Crest Grande

Crest Grande is a completed residential development by Sobha, situated within the Sobha Hartland master community in Mohammed Bin Rashid City. Comprising three towers, the project delivered semi-furnished apartments in 2025 and currently stands fully built out.

# Three towers on the Hartland waterfront

Sobha Hartland occupies a stretch of Mohammed Bin Rashid City that positions it between the old city core and the newer residential belts pushing south-east from Downtown Dubai. The community is a self-contained district: landscaped, low in vehicular noise relative to its proximity to the urban centre, and governed by a consistent architectural language that Sobha has applied across its portfolio here.

Crest Grande adds three towers to that fabric. The project completed in Q1 2025, which means buyers today are looking at a finished asset rather than a rendering. Construction risk is off the table.

The waterfront positioning within Hartland gives the towers a clear aspect over water and, beyond it, the Downtown skyline. The Burj Khalifa sits roughly 13 kilometres to the west, close enough to read on the horizon from upper floors.

# Residences, specification and semi-furnished finish

Specific unit counts, sizes and per-square-foot prices are not publicly disclosed for Crest Grande at this stage, as the project is currently recorded as out of stock. What the developer has confirmed is that residences are delivered semi-furnished, a specification tier that reduces the fit-out burden for incoming buyers while leaving room for personalisation.

Service charges are pegged at 18 to 19 AED per square foot, which prospective buyers should factor into gross-to-net yield calculations alongside any financing assumptions.

The interiors follow the contemporary finish standard Sobha applies across Hartland: fitted kitchens, considered natural light planning, and layouts designed to make the most of the waterfront aspect where orientation allows.

# Amenities across the three buildings

The amenity provision covers both active and passive use. There are indoor and outdoor gyms, a kids' pool, jogging tracks and landscaped green parks within the development.

The balance between indoor fitness infrastructure and outdoor green space reflects the direction most of Hartland's newer completions have taken: less resort-hotel theatrics, more day-to-day utility.

# Position within Mohammed Bin Rashid City

The location maths here are fairly straightforward for time-poor buyers.

Hartland International School is three minutes by car. North London Collegiate School Dubai, which draws heavily from the British expatriate community, is five minutes away at 2.3 kilometres. For families relocating from the UK in particular, that proximity matters as much as the apartment itself.

Meydan One Mall sits 4.8 kilometres out, a five-minute drive. Dubai International Airport is 17.6 kilometres, typically 19 minutes by road, which keeps Hartland within reasonable range for frequent travellers without placing it in the flight-path noise corridor that affects parts of Deira and older Bur Dubai.

The Burj Khalifa and the Downtown core are 14 minutes by car. Close enough for dinner; far enough for quiet.

# What Crest Grande represents for the completed-stock buyer

The out-of-stock status signals that the project absorbed demand during its off-plan phase. For buyers who missed the launch window, the secondary market is the relevant route, and that market is now live with completed, tenanted or vacant-ready units.

For investors, a completed Sobha asset in Hartland with a service charge between 18 and 19 AED per square foot occupies the mid-tier of the Dubai luxury maintenance cost spectrum. It is not the lowest-cost-to-hold address in the city, but Hartland's school catchment and waterfront positioning have historically supported occupancy. For end-users, particularly those with school-age children and a preference for a finished, move-in-ready home over an off-plan wait, Crest Grande offers an address that has already proven its delivery.