Some developments ask the market to believe in a promise. Others earn belief while they’re still under construction. The Waterway, rising now in Meydan Horizon within Mohammed Bin Rashid City, belongs firmly to the second category — and that distinction is precisely why I’ve stayed close to it.
Trusting What the Market Is Already Telling Us
There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from watching resale transactions happen before a building is complete. Over the past several months, one- and two-bedroom units at The Waterway have traded between roughly AED 1,570 and AED 2,220 per square foot, across dozens of recorded sales. A market willing to transact on a promise still being built is a market that has already done its own due diligence. That tells me more than any brochure ever could.
Designing for a Life, Not Just a View
Prestige One Luxury Real Estate, working with LACASA Architects & Engineering Consultants, built The Waterway around a simple idea: that a residential tower can borrow the best instincts of hospitality design without losing what makes it feel like home. The double-height, deliberately minimal lobby sets that tone from the first step inside. An infinity pool paired with a separate lagoon pool, a climbing wall, an outdoor cinema, and an observation deck all exist for the same reason — to give residents a reason to stay rather than simply a place to sleep.
Believing in a District Before the Market Catches Up
Advising on land and developments across the UAE has taught me that the right moment to engage with a location is before its potential becomes obvious to everyone else. Meydan Horizon is still early in that curve. Its proximity to Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary and The Track Meydan Golf, combined with a 13-minute reach to Dubai International Airport and roughly 15 minutes to Dubai Mall, gives it a foundation that hasn’t yet been fully priced in. I’d rather be early to a location’s story than late to it.
Foundations Built to Outlast a Launch
Canadian Piling & Foundation’s groundwork on this project reflects something I look for in every development I put my name behind — the unglamorous, structural discipline that never appears in a marketing image but determines whether a building lasts fifty years or five. A target handover of June 2027 means there is still real work ahead, and I intend to stay engaged with it every step of the way.
