Sanctuary

Sanctuary is a residential development by Prestige One Developments, situated in Ras Al Khor on the eastern fringe of central Dubai. The building comprises 29 apartments across one tower, currently under construction, with one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts priced from AED 1.84 million to AED 4.78 million.

# The Tower and Its Position in Ras Al Khor

Ras Al Khor occupies an unusual position in Dubai's urban geography. It borders the protected wildlife sanctuary of the same name, a RAMSAR-listed wetland reserve that shelters thousands of migratory birds, including the flamingo colonies visible from its public hides. That proximity to designated natural land is not incidental to the project; it shapes the building's orientation and the character of the views available from upper floors.

The development is a single tower. At 29 units, the count is deliberately low, which limits the density of the building and the communal areas without constraining the specification. The façade works with glass and clean geometric lines, designed to draw in natural light across living spaces and frame the contrast between the wetland reserve and the Dubai skyline beyond.

# Residences, Layouts and Floor-to-Ceiling Range

The apartment mix runs from one-bedroom units starting at 650 square feet to a two-bedroom residence of 2,471 square feet at the upper end of the range. That spread is wider than most single buildings of this scale, and it reflects genuinely different typologies rather than incremental sizing.

One-bedroom apartments price from AED 1.84 million, with the larger one-bedroom configurations, those above 1,000 square feet, reaching AED 2.39 million to AED 2.56 million. Two-bedroom units sit between AED 2.99 million and AED 4.66 million depending on size, with the 2,471-square-foot unit at AED 4.66 million representing a format closer to a lateral apartment than a conventional two-bed. The single three-bedroom residence, at 2,061 square feet, is priced at AED 4.78 million.

Apartments are delivered with kitchen fitting only. Service charges are set at AED 18 per square foot.

# Amenities Across the Building

The amenity programme covers both active and passive uses. A gym and sauna serve fitness requirements. The swimming pool and jacuzzi occupy the leisure provision alongside a BBQ area and mini picnic park. For families, a kids' play area and games area are part of the offering.

Two inclusions are worth describing more specifically. The indoor cinema provides a communal screening room, a format that has become standard in mid-to-upper residential buildings in Dubai but remains genuinely useful for smaller households that do not require private home entertainment infrastructure. The tranquility seating area with bonsai trees is an unusual gesture: a curated calm space rather than another lap pool or sun deck.

# Connections to Central Dubai

Ras Al Khor sits between Al Khail Road and Dubai Creek, which places it within a short drive of Downtown Dubai, Business Bay and the Dubai Festival City retail and hospitality cluster. The road network at this location connects directly to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, which in turn reaches Dubai International Airport in under twenty minutes under normal conditions.

The district itself is not fully built out. That creates some degree of construction activity in the surrounding area now, but it also means the land-use profile is more open than in denser residential clusters such as Jumeirah Village Circle or Dubai Silicon Oasis.

# Who This Building is Likely to Suit

At 29 units, Sanctuary is a small-building buy. The compressed unit count means the owner community will be limited, which suits buyers who value quiet corridors over resort-scale lobbies. The combination of the wetland sanctuary view corridor, the proximity to Downtown Dubai and the service charge at AED 18 per square foot positions this in the mid-to-upper segment for Ras Al Khor without reaching the price floors of comparable stock in Business Bay or Downtown proper.

For international buyers, the one-bedroom units above 1,000 square feet, available from around AED 2.31 million, offer a useful blend of rentable scale and manageable entry cost. The larger two-bedroom formats, particularly the 2,471-square-foot unit, address a different buyer profile entirely: one looking for lateral space and an unconventional view in a building that will never be anonymous by virtue of its size.