Amali Properties

Amali Properties is a Dubai based boutique real estate developer specialising in the upper end of the city's residential market. Founded in 2023 by Emirati entrepreneurs Ali Sajwani and Amira Sajwani, the company has taken a deliberately narrow approach to growth, concentrating on highly limited collections rather than large volumes of apartments or master planned suburban communities.

Ali Sajwani serves as Co Founder and Chief Executive Officer, while Amira Sajwani is Co Founder and Chief Operating Officer. Both bring substantial experience from Dubai's property sector and continue to hold senior positions at DAMAC Properties. Amali, however, is positioned as their own privately held real estate venture and should not be treated as a DAMAC project brand.

Its first major launch established the direction of the company clearly. Rather than entering the market with a conventional apartment building, Amali chose an offshore site at The World Islands for a collection of only 24 beachfront villas. That decision placed privacy, waterfront access and individual home design at the centre of the brand from the outset.

The company's approach is particularly design focused. Instead of relying on hospitality branding or fashion labels to create identity, Amali has assembled specialist architecture, interior and landscape teams around individual schemes. Its residences tend to offer unusually large internal areas, significant outdoor space and greater scope for owners to personalise their homes.

Waterfront locations are another consistent theme. The World Islands provided the setting for its first community, while its latest residential venture moves closer to central Dubai along the Dubai Water Canal in Al Wasl. This gives the company a recognisable direction without repeating the same property format.

Amali Properties remains a relatively young name, so its completed large scale track record is naturally more limited than that of Dubai's long established developers. Its market position is instead being shaped by a small number of expensive, design led residences and the execution of its current construction pipeline.

Amali Properties Projects in Dubai

Amali Island at The World Islands was the company's debut master planned scheme and remains central to its identity. Launched in 2024, it occupies the Uruguay and São Paulo islands within The World Islands and contains just 24 waterfront villas.

The collection was conceived with several architectural expressions rather than a single repeated villa design. ELASTIC leads the architecture, HBA Residential is responsible for interiors and SquareM oversees landscape design. Private beachfront, marine access and individual berths further reinforce the project's focus on owners who treat boating and waterfront living as part of everyday life.

Amali Island has sold through its original developer inventory and is under construction. Major marine and infrastructure works have progressed, while DUTCO Construction was appointed for the main construction and interior works. The scheme is therefore best described as an under construction, sold out development rather than a new launch, although resale opportunities may appear on the secondary market.

The company's most significant new activity is Amali Residences at Dubai Water Canal. The project represents an important evolution because it takes Amali from exclusively villa led work into large format apartments, duplexes, podium villas and penthouses within a central waterfront setting.

Amali Residences is being co-developed by Amali Properties and AHS Properties, the luxury real estate company founded by Abbas Sajwani. It should therefore not be attributed solely to Amali. The collaboration brings together two separately established property businesses led by members of the Sajwani family.

Located in Al Wasl beside the Dubai Water Canal, the scheme is planned as an ultra luxury residential address with architecture by Killa Design and interiors by HBA Residential. Around 211 residences are planned, extending from large two bedroom homes through to substantial penthouses and villa style residences. Current information places completion in the fourth quarter of 2029.

Unlike many branded residences in Dubai, Amali's current flagship schemes are not built around a hotel or fashion licensing agreement. The emphasis is instead placed on architecture, interior design, privacy and highly individualised living spaces.

This transition from 24 private island villas to a major canal front residential scheme shows how the company is expanding while remaining within the super prime segment. Amali Properties off plan projects are therefore likely to remain relatively selective, with location and design playing a larger role than the number of units launched.