Emaar Properties

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Emaar Properties PJSC is a Dubai developer listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM: EMAAR), best known as the developer of Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Downtown Dubai; founder Mohamed Alabbar has led it since 1997. It develops master-planned communities such as Dubai Hills Estate, Dubai Creek Harbour, Emaar Beachfront and Emaar South, and says it has delivered more than 130,900 homes since 2002 from a land bank of about 590 million sq ft (316 million sq ft in the UAE). Its hospitality arm, Emaar Hospitality Group, oversees 28 hotels with more than 5,600 keys across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and Turkiye under Address Hotels + Resorts, Palace, Vida and Armani Hotel Dubai, and operates another 10 Rove hotels with nearly 3,600 keys in partnership. In H1 2026 Emaar reported revenue of AED 23.9 billion (up 21%), net profit before tax of AED 12.8 billion (up 23%), property sales of AED 26.6 billion and a revenue backlog of AED 164.9 billion, while its UAE hotels ran at 60% average occupancy. Its announced hotel pipeline includes Vida Aljada in Sharjah (opened 1 September 2026), Address The Bay at Emaar Beachfront (2027), and Address Diriyah and Address Al Marjan Island (both 2028).