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Is Maritime City Dubai Worth the Hype? | Beyond by Omniyat
June 2025 · Developments · Updated September 2026
Is Maritime City Dubai Worth the Hype? | Beyond by Omniyat, an episode of The Dubai Connect® podcast, where Ghada "GG" Benitez talks Dubai real estate investing with industry guests.
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Where in the world can you find forest living in a seafront community? Well, Beyond is introducing that today right here in Maritime City. Let's go find out more. After the incredibly successful launches of Beyond Sensia and Arise, we're finding out about the mural here today in Maritime City.
Now, obviously, we know with real estate, it's about location, location, location. And the entire Beyond Project, there are about 10 towers right here in Maritime City. A beautiful peninsula. Think of South Beach, Monte Carlo, and it's actually connected to Fort Rashid Yatsa Marina as well.
This is actually one of the last seafront opportunities to invest in Dubai. And location of the entire project is incredible. But I will go another step further. The location of this tower that they're launching today, the mural is probably the best of all the towers so far that we know about in the entire Beyond community because it's at the edge of the peninsula, closest to what we suspect is probably going to be the Omni Ultra Luxury Hotel.
We don't know exactly what's coming there, potentially a private beach. So, and the positioning and the strategic use of the space and the floor plates allow for maximizing views from all rooms. So, we're not going to downplay Sunset V facing or downplay one bedrooms because of the balconies, the private gardens that they have on the balconies. And because of something that is so incredibly unique to this project, and we'll go in and show you on the mockup, which is the forest.
The forest. What does it sound like? Okay. Yes.
It's like a central park greenery, etc. No, it's way more than that. We don't have a lot of details. We'll try to extract as much as we can from the sales director, but it's going to be water, play, water features, activities.
It's really about this entire project. The mural is about this artistic vibe of blending the the how do I explain it? A sanctuary of the greenery living with the incredible view of the water. And it's all about the lifestyle.
It's about the experience. Even who they brought on as the interior designer. It's consumer based retail. They're really looking at the retail experience of a consumer coming in that from the minute they drive in to the entryway and go into the three-story lobby and they go into their room.
We're even talking about once you walk in and open the door to your unit, whatever bedroom it is, you automatically have this open, beautiful space with floor to ceiling, very high floor to ceiling windows of a view, whether it's the forest view or the sea view. And then there's all these amenities that they've included, even two pools, by the way, including an incredible top insane views. Okay. But it's about lifestyle, running track, the gym that's overlooking the water, and you're still getting in at an early pricing because they still have about, I believe, six more towers that are going to be launching.
And the strategy is obviously that they're going to increase the pricing as each tower is launched. So in my expert opinion is you are getting the best location of the entire beyond on the pala of the entire master community beyond and at the pricing that's still in the early phase because we will see increased pricing as the next launches come. So we're going to go in and find out more cuz they're doing their second presentation right now. We'll try to get a hold of Arshie who actually I'll link my previous video where I did a much more thorough run through about the entire project.
And what's really important to obviously know is not just the location, although that's incredibly important. Um, the connectivity there, and that's something that I'm going to touch upon as well. Don't just drop a Google map and say, okay, how far is Maritime City right now to let's say DIC or downtown Khalifa. You have to understand the future plans from the Shandga project that they have going on, etc.
That they're going to increase the connectivity to where it's going to be about 10 to 12 minutes to DIC downtown and business bay. What does that mean? People that are working in these places who want to live here on this sea and have this incredible lifestyle will be so quickly connected. Then the RTA has also announced the expansion of the RTA red line and Maritime City is going to be one of the stops.
So again adding to that connectivity and DRA is very close as well. So, you have this lifestyle that's going to cater to long-term renters of people that live here and want to work in this lifestyle, but also because of the location, being so close to the airport, about 15 minutes to the airport, being on the waterfront, being next to Rasha Yatsa Marina, which is going to be this whole yacht club vibe with high-end shops and retail and experiences that's a destination that it would also be for short-term rentals. And of course, capital appreciation because you're getting in, I believe the price is around 3500 to 4,000 dhams per square foot. And we're anticipating to go all the way up to 6,000 per square foot.
And I actually have another video where I did like a case study basically to show all the waterfront locations of Dubai as you go through it all. And we know that this is a great opportunity to get in. And did I mention 50/50 payment plan? I don't believe that there's any other seafront right now that's offering 50/50 payment plan.
So talk to your developer. Beyond by Amna Omnia known for Doorchester Opus ultra luxury. Incredible location and of the location probably the best located tower. Incredibly amazing amenities that's going to cater to a lifestyle for people that want that long-term rental and getting a great pricing that's going to give you the opportunity for the capital appreciation.
So, we'll go in, learn more, come follow me, and let me know, reach out to me if you're interested to learn more about opportunity, how you can invest here. So, I had originally planned to get the sales director on camera to share more about this launch, but with over 800 brokers showing up tonight, that was impossible. Please do check out my previous video with the sales director of Beyond by Omniot if you want to go into the whole master community idea. For now, let me walk you through the mural and why it deserves your full attention.
We're here in Maritime City, a seafront master plan that has quickly become one of Dubai's most desirable and exclusive residential areas. The mural is the latest tower by Beyond by Omniot. If the Omniot brand, you already know what that means. Ultra luxury craftsmanship, artistic design, and architecture that speaks to a global audience.
But here's a twist. With Beyond by Omniot, we're talking about affordable luxury with entry points starting at 2.47 million Durham and a very rare 50/50 payment plan. From an investor's lens, let's break this down. If you study the history of seafront property appreciation, you'll see how you are still getting in at a very early entry point here.
This entire master plan is in development pre-construction, which means prices today are not reflective nearly reflective of what this will be in just a few years. You're able to look at NightFrank's reports year after year that show seafront properties significantly outperforming nonseafront counterparts in both capital appreciation and in rental returns. And the structure of this offplan project here in Maritime City with Beyond by Omniot is what another feature that makes it stand out. You only need to pay 50% during construction spread out over 3 years interest free.
Then right before handover in Q4 of 2028, you have options. You can resell at what should be the peak value for capital appreciation or finance the final 50% as a foreign investor or pay cash and enjoy consistent rental income in Dubai. No property taxes, no capital gains taxes, no income tax on your rental income. Don't forget if you purchase a property, even an off-plan in Dubai for 2 million durham or more.
Once you receive the UK, you're then eligible to apply for the very popular Dubai 10-year golden visa program, which allows you to sponsor your family, your house staff, get an Emirates ID, etc. Well, as you can see, this was a crazy unveiling. So many people showed up which gives you a little bit of a feeling of what the launch is going to be like. And we know that the last two launches sold out on launch day.
We anticipate the same to happen with this tower. So if you are ready to invest in one of the last waterfront opportunities by an incredible developer beyond by Omniot here in Maritime City in Dubai, reach.