Same district, same airport thesis, same studio product. One asks roughly twice the ticket price of the other, and the per-foot gap explains only part of it.
Azizi Abraham is 14% cheaper per square foot and less than half the typical ticket, which makes it the lower-risk entry into a corridor that will not mature until the 2030s. Raw District has vastly more recorded demand — and note the register carries two separate Raw District entries — which gives it a deeper resale market. Both hold open escrow accounts. If you are buying the corridor thesis rather than a specific building, the cheaper entry is the more defensible way to do it.
| Field | Raw District by Imtiaz Imtiaz Developments | Azizi Abraham Azizi Developments |
|---|---|---|
| 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 1,173,994 | AED 550,500 |
| Price per sqft The only figure that compares fairly across different unit sizes. | AED 1,800 | AED 1,548 |
| Recorded sales How many purchases the register holds. | 441 | 120 |
| Most sold unit What the per-foot rate above is actually pricing. | Studio | Studio |
| Asking price and payment | ||
| Starting price Advertised entry price, not a recorded sale. | AED 774,615 | Not published |
| Payment plan | Not published | |
| Delivery | ||
| Handover | Confirm contractually — not in the DLD 2026 registration year | Q3 2028 (DLD registered September 2028) |
| 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. | 674 | 420 |
| Location | ||
| Area | Jabal Ali Industrial Second / Downtown Jebel Ali, Dubai | Downtown Jebel Ali, Jabal Ali Industrial Second, Dubai |
| View Raw District by Imtiaz | View Azizi Abraham | |
Raw District by Imtiaz transacts at a median AED 1,800 per square foot; Azizi Abraham at AED 1,546. That is a 16% premium for Raw District, or Azizi being about 14% cheaper depending which way you read it.
The headline gap is far larger: a median purchase of AED 1,174,810 at Raw District against AED 551,000 at Azizi Abraham. Azizi's typical buyer commits less than half as much money. Most of that difference is unit size rather than rate — both are studio-led, at 447 and 83 recorded sales respectively, but Raw District's studios are substantially larger.
For a corridor purchase that distinction matters more than usual. If you are buying on the strength of a thesis that will not resolve until the 2030s, the amount of capital you have committed while you wait is the thing that determines whether you can hold the position.
AED 1,174,810 against AED 551,000 per typical purchase. AED 1,800 against AED 1,546 per square foot.
Worth knowing before you compare anything. The Land Department holds Raw District by Imtiaz CR, with 433 recorded sales at a median AED 1,174,810 and AED 1,800 per square foot, and Raw District by Imtiaz R, with 491 sales at AED 779,142 and AED 1,759 per square foot.
The rates are close, at under 3% apart, but the typical ticket differs by nearly AED 400,000 — again a unit-size effect rather than a value one. This page prices the CR entry. If the unit you are shown belongs to the other, the median purchase you should be comparing against is AED 779,142, which changes the comparison with Azizi Abraham considerably.
Ask which registration your specific unit falls under. It is a reasonable question, the developer will know the answer, and it moves the numbers enough to matter.
Raw District CR: 433 sales, median AED 1,174,810. Raw District R: 491 sales, median AED 779,142.
Downtown Jebel Ali sits on the Al Maktoum International Airport corridor, which took roughly a quarter of all Dubai off-plan purchases this year. The thesis is real and government-backed: the airport expansion has AED 55 billion of contracts being awarded, and the corridor around it is being built out.
The timing is the honest caveat, and it applies to both buildings equally. Azizi Abraham is registered for handover in Q3 2028. Raw District has no filed date in the 2026 registration year and must be pinned down contractually. Either way, you take handover well before the airport programme delivers its capacity, which runs in phases into the 2030s.
That means the first several years of your holding period are let to the tenants who exist in Downtown Jebel Ali as it is now — an industrial and logistics district with housing being added alongside — not to the population the masterplan describes. Price the yield on that basis and treat the corridor as upside. Both projects hold open escrow accounts, with 674 units registered at Raw District and 420 at Azizi Abraham.
Azizi Abraham, on both measures — AED 1,546 per square foot against AED 1,800, and a typical purchase of AED 551,000 against AED 1,174,810. The ticket gap is much wider than the rate gap because Raw District's studios are larger. Data read 24 August 2026.
The register carries two entries: Raw District by Imtiaz CR (433 sales, median AED 1,174,810, AED 1,800/sqft) and Raw District by Imtiaz R (491 sales, median AED 779,142, AED 1,759/sqft). The rates are within 3% but the tickets differ by nearly AED 400,000. Ask which registration your unit falls under.
Azizi Abraham is registered for Q3 2028. Raw District has no filed date in the 2026 registration year, so its handover must be fixed contractually. Both hold open escrow accounts — 420 units at Azizi Abraham and 674 at Raw District.
The programme is real and government-backed, with AED 55 billion of contracts being awarded. The caveat is timing: you take handover in 2028 or thereabouts, while the airport delivers capacity in phases into the 2030s. You will be letting into the district as it is — industrial and logistics with housing being added — not as it is planned to become.
The cheaper entry, on balance. If the thesis will not resolve until the 2030s, the amount of capital tied up while you wait determines whether you can hold the position. Azizi Abraham commits less than half as much per purchase, which matters more than the 14% rate difference.
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.