Hudayriyat Island sits off the south-west edge of Abu Dhabi island, reached by a dedicated suspension bridge. Modon puts the masterplan at 51 million sqm and the drive to downtown Abu Dhabi at roughly ten minutes, a developer figure, off-peak, and worth timing yourself.
What separates Hudayriyat from most new UAE masterplans is that the leisure came first. The sports and adventure district, Surf Abu Dhabi, Velodrome Abu Dhabi, Circuit X, Trail X, 321 Sports, Marsana Beach and Bab Al Nojoum, was open and busy before the housing arrived, which is the reverse of the usual order. Residents are moving onto an island that already has somewhere to go on a Friday.
Ownership is freehold and open to all nationalities, covering the unit and the land under it. Modon states that purchases from AED 2 million qualify the buyer for the ten-year Golden Visa.
The trade-off is access. There is no metro, and everything on and off the island crosses one bridge, so peak-hour times are bridge-dependent in a way a ten-minute off-peak figure does not capture. Residential supply is arriving now across Al Naseem, Nawayef Village, Nawayef Park Views, Nawayef East, Bashayer, Hudayriyat Golf Estates and Wadeem, which will test that crossing for the first time.
