Porto Playa

Porto Playa is a beachfront residential building on Hayat Island, Mina Al Arab, Ras Al Khaimah, delivered through a joint venture between Ellington Properties and RAK Properties. The project marks Ellington's first development outside of Dubai, scheduled for handover in Q4 2026.

# The Building and Its Position on Hayat Island

Hayat Island sits within the broader Mina Al Arab masterplan, a planned waterfront district that has drawn sustained developer attention along Ras Al Khaimah's Arabian Gulf coastline. Porto Playa occupies a beachfront position on the island, placing it among a relatively small number of completed or pipeline residential schemes with direct water access in the emirate.

The collaboration between Ellington and RAK Properties brings together two distinct capabilities. Ellington has built its reputation across Dubai through design-led apartment and villa schemes, while RAK Properties holds deep experience delivering large-scale projects within Ras Al Khaimah itself. The result is a single building conceived with the finish standards Ellington buyers expect, planted in a location RAK Properties knows well.

# Residences, Layouts and Specification

At present, the available data covers one-bedroom residences of 1,042 sq ft, priced from AED 2,513,828. That footprint is generous by regional one-bedroom standards, suggesting meaningful living and outdoor space within each unit.

The development is delivered unfurnished. Service charges are fixed at AED 12 per sq ft annually, a figure buyers should factor into holding-cost calculations alongside any financing or investment return modelling.

No further unit configurations are published at this stage, and the project is currently listed as out of stock, meaning interested buyers should register to be notified if further inventory is released ahead of the Q4 2026 completion.

# Amenities and the Outdoor Proposition

The amenity programme at Porto Playa is oriented around water and the beach. Residents have access to a private beach and a beach club, an infinity-edge pool with a pool deck, and a dedicated clubhouse area.

Active facilities include a fitness studio and a yoga studio. A volleyball area adds a casual outdoor dimension that suits the coastal setting without requiring any elaborate infrastructure.

The package is focused rather than exhaustive, which tends to work in a building's favour: fewer amenities managed well generally produce better resident experience and more predictable service charges than sprawling facilities that underperform.

# Proximity to Hayat Island Beach and Wider Connections

Hayat Island Beach sits 450 metres from the building. For daily use, that distance is walkable without being immediate, and the private beach access makes it largely redundant as a necessity.

The Lagoon Mall is 1.4 km away, covering routine retail and dining without requiring a drive. Al Jazeera Al Hamra School is 2.3 km from the site, relevant for buyers considering the property as a primary residence with school-age children. Ras Al Khaimah International Airport is 22 km out, a straightforward journey that also connects the emirate to Dubai via Emirates Road.

# Who Porto Playa Is Designed For

The project fits a specific buyer profile: someone seeking a second home or investment property on the Arabian Gulf at a price point that sits well below comparable beachfront product in Dubai, without compromising on the finish credentials that Ellington's name carries.

For European and British buyers in particular, Ras Al Khaimah has become a more credible conversation in recent years, partly because of the emirate's lower transaction costs and partly because its coastline offers something Dubai's inland districts cannot match. A one-bedroom at just over AED 2.5 million on a beach island, from a developer with Ellington's track record, occupies a position in the market that is harder to replicate at that price in Dubai itself. The Q4 2026 delivery schedule gives buyers completing now a reasonable runway to plan ahead.