NB Collection

NB Collection is a four-villa beachfront development by RAK Properties, situated within the Mina Al Arab masterplan in Ras Al Khaimah, with completion scheduled for Q4 2026.

# A single building on the Hayat Islands waterfront

Mina Al Arab has spent the better part of a decade establishing itself as Ras Al Khaimah's most coherent coastal address. Hayat Islands, the peninsula community within it, sits where the Arabian Gulf meets a network of lagoons, giving residents direct waterfront access on multiple sides. NB Collection occupies a position within this setting that places it immediately adjacent to Nikki Beach RAK, the hospitality brand whose presence has done more than most to signal the area's ambitions to an international audience.

The collection comprises just four villas in a single building. That scale is deliberate. At four units, this is a private enclave rather than a conventional residential project, and the architecture responds to that intention. Natural stone cladding, rounded forms and smooth external lines keep the built form in close dialogue with the coastline rather than dominating it.

# Residences of just over 5,000 square feet, arranged across three levels

Each villa runs to approximately 5,020 square feet across a consistent four-bedroom layout. Pricing across the available units has ranged from AED 18.2 million to AED 22.2 million, reflecting differences in orientation and specification within what is formally a single building typology.

The ground floor is organised around open-plan living, dining and a show kitchen that connects directly to a private pool deck. A guest room on this level opens onto the garden. The first floor positions all four bedrooms facing the water or gardens, each with its own balcony. An internal staircase continues to the rooftop, where a plunge pool and lounge seat occupy the highest point of the villa.

# Specification and finish

Interiors draw on Italian porcelain tiling, textured matte wall finishes and cove lighting throughout. The kitchen carries high-gloss cabinetry paired with reconstituted stone surfaces. The villas are delivered unfurnished, allowing buyers to bring their own specification to what is already a strong base finish. Service charges are fixed at AED 8 per square foot.

# Amenities built into each home

The amenity offer here is private rather than shared. Each villa carries its own swimming pool at ground level and a rooftop plunge pool. There are no communal facilities listed as part of the collection itself, which is consistent with the exclusivity of a four-unit development. Residents seeking broader leisure infrastructure have the wider Mina Al Arab community and the neighbouring Nikki Beach within immediate reach.

# Connectivity across Ras Al Khaimah and beyond

Ras Al Khaimah International Airport sits roughly 21.9 kilometres from the site. The Lagoon, a retail and dining destination within the masterplan, is 1.3 kilometres away. Nikki Beach RAK is effectively on the doorstep, at under 100 metres. For families with younger children, Chubby Cheeks Nursery is 1.1 kilometres from the address.

The emirate's road network connects Mina Al Arab to central Ras Al Khaimah quickly, and the drive to Dubai sits within an hour under normal conditions, keeping the development viable for buyers who split time between the two emirates.

# Who this development suits, and where it sits in the market

Four villas at this price point, in this location, do not compete with the mass of Dubai's off-plan market. The buyer for NB Collection is typically looking for something that carries a genuine sense of scarcity: a beachfront holding in a coastal emirate that has attracted sustained institutional interest, at a price that remains materially below comparable Dubai waterfront product of equivalent size.

For European and UK buyers, the combination of sea-facing rooms, private outdoor spaces on each level, and proximity to an established hospitality brand addresses a checklist that Dubai's more urban towers cannot. GCC buyers familiar with Ras Al Khaimah's trajectory will read the Nikki Beach adjacency and the RAK Properties provenance as markers of a credible long-term investment. The development is fully sold out, which itself reflects the appetite for tightly constrained waterfront product at this scale.