-rise blocks put up by small and mid-sized developers rather than by a master planner. There is no low-rise product and no mixed-use scheme here: the plots were sold for residential buildings, and that is what fills them.

The district sits in eastern Dubai, next to International City and Dragon Mart, with Ras Al Khor and the Al Awir corridor to one side and Emirates Road giving access to everything else. This corner has been the city’s budget rental heartland for the best part of two decades, which matters more here than any amenity, because the tenants already exist in numbers and they rent on price rather than on postcode.

The current list is short: a handful of buildings priced from around $150K, with everything on offer under half a million and handover falling between 2026 and 2028. Booking deposits sit anywhere between 5% and 20%, set by each developer, followed by instalments through construction and a balance at handover. GFS Developments, HZ Development and Newbury Developments are the names building here.

This is a yield category rather than a capital-growth one, and it is worth being honest about that. A unit bought at this level rents to the same people who fill the surrounding blocks, so income is predictable and vacancy risk is low, while the resale case depends on the district staying cheap enough to keep that demand. What these launches offer against the older stock next door is simply that they are new, and newer buildings in a budget district tend to let first. Gorilla Real Estate’s specialists can weigh what these launches ask against the rents actually achieved in the neighbouring districts, which is the only benchmark that means anything here. Off-plan properties for sale in Warsan Fourth are listed above.