This page is general information, not personal investment advice. Every price shows who published it: launch, Arada-listed, portal-listed, asking or broker.
Masaar at a glance
Masaar is Arada’s forest community in Sharjah and the sister of Aljada: gated villa and townhouse neighbourhoods set in planted forest and linked by cycling trails. Arabic speakers search for it as مسار ارادا or فلل مسار الشارقة, and for the newest masterplan as مسار 3. It is now three separate masterplans.
| Masaar (Masaar 1) | Masaar 2 | Masaar 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launched | 31 Jan 2021 | 27 Feb 2025 | Unveiled 28 Aug 2025 |
| Land | 19M sq ft | 10.5M sq ft | 21M sq ft |
| Homes | 3,000 | 1,997 contracted | 4,000 in 8 phases |
| Status, 30 Sep 2026 | 1,500+ delivered; rest targeted end-2026 | Sold out; first homes targeted end-2027 | Phases 1–4 sold out; phase 5 on sale |
Sources: Arada Masaar; Arada, Masaar 2; Arada, Masaar 3.
Arada’s own numbers have shifted. The 2021 launch promised 4,000 homes in eight districts worth AED 8bn. Its current page says 3,000 homes in “seven gated communities” and 50,000+ trees, while 2024 releases say six districts and 70,000 trees. We use 3,000 homes, the figure Arada has repeated since 2024.
Which suburb is it in? Sources disagree, and Arada has used two names itself:
- The 2021 launch release said Al Juwaiza’a district, New Sharjah.
- Arada’s current page gives “Masaar Discovery Centre, Masaar, Al Suyoh, Sharjah”.
- Bayut and Property Finder file Masaar 1 under Tilal City.
- For Masaar 2 and 3 Arada says Rowdat. Bayut uses Al Sehma for Masaar 2 and Al Menhaz for Masaar 3.
We found no official explanation of the overlap. For directions, use the Discovery Centre. And whatever some listings say, Masaar is in Sharjah, not Dubai.
Masaar 1
Arada sold the original Masaar in phases from 2021 to 2023. Its July 2023 release named seven: Sendian, Kaya, Robinia, Azalea, Sarai, Sequoia and Saro. By June 2024 Sarai had left Arada’s numbering, although Bayut still indexes it.
| Phase | Homes | Arada’s target | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sendian | 445 at launch; 430 built | Q1 2023 | Completed end-2023; handovers from about Jan 2024, roughly three quarters late |
| Kaya and Robinia | 986 | “Coming months” after Jun 2024 | Handover began Sep 2024 |
| Azalea | 565 | End-2025 | No completion notice; unverified |
| Sequoia | 428 | Summer 2026 | No completion notice; unverified |
| Saro | 597 | Q2 2026 | No completion notice; unverified. Sold out; resale only |
Sources: Arada launch; Gulf News; Sharjah24; Arada, Jun 2024.
Arada reported 1,500 homes delivered in July 2025 and “over 1,500” in April 2026, with the remaining 1,500 due by end-2026. The figure did not move in nine months, which suggests Azalea, due end-2025, had not been counted as delivered. That is our reading, not an Arada statement. Bayut lists 29 Azalea villas for rent, so some homes are occupied.
Masaar 2
Masaar 2 launched on 27 February 2025: about 2,000 homes, from 2-bedroom townhouses to 5-bedroom villas, on 10.5M sq ft in Rowdat. Arada says it sold out three hours after launch. In December 2025 Arada awarded AED 2.7bn of contracts for 1,997 homes: Intermass builds phases 1, 3 and 4, and Pivot Engineering & General Contracting builds phase 2. First homes are targeted for end-2027 and full completion for June 2028. Those dates have held since launch.
Arada’s releases only say “four phases”. Bayut and brokers use four cluster names: Melia, Narenj, Coral and Anber. Which cluster matches which phase is unconfirmed, and this Anber is not Aljada’s Anber villas.
Arada’s Masaar 2 page lists a swimmable lagoon with a waterfall, a lake café, a 3 km cycling path, a 4.1 km jogging track, padel and basketball courts, a mosque and an outdoor cinema. These are planned, not open.
Masaar 3
Arada unveiled Masaar 3 on 28 August 2025: 4,000 villas and townhouses of 2 to 5 bedrooms on 21M sq ft, in eight gated phases worth AED 12.5bn. It sits in Rowdat between Masaar 2 and a schools district, with direct access to Khorfakkan Road.
| Phase | Released | Homes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Dana | 14 Sep 2025 | 1,051 with Lareen | Sold out within hours |
| 2 Lareen | Sep 2025 | See Dana | Sold out |
| 3 Laura | Oct 2025 (Arada post 21 Oct; a broker says 1 Oct) | Not disclosed | Sold out |
| 4 Sedra | Nov 2025 (broker only) | Not disclosed | Sold out |
| 5 Layan | 5 Apr 2026 | 437 | On sale; sales not disclosed |
| 6 Dalia | Oct 2026 | 338 | Selling now |
| 7 and 8 | Not announced | Not announced | Not announced |
Sources: Arada, Sep 2025; Arada on X; Arada, Apr 2026.
In April 2026 Arada said phases 1–4 were “fully sold out” and that construction contracts for phases 1–6 would be awarded within three months. No award had been announced by 30 September 2026.
Prices. Arada lists Layan’s 2–4BR townhouses from approx AED 1.8M, and its Masaar 3 page also shows AED 1,980,000 (ARADA-LISTED). Property Finder lists Masaar 3 from AED 1,790,000 for a 1,959 sq ft 2BR townhouse up to AED 5.6M for a 5BR villa (PORTAL-LISTED). The same 2BR townhouse rose from about AED 1.79M on broker sheets for Dana and Lareen (BROKER, unverified) to AED 1,889,000 for Laura, 1,915,000 for Sedra and 2,070,000 for Dalia on Arada’s own channels (ARADA-LISTED), about 15.6% in 13 months.
Payment plans and handover dates conflict.
| Source | Plan | Handover |
|---|---|---|
| Arada, Masaar 3 page (Layan) | 5% down, 35% during construction, 60% on handover | First Masaar 3 homes 2027 |
| Arada, Dalia page | 5% down, 30% during construction, 65% on completion | Not published (brokers: Dec 2029) |
| Brokers, Layan | 35/65 or 40/60 | Q3 2029 or Dec 2029 |
| Brokers, Laura and Sedra | 5/35/60 | 2029 |
| Property Finder, Masaar 3 | 10/55/35 | Q4 2028; Q3 2028 for Dana and Lareen |
Arada’s “first homes 2027” is a masterplan headline. Ask for the targeted date of your own phase, and treat the plan written into your SPA as the only one that counts.
Dalia
Arada now lists Dalia, the newest Masaar 3 phase, as selling: 338 homes, townhouses and villas of 2 to 4 bedrooms, from AED 2,070,000, on a 5/30/65 payment plan (Arada, checked 7 Oct 2026). These are Arada-listed prices:
| Home | Size | Price (ARADA-LISTED) |
|---|---|---|
| 2BR townhouse | 1,959 sq ft | AED 2,070,000 |
| 3BR townhouse | 2,289 sq ft | AED 2,665,000 |
| 4BR townhouse | 2,559 sq ft | AED 3,060,000 |
| 4BR villa | 3,765 sq ft | AED 4,705,000 |
Arada’s page gives no handover date; broker sites say December 2029. Arada’s FAQ calls Dalia Phase 7, while brokers call it Phase 6. Our Dalia page has the layouts, the comparison with Sedra and Layan, and a checklist before you register.
Masaar prices and rents
Bayut’s index put delivered Masaar villas at AED 991 per sq ft in August 2026, up 5.6% in a year (Bayut). Off-plan Masaar 2 resales stood at AED 1,095 per sq ft, up 1.5% (Bayut). These are asking-price indices, not registered sales.
| Masaar 1 cluster | AED per sq ft | Change in a year |
|---|---|---|
| Saro | 1,103 | +12.6% |
| Sequoia | 1,067 | +8.1% |
| Azalea | 1,013 | +9.7% |
| Kaya | 943 | +5.1% |
| Sendian | 919 | +11.0% |
| Robinia | 917 | +2.4% |
In Masaar 2, Anber led at AED 1,247 per sq ft, then Coral 1,237, Narenj 1,169 and Melia 1,096. For finished homes, arada.com shows Saro 4BR townhouses from AED 2,802,000 and 4BR villas from AED 5,363,000, and a Sequoia 6BR villa from AED 8,862,000 (ARADA-LISTED, no pricing date).
Rents are flat. Bayut’s rent index was AED 56 per sq ft a year, up 0.55% (Bayut). On 30 September 2026 Bayut listed 853 Masaar villas for rent, most in Kaya (385), Sendian (177) and Robinia (146). ASKING rents ran about AED 115,000 for a 2BR, 160,000–170,000 for a 3BR, 145,000–295,000 for a 4BR and 175,000–320,000 for a 5BR.
A 1,960 sq ft 2BR townhouse at the index price is worth about AED 1.94M, so an AED 115,000 rent gives roughly 5.9% gross, before service charges, which Arada does not publish. That is our calculation. Arada’s marketing claims 5–7% for villas and 6–7.5% for townhouses. Delivered Masaar now trades below Dalia’s Arada-listed price, which works out at about AED 1,057 per sq ft for the 2BR.
Masaar amenities: cycling track, schools and shops
Open. By June 2024 Arada reported the Discovery Centre, the Masaar Track cycleway, bike rental, a playground and a food-truck park complete. Masaar Track is a 6.6 km forested cycleway, and Arada counts 13 km of cycling and jogging trails in all. Its Masaar 3 page names the food-truck park Zad.
Targeted. Masaar Central, a 53,000 sq ft retail hub with Carrefour, a Wellfit gym and a Bright Star RGS nursery, was contracted to Intermass for AED 60m in July 2025. It is targeted for end-2026 and we have seen no update since (Arada). Reigate Grammar School Masaar, a 2,700-place campus built under an AED 183m contract, is targeted to open in September 2027 (Arada). It is not MASAR Private School in Al Azra. Masaar 3 plans a central lagoon pool with waterfalls, a gym, a café, women-only and children’s pools, and 100,000+ trees.
Getting to Masaar
- Roads: Arada’s 2021 release gives access from Emirates Road and Mleiha Road. Masaar 3 has direct access to Khorfakkan Road and sits near Emirates Road (E611).
- Airports: about 15 minutes to Sharjah International, per Arada. For Dubai International, Arada says 20 minutes in some documents and 30 in others; we have not timed it.
- Nearby, per Arada’s Masaar 3 page: 2 minutes to Nasma Central Park, Tilal Mall and a mosque; 15 minutes to SAIF Zone and the Botanical Garden; 20 minutes to Sharjah Corniche.
Masaar or Aljada?
- Homes: Masaar is villas and townhouses only, from 2 to 6 bedrooms. Aljada is mainly apartments, with hotels already open, including Vida Aljada since 2 September 2026.
- Life today: Masaar’s planned supermarket (Carrefour at Masaar Central) and its school are both still targeted. The forest trails, cycleway and Discovery Centre are already in use.
- Delivery: both have slipped. Sendian came about three quarters late, and three Masaar 1 phases lack completion notices. Our off-plan guide tracks Aljada’s recent delays phase by phase.
- Price per sq ft: Masaar villas index at AED 991 and Masaar 2 at AED 1,095, against AED 1,133 for Aljada as a whole (Bayut, Aug 2026). A villa’s figure includes more land and outdoor space, so the two do not compare like for like.
What we could not confirm
Still open: Dalia’s handover date, the completion of Azalea, Sequoia and Saro, the Masaar 3 contractors, which Masaar 2 cluster is which phase, service charges, and ownership terms for foreign buyers. We update this page when Arada publishes. Seen something newer? Tell us.