DIFC Opens Its First-Ever Residential Ownership Opportunity in the New Zabeel District
February 9, 2026
For the first time since DIFC was founded, buyers can now own a home inside it. The Residences — two towers set within the district’s new Zabeel expansion — mark DIFC’s first residential ownership offering, and public sales opened on 12 February 2026.
The development comprises 463 homes across one, two and three-bedroom apartments, duplexes and duplex penthouses, ranging from roughly 846 to 4,489 square feet. It sits within Phase A of the Zabeel District expansion, close to the Art Pavilion and the restored Zabeel Stables, with select residences framing views of Burj Khalifa and pedestrian access to the DIFC Gate District, Emirates Towers and the World Trade Centre.
Residents get resort-style pools, a gym, a yoga studio, squash and padel courts, and shared working lounges — amenities built around a district that’s rapidly becoming one of the most walkable, work-adjacent addresses in Dubai, backed by DIFC Developments’ own standards for the wider financial centre.
A first residential launch inside DIFC doesn’t come around often — for buyers who’ve been watching the district’s institutional growth from the outside, this is the first real chance to actually live inside it. If a launch like this is the kind of opportunity you’d want to hear about before the wider market catches up, that’s exactly the sort of thing our team tracks daily.
Source of information: DIFC
