Expo City Dubai

Expo City Dubai is a government-owned master developer, established by Dubai's Law No. (14) of 2022 and managed by the Expo City Dubai Authority. It is not a private company — it is a strategic government project extending the legacy of Expo 2020 Dubai and forming part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan.

Expo City is built directly on the Expo 2020 Dubai site — the world expo that hosted 192 nations and over 24 million visitors and later staged COP28. After the expo closed in March 2022, roughly 80% of its permanent built environment was retained and is being transformed into a mixed-use smart city, keeping landmarks like Al Wasl Dome and the Terra and Alif pavilions.

It is positioned as the UAE's first Green Innovation District. The master plan targets LEED Gold and WELL Community Gold, every building is required to meet LEED Gold standards, and the city is pre-certified LEED Platinum under the LEED Cities & Communities standard. Public-realm and infrastructure works target BREEAM Excellent.

The master plan is organised into five districts. The residential communities include Expo Valley (low-density villas and townhouses — Yasmina, Maha, Shamsa, Expo Valley Views) and central apartment clusters such as Mangrove Residences, Sidr Residences, Al Waha, Sky Residences and Al Wasl, with handovers phased from 2026 onward.

It can be a strong growth-led allocation, with the credibility of government ownership, a globally recognised address and genuine sustainability credentials. That said, it is an emerging, mostly off-plan district — the secondary market is still thin, so figures are indicative and it is best held as a satellite position within a diversified Dubai portfolio.