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] [5]}
• Architecture / landscape — Zaha Hadid Architects; landscape Vladimir Djurovic (high) ^{[1] [5]}
• Lifestyle brand — managed by Dorchester Collection (high) ^{[1] [5]}
• 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] [5]}
• 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] [6]}
• 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] [5]}
• Portal ownership field — freehold on Property Finder (med — portal field only) ^[4]
• Former launch name — Ela Residences (med) ^[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. ^[5] 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] [5]} 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] [5]} 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. ^[6]
• Propsearch prints handover year 2028 without locking a quarter. ^[5]

Year 2028 is dual-supported across Omniyat, Property Finder, Luxhabitat and Propsearch. ^{[1] [4] [6] [5]} 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] [5]} 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. ^[6]

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. ^[5] 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. ^[5] 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] [5]}
3. Marketing “from” vs observed samples — PF ~AED 44M vs lower 2BR pre-reg samples and higher large-unit trades. ^{[4] [5]}
4. Payment plan is portal/broker dual only — not printed on the official product page capture. ^{[4] [6] [1]}
5. Legal seller / SPV — Omniyat marketing vs Grandeur Beach Real Estate Development on Propsearch; confirm contracting entity. ^[5]
6. Residences vs Resort Residences labels — match SPA building name; do not buy a related product by accident. ^{[1] [5]}
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. Print the SPA name as The Alba Residences / The Alba Residences, Dorchester Collection with building and unit ID — no “Palm pack” shorthand. ^{[1] [4]}
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. ^[5]
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.