The Horizon — off-plan in Sobha Central

• Developer — Sobha Realty (high) ^{[1] [3]}
• Sold as — The Horizon; portals lengthen it to The Horizon at Sobha Central (high) ^{[1] [3]}
• Where — Sobha Central on SZR, Jebel Ali (high) ^{[1] [3]}
• Launch order — Sobha FAQ: first tower launched here (high) ^[1]
• Form — one high-rise of apartments; PF marks freehold (high / med) ^{[1] [3]}
• Height talk — Propsearch 76 floors plus 3 basements; E&V says 77 (med — clash) ^{[4] [5]}
• Bedrooms — 1 and 2; official sheets about 568–1,346 sqft; listing card stretches to 1,554 (high / med) ^{[1] [2]}
• Sobha start — AED 1.91M, listing top about AED 4.51M (high) ^{[1] [2]}
• Broker 1BR start — PF launch 1.7M / FAQ AED 1,680,000; Propsearch AED 1,580,000; E&V AED 1,520,000 (med — below Sobha) ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Broker 2BR start — PF AED 2.5M; E&V AED 2.48M (med) ^{[3] [5]}
• Handover window — Sobha Dec 2029; PF 1 December / Q4 2029; Propsearch and E&V land in the same quarter (med — target, public pages line up) ^{[2] [3]}
• Instalments — Sobha page blank. PF 20/40/40. Propsearch 60/40. E&V 10/50/40 billed as 60/40 (low — three versions) ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Works timeline — PF construction 7 May 2025; Propsearch first trace April 2025, status still Planned (med) ^{[3] [4]}

Treat every “from” figure as a shortlist filter. Ask for the dated Horizon unit sheet. ^[1]

Marketing stills pull back on the whole Sobha Central cluster — gold-framed mid-blocks, planted terraces, a Sobha Central Mall panel on the slimmer shaft. Useful for recognising the campus. Useless for locking your flat. ^[1]

The FAQ sells 1- and 2-bedroom homes in the first-launched tower, floor-to-ceiling glass, and a view line that supposedly stays clear for 500 metres. ^[1] Official plan carousel we captured:

• 1-bed A–D — roughly 568 to 695 sqft ^[1]
• 2-bed C — roughly 936 sqft ^[1]
• 2-bed D — roughly 956 sqft ^[1]
• 2-bed A — roughly 1,346 sqft ^[1]

The apartments card then markets 694.9–1,554 sqft. That 694.9 floor is Type D, not the smaller Type A. Circle suite versus balcony on the sheet you are handed. ^[2]

Letter trap: Sobha’s Type A two-bed is 1,346 sqft. Property Finder also shows a Type A two-bed at 936 sqft, which matches Sobha’s Type C. ^{[1] [3]} Do not treat a portal letter as a bedroom count. PF also invents 1-bed letters up to 781 sqft that never appear on Sobha’s carousel.

Sobha opens at AED 1.91 million and lists up to about AED 4.51 million. ^{[1] [2]} PF’s 1-bed story is AED 1.68–1.70 million, with 2-beds from AED 2.5 million. Propsearch still carries a AED 1.58 million launch. Engel & Völkers starts 1-beds at AED 1.52 million and 2-beds at AED 2.48 million. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Treat every one of those as a filter, not a quote.

Keep these in different folders:

• Campus hub: Sobha Central
• Already researched: The Eden, The Mirage
• Still only names on Sobha’s apartments list: The Serene, The Tranquil, The Pinnacle
• Hartland, Sanctuary and Sobha One are other Sobha worlds

Amenity icons: leisure pool, outdoor gym, outdoor cinema, family barbecue, kids’ play, office space. The lede also walks you through a mall, multiplex, gym, prayer hall, clinic and supermarket via linked lift lobbies. ^[1] Ask which of those drawings are Horizon exhibits. Images here are downloaded official renders.

Handover: The official apartments card says Dec 2029. ^[2] Property Finder prints December / Q4 2029 and expected completion 1 December 2029. ^[3] Propsearch and Engel & Völkers sit in that same late-2029 band. ^{[4] [5]} Rare agreement. Still a marketing date. The contract and the handover notice win. Skip the PF About claim that some flats are already ready — it contradicts the same page’s December 2029 finish.

How you pay: Sobha’s Horizon page we captured publishes no instalment table. ^[1] Three outside versions:

• Property Finder — 20% at launch, 40% while it is built, 40% at handover ^[3]
• Propsearch — 60% while it is built, 40% at handover ^[4]
• Engel & Völkers — 10% to book, 50% during the build, 40% at handover, sold as 60/40 ^[5]

Rebuild cash flow from the printed Horizon schedule. Do not paste The Eden or The Mirage ratios across just because they share a podium.

Price gap: Sobha AED 1.91 million versus broker AED 1.52–1.70 million is wide enough to matter. ^{[1] [3]} Ask for a dated Horizon list before you budget either headline.

The Sobha hub is brand background. It does not settle Horizon registration, escrow or the yearly service-charge estimate. The legal seller on the pack should match the reservation header. ^[1]

Neighbourhood notes live on Sobha Central. Property Finder’s tree is Dubai → Jebel Ali → Sobha Central → The Horizon. ^{[1] [3]} Sobha’s drive-time chips — Metro about 2 minutes, JLT 12, Marina and JBR 13 — are marketing, not a traffic study. ^[1] The PF About block also drops the tower “in the heart of JLT”. That is the next district, not this plot.

Already on this site: The Eden and The Mirage. Same master plan. Separate buys. ^[2]

1. Tower mix-up — Eden, Mirage, Serene, Tranquil and Pinnacle are other Sobha cards. ^[2]

1. Broker 1.52–1.70M is not the Sobha start — the developer prints AED 1.91M. ^{[1] [3]}

1. Three unpaid official instalment stories — 20/40/40, 60/40, 10/50/40. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

1. Type A at 936 — PF’s 2-bed Type A is 936 sqft; Sobha’s Type A two-bed is about 1,346. The 936 sheet is official Type C. ^{[1] [3]}

1. 694.9 sqft marketing floor — official Type A is about 568 sqft. ^[1]

1. 76 or 77 floors — Propsearch and E&V disagree. Do not model height until an exhibit prints it. ^{[4] [5]}

1. Campus amenities sold as your lobby — mall, multiplex and linked lifts are master-plan copy. ^[1]

1. Mixed DLD tape — Propsearch samples on this building page list both The Horizon and The Eden under Sobha Central Phase I.

No yield forecast. No “last units” line.

1. Put the reservation beside the sale contract. Both should already name The Horizon (or The Horizon at Sobha Central), the unit ID and the bedroom type you chose. You do not draft Sobha’s pack. Refuse a header that only says the master community, or names a different tower. ^[1]

1. Use Dubai Land Department tools to confirm this Horizon release is registered and has an escrow account before you pay a reservation fee.

1. Request a Horizon price list with a date on it. A quote near AED 1.52–1.70M needs to be explained against Sobha’s AED 1.91M start. ^{[1] [3]}

1. Rebuild the cash flow from the printed Horizon dates. Broker tables are only sketches. ^[3]

1. Mark bedrooms, net versus balcony, floor and parking. If someone says “Type A 936”, ask whether that is Sobha’s 1,346 two-bed or a portal Type C. ^[1]

1. Get written confirmation of which leisure drawings attach to The Horizon and which belong to the campus. ^[1]

1. A tour that also walked The Eden or The Mirage is two shortlists. Keep Horizon and those towers apart. Decide the tower first, then make sure the reservation and sale contract already print that exact name.

1. Open the due-diligence guide one last time before a reservation fee leaves.