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Town Square: Buying Guide, Prices & Listings
A 750-acre, park-centred Dubailand community by Nshama, built around a large central park, apartments and townhouses on Al Qudra Road.
Freehold7.45% gross yieldMixed
Highlights
About Town Square
Town Square is a 750-acre master-planned community developed by Nshama, launched in March 2015 on Al Qudra Road (D63) in Dubailand, just south of Arabian Ranches and close to DAMAC Hills, Remraam and Mudon. The masterplan is built around a large central park — roughly the footprint of 16 football pitches — and organises its housing into eight apartment clusters (Rawda, Una, Jenna, Warda, Hayat Boulevard, Zahra Breeze, Safi and Zahra) and six townhouse clusters (Sama, Safi, Naseem, Noor, Hayat and Zahra), with a planned total of around 18,000 apartments and roughly 3,000–3,500 townhouses across the full build-out. The first phase, Zahra Townhouses, was handed over in September 2017, and Nshama has continued launching new phases since, including three apartment buildings — Kaya, Lexington and Elaya — currently under construction for 2026 handover.
Town Square in a nutshell
Town Square is a mass-market, family-oriented community built explicitly around its park rather than a beach, marina or golf course — the central green space, 16 community gardens and a large network of cycling and walking trails are the defining amenity, not an add-on. It suits buyers who want more space and a lower entry price than Dubai’s central and coastal addresses, don’t need a Metro connection, and are comfortable with a still-growing retail and school offering as later phases complete. It is one of the more affordable freehold entry points in Dubai, and its closest genuine comparisons are the other Al Qudra Road-corridor family communities — DAMAC Hills 2 and Mudon — covered in the Location section below.
TenureFreehold
Property typesApartments
Gross rental yield7.45%
HandoverMixed — earliest phases delivered since 2017; three apartment towers under construction for Q3-Q4 2026
Neighbourhood
Property types and sub-communities
Apartment stock (studios to three-bedroom units) sits across Rawda, Una, Jenna, Warda, Hayat Boulevard, Zahra Breeze and Safi and Zahra Apartments, with three newer towers — Kaya, Lexington and Elaya — under construction and due for Q3–Q4 2026 handover. Townhouses (three and four bedrooms) are spread across the Sama, Safi, Naseem, Noor, Hayat and Zahra clusters, all low-rise and built around shared courtyards and green space. A brand-new IB school, Dubai International Academy Town Square, opened inside the community in August 2026 — see Schools and nurseries below — which gives a sense of how recently parts of this masterplan have kept expanding well past the original 2015 launch.
Freehold status — who can buy
Town Square is registered with the Dubai Land Department as a freehold community, open to all nationalities, under the framework set out in Regulation No. 3 of 2006 and the designations added since. As with any Dubai freehold purchase, confirm a specific unit’s registration status via DLD or the Dubai REST app before signing.
Golden Visa eligibility
The property-investor Golden Visa requires a Dubai Land Department valuation of at least AED 2,000,000. Town Square is a mass-market, affordable-to-mid-market community, and the majority of individual units here — studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments in particular — are likely to sit below that threshold on their own. Larger three- and four-bedroom townhouses may come closer to or clear it depending on the cluster and phase, but buyers relying on this route should confirm the DLD valuation of a specific unit before assuming eligibility; this is not a community where qualification on a single unit can be assumed by default.
Handover and completion status
Town Square is a genuine mix of mature and active construction. The earliest phases — Zahra Townhouses (handed over September 2017) and the original Rawda, Una and Warda apartment buildings — are built out, occupied and read as an established neighbourhood. At the same time, Nshama has kept launching new phases well beyond the original plan: Kaya and Elaya are both under construction (reported at roughly 13–14% progress at time of writing) with Q3 and Q4 2026 handover dates respectively, and Lexington is targeting Q3 2026. Buyers should treat Town Square as a community with a genuinely long build-out horizon rather than a single completed development — expect some ongoing construction traffic near the newer clusters for a while yet.
Sales trends and price per square foot
Bayut’s Town Square area guide, built from asking-price listings over the trailing 12 months, puts average apartment sale prices at AED 607,000 (studio), AED 1,005,000 (1-bed), AED 1,500,000 (2-bed) and AED 2,278,000 (3-bed) — among the most affordable apartment pricing of any area in this batch. No comparable townhouse table was published, though townhouses are a significant part of the community’s stock. Fidu could not source a per-square-foot figure specifically.
Rental trends and demand drivers
The same Bayut area guide puts average asking rents at AED 47,000 (studio), AED 67,000 (1-bed), AED 103,000 (2-bed), AED 133,000 (3-bed) and AED 199,000 (4-bed), based on listings over the trailing 12 months. Demand is driven by tenants who want more indoor and outdoor space for the money than Dubai’s central and coastal communities offer, a strongly family- and pet-friendly reputation (see the dog park mentioned below), and the ongoing arrival of new supply — Kaya, Lexington and Elaya will each add rental stock through 2026.
Gross rental yield
Bayut’s citywide Sales Market Report H1 2026 names Town Square as the second-highest mid-tier apartment-segment yield in Dubai, at 7.45% — a DLD-derived figure, behind only Al Furjan (7.69%) and ahead of JVC (7.15%).
Service charges — what you’ll actually pay
Not published here. Fidu could not verify a current, Town-Square-specific service charge rate against an official source; exact rates vary by building and cluster and are disclosed per property on Mollak, RERA’s official service-charge platform, which is the correct place to check before buying.
Transport and parking
Town Square has no Dubai Metro station and, unlike some Dubailand communities, we could not verify a dedicated RTA bus route serving the community directly — this is a car-dependent address, and most residents and visitors will need a private vehicle or ride-hailing. Al Qudra Road (D63) runs directly through the community, with Emirates Road (E611) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) both reachable within a few minutes’ drive. Covered and surface parking is standard across the apartment buildings and townhouse clusters.
Schools and nurseries
Dubai International Academy Town Square, an IB (International Baccalaureate) school built inside the community itself, opened in August 2026 — this very month. We checked its KHDA profile directly (web.khda.gov.ae) and it is listed as “not inspected yet,” which is simply what you’d expect of a brand-new school — it won’t receive its first DSIB inspection rating for a few years. The nearest school with a current rating is GEMS Metropole School – Al Waha, roughly 3.6km away in the neighbouring Al Waha community; its KHDA profile (web.khda.gov.ae) shows a “Good” overall DSIB rating for the 2025–2026 inspection cycle, on the UK curriculum (Foundation Stage 1 to Year 13). For nurseries, Numu Nursery Town Square (opened 2024, inside the Zahra Breeze building) and a Maple Bear Nursery both operate within the community — nurseries fall under a separate KHDA inspection framework from DSIB school ratings, so we are not quoting a DSIB-style rating for either.
Amenities, healthcare and everyday services
Spinneys and Carrefour both operate supermarkets serving the community, alongside Life Pharmacy and a dedicated fitness facility, The Gym Town Square. A veterinary clinic sits inside the community too, tied to Town Square’s dog park (see below). Retail is still filling in as later phases complete — the masterplan’s stated target is over 500 retail outlets community-wide, and not all of that is built out yet. For hospital-level care, residents currently drive out to facilities in neighbouring communities or further into central Dubai; we could not verify a hospital physically inside Town Square.
Lifestyle
Dining and retail
Retail is spread across the community’s boulevard-style commercial strips rather than concentrated in a single mall — Hayat Boulevard and the newer Zahra Breeze commercial building carry cafes, casual dining and everyday retail. A Reel Cinemas outlet and a Vida Hotel are both part of the wider masterplan. For larger shopping trips, Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Hills Mall are both a drive away rather than a walk.
Landmarks and things to do
Town Square Park is the community’s defining landmark — a central green space with a splash pad, a kids’ train and carousel, a jungle gym, a skate park, a football pitch and basketball courts. Battle Park adds paintball-style games, and a Wave Rider surf attraction and a trampoline park round out the more active offerings — an unusually dense cluster of family entertainment for a residential community rather than a standalone attraction.
Outdoor space
Beyond the central park, Town Square’s 16 community gardens and its network of cycling, walking and jogging trails run throughout the townhouse and apartment clusters. The community’s dog park — a fenced, resident-registration-only space with a nearby veterinary clinic — is a genuinely distinctive feature; Town Square markets itself, credibly, as one of the more pet-friendly communities in Dubai.
Honest downsides — what to know before you commit
There is no Metro station and no RTA bus route we could verify, so car ownership is close to essential. Town Square sits roughly 25 minutes from Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina and Dubai International Airport in typical traffic — a real daily-commute cost for anyone working centrally. The community is still an active construction site in parts: Kaya, Lexington and Elaya are all under construction with 2026 handover dates, which means ongoing site traffic and dust near the newer clusters for buyers in nearby completed phases. Retail build-out is incomplete relative to the masterplan’s own stated target of 500+ outlets, and the one on-site school, Dubai International Academy Town Square, is brand new with no inspection track record yet — families prioritising a rated school inside the community itself will currently need to look at GEMS Metropole – Al Waha nearby instead.
Location
How Town Square compares to DAMAC Hills 2 and Mudon
Town Square’s closest genuine comparisons sit along the same Al Qudra Road corridor. DAMAC Hills 2 (formerly Akoya Oxygen) is a larger, more distant DAMAC-developed community further down Al Qudra Road, built around a water-themed park (including a wave pool) rather than a green central park — it competes on an even lower entry price and a larger villa stock, at the cost of being further from central Dubai. Mudon, a Dubai Properties community closer to Arabian Ranches, is villa- and townhouse-led with its own Mudon Central Park and reads as slightly more established than Town Square’s newest phases, without Town Square’s apartment stock. Choose DAMAC Hills 2 for the lowest entry price and a water-park identity; choose Mudon for a villa-led, slightly more mature community closer to Arabian Ranches; choose Town Square for a genuine mix of apartments and townhouses, the strongest park-and-trail infrastructure of the three, and Nshama’s still-active development pipeline.
Getting to and from Town Square
Al Qudra Road (D63) runs directly through the community, connecting to Emirates Road (E611) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) within a few minutes. Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina and Dubai International Airport are each roughly 25 minutes away by car in typical traffic. Al Maktoum International Airport, in Dubai South, is likely to be a comparably short or shorter drive given Town Square’s southern location, though we do not have a verified figure to state precisely. There is no rail option from inside the community — every one of these is a car journey.
Is Town Square a good investment?
Fidu is not publishing a yield or price-growth figure for Town Square in this guide, for the sourcing reasons set out above and below. What can be said with confidence: Nshama has kept delivering new phases here for over a decade without a publicly reported cancellation, the community’s park-and-trail infrastructure and family amenities (including the dog park) give it a genuinely distinct identity among Dubai’s mass-market communities, and new supply is still arriving — Kaya, Lexington and Elaya add apartment stock through 2026, which buyers should weigh against resale and rental competition in the years immediately after handover. Get current, DLD-verified pricing for a specific building or cluster before treating any online estimate — from any source — as a number to act on.
FAQs about Town Square
Is Town Square freehold?
Yes — registered as a freehold community under the Regulation No. 3 of 2006 framework and the designations added since, open to all nationalities.
Does it have a Metro station?
No; there is no Dubai Metro station in Town Square, and we could not verify a direct RTA bus route either — it’s a car-dependent community.
Are there schools in Town Square?
Yes — Dubai International Academy Town Square (IB curriculum) opened inside the community in August 2026 but has no KHDA inspection rating yet. GEMS Metropole School – Al Waha, about 3.6km away, is rated Good by KHDA for 2025–2026.
What’s the community built around?
A large central park (roughly 16 football pitches in size), 16 community gardens and an extensive cycling and walking trail network — Town Square is built around its green space rather than a beach, marina or golf course.
Is it still under construction?
Partly. The original Zahra, Safi, Rawda, Una and Warda phases are built out and occupied, while three apartment towers — Kaya, Lexington and Elaya — are under construction for 2026 handover.
How does it compare to DAMAC Hills 2 and Mudon?
DAMAC Hills 2 is larger, further out and cheaper, built around a water park; Mudon is villa-led and closer to Arabian Ranches; Town Square sits between them with a mixed apartment-and-townhouse stock and the strongest park infrastructure of the three.
What does a 2-bed apartment cost in Town Square?
Bayut’s listings-based average is around AED 1,500,000 to buy or AED 103,000 a year to rent, as of mid-2026 — asking prices from live listings, not confirmed DLD transactions.
Getting around
Downtown Dubai~25min
Dubai Marina~25min
Dubai International Airport~25min
How it compares
Damac Hills 2larger, further out, cheaper, water-park-themed
Mudonvilla/townhouse-led, closer to Arabian Ranches
Sources and methodology
Sales and rental figures are drawn from Bayut’s Town Square area guide (listings-based); the yield figure comes from Bayut’s citywide Sales Market Report H1 2026 (DLD-transaction-based), both accessed 13 Aug 2026. Fidu could not verify a current, named, dated service-charge figure for Town Square against a government or Mollak source; that section is omitted rather than estimated, per Fidu’s standing rule that a missing section is preferable to an invented number.
- Sales and rental figures: Bayut’s Town Square area guide, based on live listings over the trailing 12 months, accessed 13 Aug 2026 — bayut.com/area-guides/town-square; yield figure from Bayut’s Dubai Sales Market Report H1 2026 (DLD-sourced), published 29 Jul 2026 — bayut.com/mybayut/dubai-sales-market-report-h1-2026.
- Freehold status: Regulation No. 3 of 2006, Dubai Land & Property Department — dlp.dubai.gov.ae.
- Golden Visa threshold: AED 2,000,000 DLD property valuation threshold.
- Schools: KHDA’s own school directory and inspection profiles for Dubai International Academy Town Square (Id 5614, CenterID 506085) and GEMS Metropole School – Al Waha (Id 5578, CenterID 503690), khda.gov.ae, accessed 13 Aug 2026.
- Masterplan, launch date (March 2015), size (750 acres) and central-park scale: Town Square’s own published development history and Nshama’s project materials.
- Phase delivery: Zahra Townhouses handover reported for September 2017; Kaya, Lexington and Elaya construction progress and Q3–Q4 2026 handover dates per developer and industry project-tracking reporting current at time of writing.
- Transport: road access via Al Qudra Road (D63), Emirates Road (E611) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311). Drive times to landmarks and airports are typical-traffic estimates, not a single named published dataset, consistent with how drive times are presented across Fidu’s existing area guides.
Where a figure could not be tied to one of these named, dated sources, it is described qualitatively rather than estimated.
Properties for rent in Town Square
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1 Bed
2 Bath
639 sq-ft
Accessible Area | Ready To Move | Spacious Layout
AED 65,000 /year
1 Bed
2 Bath
639 sq-ft
Holland Gardens, Town Square, Dubai
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Sources and method. Figures are indicative and dated at publication. Property types: (studio-3bed), townhouses (3-4bed) · Gross rental yield: (Bayut Sales Market Report H1 2026, DLD-derived, 2nd-highest mid-tier apartment segment)
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