Nine per cent apart per square foot, a million dirhams apart on the typical purchase, and two and a half years apart on handover. On Dubai Islands, the date matters more than the rate.
Hado is the better-supported purchase. It is 9% cheaper per square foot, hands over in mid-2029 against Meriva's end of 2031, and comes from Beyond, the Omniyat group's development arm, against Crestarc's much shorter record. Two and a half additional years of construction risk is a large thing to accept in exchange for nothing measurable. Meriva's case rests on the specific building and plot rather than on anything in the register, so if you are drawn to it, buy it for the product and price the extra waiting time deliberately.
| Field | Hado by Beyond Beyond Developments (Omniyat Group) | The Meriva Collection Crestarc Developers |
|---|---|---|
| What buyers actually paid Recorded Dubai Land Department sales, register read 2026-08-31. | ||
| Median price paid The middle price of every recorded sale this year. | AED 3,035,000 | AED 4,031,828 |
| Price per sqft The only figure that compares fairly across different unit sizes. | AED 3,156 | AED 3,450 |
| Recorded sales How many purchases the register holds. | 619 | 460 |
| Most sold unit What the per-foot rate above is actually pricing. | 1 B/R | 1 B/R |
| Asking price and payment | ||
| Starting price Advertised entry price, not a recorded sale. | AED 2,200,000 | AED 4,037,828 |
| Payment plan | ||
| Delivery | ||
| Handover | Q3 2029 (DLD registers 30 June 2029) | 31 December 2031 (DLD registered) |
| Escrow account The legal gate before units may lawfully be sold. Checked across every registration year from 2013. | Open registered 2026 | Open registered 2026 |
| Units in scheme From the project register. More units means more competition at handover. | 692 | 939 |
| Location | ||
| Area | Siora, Dubai Islands (Palm Deira), Dubai | Palm Deira, Dubai Islands |
| View Hado by Beyond | View The Meriva Collection | |
On rate the two are close: Hado at a median AED 3,153 per square foot across 619 recorded purchases, Meriva at AED 3,448 across 452. That is 9%, which on Dubai Islands is inside the normal spread between neighbouring plots.
On timing they are not close at all. Hado is registered for handover on 30 June 2029. Meriva is registered for 31 December 2031. That is two and a half extra years during which your money is committed, the building is unfinished, and you are earning nothing from it. In a market where most stock completes between 2029 and 2032, Hado sits at the near end of that range and Meriva at the far end.
The headline medians reflect this and the unit mix: AED 3,035,000 at Hado against AED 4,031,828 at Meriva. Both are one-bedroom-led — 348 of Hado's sales and 204 of Meriva's — so the million-dirham gap is a genuine difference in what the typical buyer commits, not a mix artefact.
Handover 30 June 2029 against 31 December 2031. Two and a half years of extra construction risk.
Hado is built by Beyond, the development arm of the Omniyat group, which has a long delivery history in Dubai across the luxury segment. The Meriva Collection is by Crestarc Developers, a much newer name with correspondingly less to judge.
That is not a claim that Crestarc will underdeliver — new developers complete buildings all the time, and a short record is not a bad record. It is a statement about what you can verify. With Beyond you can look at completed buildings and ask former buyers how the handover went. With Crestarc you are relying on the escrow mechanism and the contract rather than on precedent.
Both projects do hold open escrow accounts, which is the reassurance that matters most for the newer name: Meriva with 939 units on the register, Hado with 692. On the single legal protection available to an off-plan buyer, the two are equal.
Both hold open escrow accounts. Meriva 939 units registered, Hado 692.
Neither of these is a purchase into an established neighbourhood. Dubai Islands — the reclaimed development registered as Palm Deira — is being built in phases, and the amenities, retail and transport that make an area liveable arrive alongside the housing rather than ahead of it.
That affects the two buildings differently. Hado's 2029 handover lands earlier into a less complete district; Meriva's 2031 handover lands later into a more complete one. Whether that is an argument for Meriva depends entirely on whether you intend to live there, let it, or sell before completion.
If you plan to let, the earlier handover is worth more than the more mature setting: two extra years of rent almost always beats two extra years of waiting. If you plan to occupy it yourself, the later date may genuinely suit you better, and Meriva's premium becomes easier to justify.
Hado, by about 9% per square foot — a median AED 3,153 against AED 3,448. On the typical purchase the gap is larger: AED 3,035,000 against AED 4,031,828, roughly a million dirhams. Figures are recorded Land Department sales read 24 August 2026.
Hado by Beyond is registered for 30 June 2029. The Meriva Collection is registered for 31 December 2031. That two-and-a-half-year gap is the single biggest difference between them, and it is worth more than the price difference in either direction.
Yes. Both appear in the 2026 project register with open escrow accounts — Meriva with 939 units, Hado with 692. That is the main legal protection available to an off-plan buyer, and on it the two projects are equal.
Beyond, the development arm of the Omniyat group, has a long delivery record in Dubai. Crestarc Developers, behind Meriva, is a newer name with less history to judge. A short record is not a bad record, but it means you are relying on the escrow account and the contract rather than on precedent.
No. Dubai Islands, registered as Palm Deira, is being delivered in phases, with amenities and transport arriving alongside the housing. Hado's earlier handover lands into a less complete district; Meriva's later handover into a more complete one. If you intend to let the unit, the earlier date is usually worth more than the more mature surroundings.
Transaction figures come from the Dubai Land Department’s open register for 2026, read 2026-08-31, recomputed rather than taken from marketing material. Prices are those paid, not asked. Figures quoted in the written sections are fixed at the date of writing. How we read the register.