Mandarin Oriental Residences, Saadiyat Cultural District
Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi. Mandarin Oriental. 226 furnished residences by Bjarke Ingels facing the Zayed National Museum.
Two hundred and twenty-six furnished residences by Bjarke Ingels Group in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island, looking onto the Zayed National Museum and the Gulf, with interiors by the New York designer Lillian Wu and service by Mandarin Oriental. One- to four-bedroom apartments and five-bedroom penthouses of up to about 2,000 square metres, from AED 6.2 million, by Aldar; handover in the third quarter of 2028.
Two brokers' errors are recorded rather than repeated. One page states that buying here qualifies for residency 'in Dubai' — the building is in Abu Dhabi, and the register publishes the jurisdiction's rule, not a verdict, in any case; another shows the price as AED 0.00, an unfilled template. The entry price is AED 6.2 million in most sources and AED 6.5 million in one; completion is the third quarter or August 2028.
Who it is not for
Not for a buyer who wants to furnish their own home: every residence comes fully furnished.
Sources
- in.ae (226 residences, one- to four-bedroom apartments and five-bedroom penthouses, 1,107–21,807 sq ft; from AED 6,200,000; handover Q3 2028; designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, managed by Mandarin Oriental
- eminenceproperties.com (226 homes; architecture led by BIG; interiors by Lillian Wu Studio; from AED 6.2 million for a one-bedroom; some listings to AED 42 million for penthouses
- metropolitan.realestate 11.09.2025 (one- to four-bedroom apartments and five-bedroom penthouses to 21,800 sq ft; interiors by New York-based Lillian Wu; completion 2028; from AED 6.2 million as of Q1 2025 — the page also states that buying here qualifies for residency 'in Dubai', though the building is in Abu Dhabi
- homehunters.ae 24.09.2025 (completion August 2028; from AED 6.5 million
- dahlercompany.com (226 homes; from about EUR 1.45 million
- brandedresi.com 09.03.2025 (three-bedrooms of 2,649–9,429 sq ft from AED 25,063,150; Aldar the sole offeror
- psinv.net 16.11.2025 (price shown as 'AED 0.00', an unfilled template
- Knight Frank, The Residence Report 2025-2026, p. 12 (named as 'Mandarin Oriental Residences Abu Dhabi')
Pages read are linked.
- brandedresi.com
- dahlercompany.com
- eminenceproperties.com
- homehunters.ae
- in.ae
- metropolitan.realestate
- psinv.net
Verification
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Booking
Private Residences records addresses; it does not broker them. Enquiries are passed to the party named in the record, and nothing on this site is an offer.
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In the journal
22.09.2026 · Research intake, run 6 — a museum as a brand, and a palace on the auction block
Mandarin Oriental Residences on Saadiyat, 226 furnished homes by Bjarke Ingels, came with two brokers' errors now on the card rather than in it: a residency claim placed in the wrong emirate, and a price of AED 0.00. Palazzo Versace Dubai took eight years to build and has been on the auction block since 2024, its asking price falling from about AED 1.4 billion to a base bid of AED 600 million. Saadiyat Grove, named in the same reports, is an AED 8 billion master community, not a development; it is declined with that reason, and its branded component, the Louvre residences, is held on its own.
Named in research
- Knight Frank · 2025-2026 · The Residence Report — p. 12 — as “Mandarin Oriental Residences Abu Dhabi”, added to the register from research
Reports are catalogued in ResearchCorrespondence and linked to their publishers; the register does not republish them.
Investment migration — the facts the rule turns on
The rule for UAE: Residence permit above a threshold — checked 24.09.2026.
| Entry price | AED 6,200,000 (local currency as published) | 31.03.2025 · record sources |
| Seller | Not established | 22.09.2026 · searched in the record's sources; not published |
| Construction status | Under Construction | 22.09.2026 · record sources |
| Emirate | Abu Dhabi | 22.09.2026 · record place |
The register publishes the facts and the rule; it does not say whether any purchase qualifies. Eligibility attaches to a sale, not to a building, and the register is not immigration counsel.