The Alba Residences — off-plan on Palm Jumeirah

• Developer — Omniyat (Omniyat Group) (high — official product page + portal) ^{[1] [4]}
• Official product string — The Alba Residences, Dorchester Collection · The Alba Residences (high) ^[1]
• Portal string — The Alba Residences Dorchester Collection (high) ^[4]
• District — Palm Jumeirah, Eastern Crescent / The Crescent (high) ^{[2] [4] [6]}
• Architecture / landscape — Zaha Hadid Architects; landscape Vladimir Djurovic (high) ^{[1] [6]}
• Lifestyle brand — managed by Dorchester Collection (high) ^{[1] [6]}
• Beds marketed (official) — 2–4 bedroom simplex residences, 3–4 bedroom duplex residences, and 6-bedroom super penthouses (high) ^{[1] [2]}
• Residences count — 88 on the official Omniyat page (high); Property Finder body copy says 60; Propsearch estimates ~209 for a multi-building complex (med — conflict; see Product) ^{[1] [4] [6]}
• Hotel keys (official) — 79 (high — destination mix, not your apartment count) ^[1]
• Portal marketing “from” — about AED 44,000,000 on Property Finder (3BR layout card / launch price) (med — marketing floor, not a unit quote) ^[4]
• Payment plan (portal dual) — 5% / 55% / 40% on Property Finder and Luxhabitat (med — not on official product page capture; SPA wins) ^{[4] [7]}
• Handover (conflict) — official Q3 2028 vs portal Q1 / March 2028 (med — year 2028 dual; quarter conflict; detail in Timing) ^{[1] [4]}
• Construction — portal start July 2024; Propsearch construction photos into 2026 (high for start stamp) ^{[4] [6]}
• Portal ownership field — freehold on Property Finder (med — portal field only) ^[4]
• Former launch name — Ela Residences / leftover portal card Ela By Omniyat (high — same launch, renamed; not a second tower) ^{[6] [5]}

Shortlist on high/med rows. Where public pages disagree, rebuild cash-flow and keys only from the SPA.

The Alba Residences sits on Palm Jumeirah’s Eastern Crescent as a mixed ultra-luxury destination: private homes plus hotel keys. It is not a frond villa scheme and not Palm Jebel Ali. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

Omniyat’s public size bands (marketing ladder, not a locked plan pack):

• Simplex residences — 2–4 bedroom · about 2,674–16,350 sqft ^[1]
• Duplex residences — 3–4 bedroom · about 4,605–8,109 sqft ^[1]
• Super penthouses — 6 bedroom · about 25,894–32,758 sqft; summary prints three super penthouses ^[1]

Property Finder shows a thinner unit card set — 3BR apartment ~5,368 sqft from AED 44M, 4BR apartment ~6,744 sqft from AED 58M, and 3–4BR duplex rows from about AED 45M–62M. ^[4] Propsearch widens 3–4BR ranges and raises the super-penthouse ceiling. ^[6] Trust SPA net area and official drawings over any one portal row.

Inventory and massing disagree in public: Omniyat prints 88 residences and 79 hotel keys. ^[1] Property Finder body text says 60 residences and one building; Propsearch estimates ~209 units across three buildings (storeys 10 + 9 + 9). ^{[4] [6]} Do not invent a single stock total — lock project + building name on the SPA.

Omniyat and DLD samples also use The Alba Resort Residences as a related label. ^{[1] [6]} This page owns the Residences Dorchester Collection card only — buy the named building, not a vague “Alba on the Palm” pack.

Gallery stills are self-hosted Omniyat and Property Finder marketing renders — design intent, not unit proof. Floor plans attached to the SPA decide what you buy.

Handover — sources disagree on quarter (detail):

• Omniyat product page stamps Completed by Q3 2028 / completion year 2028. ^[1]
• Property Finder key information stamps March 2028, delivery date Q1 2028, expected completion 31 March 2028. ^[4]
• Luxhabitat repeats Q1 2028. ^[7]
• Propsearch prints handover year 2028 without locking a quarter. ^[6]

Year 2028 is dual-supported across Omniyat, Property Finder, Luxhabitat and Propsearch. ^{[1] [4] [7] [6]} The Q1 vs Q3 split is material — only the SPA and written handover notice bind.

Construction: Property Finder stamps booking 1 July 2024 and construction start 2 July 2024; Propsearch agrees July 2024 start and shows later site photos. ^{[4] [6]} Omniyat’s December 2025 contractor news names Innovo Build LLC as main contractor. ^[3]

Payment plan (portal dual; not on official product page capture):

• Property Finder: 5% down at sales launch, 55% during construction (five instalments), 40% on handover. ^[4]
• Luxhabitat: same 5 / 55 / 40 structure. ^[7]
• A leftover Ela By Omniyat Property Finder card still prints 25% / 35% / 40% — do not mix that leftover card with the current Alba portal pair. ^[5]

Dual marketing agreement is not the same as a developer PDF or SPA schedule. Rebuild AED cash-flow from the instalment calendar attached to your unit.

Price framing: Omniyat’s product page does not print a public starting price at capture. ^[1] Property Finder’s marketing floor is about AED 44M (3BR card / launch price). ^[4] Public DLD-linked pre-registration samples on Propsearch show smaller 2BR trades nearer AED 16–23M and larger 4BR trades far above the portal “from” — samples are not a price list. ^[6] Treat any portal “from” as a filter only — not a binding unit quote.

Builder research: Omniyat. Dorchester Collection branding and Zaha Hadid architecture do not shorten escrow, variation or service-charge checks for The Alba Residences.

Area research: Palm Jumeirah — this release is on the Eastern Crescent / The Crescent, not a generic frond villa cluster. ^{[2] [4]} Commute times, monorail usefulness and beach access rights depend on the exact plot and title exhibits — not on destination marketing.

Propsearch maps the delivery vehicle to Grandeur Beach Real Estate Development under Omniyat Properties. ^[6] Match the legal seller on the reservation form — marketing brand alone is not the contracting party.

Related Palm product pages on this site: Ocean House by Ellington and Bella by Passo. Each is a separate SPA product — do not treat them as substitutes for The Alba Residences. ^{[1] [4]}

1. Handover quarter conflict — full source split in Timing; only the SPA settles keys. ^{[1] [4]}
2. Unit-count and building-count conflicts — full split in Product (88 vs 60 vs ~209; one vs three buildings). ^{[1] [4] [6]}
3. Marketing “from” vs observed samples — PF ~AED 44M vs lower 2BR pre-reg samples and higher large-unit trades. ^{[4] [6]}
4. Payment plan is portal/broker dual only — current Alba cards print 5/55/40; leftover Ela By Omniyat cards still print 25/35/40. Neither is the official product-page table. ^{[4] [7] [5] [1]}
5. Legal seller / SPV — Omniyat marketing vs Grandeur Beach Real Estate Development on Propsearch; confirm contracting entity. ^[6]
6. Residences vs Resort Residences labels — match SPA building name; do not buy a related product by accident. ^{[1] [6]}
7. Ultra-prime Palm exit and running costs — secondary market depth and service charges can work against you. We publish no yield forecast.

“Limited stock” lines without a dated inventory sheet are sales language, not evidence.

1. Walk the Eastern Crescent Omniyat home you actually want (visit or plan set). Then read Omniyat’s printed booking pack and sale contract: they should already show The Alba Residences or The Alba Residences, Dorchester Collection, plus building and unit. Buyers check those forms — they do not write them. A leftover Ela brochure is the 2024 launch name, not another tower. ^{[1] [4] [6]}
2. Check DLD registration and the escrow account for this project before any booking deposit.
3. Require a dated unit price sheet for The Alba Residences only — reject spoken “from” numbers — and reconcile built-up area with the official plan set. ^[4]
4. Rebuild cash-flow and keys date from the SPA instalment table, not from portal or marketing headlines. ^{[1] [4]}
5. Verify beds, level, parking, outlook, any private pool claim and beach rights on the unit drawings for The Alba Residences — not on lifestyle renders. ^[1]
6. Confirm the legal seller if Omniyat / Grandeur Beach / other SPV entities appear on the form. ^[6]
7. Separate hotel keys / Resort Residences marketing from the residence you are buying. ^[1]
8. Work through due diligence end to end before any deposit leaves your account.