Manhattan 1 by SD
- Under construction · 7% built
- 20 floors
- 4 lifts
- 232 parking bays
- 1 pool
- Master developer Samana Developers
A studio in Manhattan 1 by SD costs a median AED 755,228.
Studio · typical price
755,228AED
AED 1,872/sqft
- vs Jumeirah Village Circle
- 19% above the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 805,497
- Price
- AED 755,228
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 30,209
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 15,860
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Is Manhattan 1 by SD a good investment?Prices rising; few units change hands and lots of new supply is coming; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
- Is it easy to let?None of the 191 units signed an annual lease in 12 months: owner-occupied, holiday homes or a hotel pool0%
- Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
- Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,253/sqft a year ago, 1,710 now+36.5%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 50,269 in fees to buy a studio: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 50,269
- Can I sell easily?6 sales in 12 months, 3% of the tower (40 the year before)6Watch
- Is a lot being built nearby?15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today. A further 7,717 are past their planned date. Jumeirah Village Circle supply by year →54%Watch
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 22% for launch buyers, before fees+21.7%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Manhattan 1 by SD prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 755,228
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Jumeirah Village Circle · area median AED 1,575/sqft
- vs area median
- +18.9%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 26th of 214
Read with care
- No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.
- Thin sample — 4 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Feb 2024, AED 766,522; latest, Jul 2026, AED 690,711; peak, Oct 2024, AED 829,411.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,710 · before fees
- Launch, 2024–26
- 1,405
- +22%
- 172 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,253
- +36%
- 40 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,710
- today
- 6 sales
The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Comparables in Jumeirah Village Circle
Every Jumeirah Village Circle building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Manhattan 1 by SD places 35th of 352; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Manhattan 1 by SD (AED 1,710/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Manhattan 1 by SD has registered sale prices 19% above the Jumeirah Village Circle median price per square foot of 1,575 AED, across 214 eligible buildings. It ranks 26th of 214 by price per square foot in Jumeirah Village Circle.
Market context in Jumeirah Village Circle
Registered sales activity
4,341 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+4.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 4,341 current and 5,371 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
7,847 known registered units across 37 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
29 projects had already passed their planned date; 16 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
15,281 apartments are planned in Jumeirah Village Circle from 2026 to 2028, equal to 54% of the 28,561 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 195 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Jumeirah Village Circle with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.2%.
The pooled median moved +4.3%: 4.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 66% of 226 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −3.5%.
How these are countedDirect locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.
About Manhattan 1 by SD
Manhattan 1 by SD is an under-construction (7% built) apartment building by Samana Developers in Jumeirah Village Circle. 196 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 20
- Lifts
- 4
- Parking bays
- 232
- Pools
- 1
- Master developer
- Samana Developers
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 23 min · 22 km
- DXB Airport
- 24 min · 30 km
- DIFC
- 20 min · 25 km
- Dubai Marina
- 17 min · 16 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 25 min · 24 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Nakheel Metro Station
- Mall
- Marina Mall
- Landmark
- Sports City Swimming Academy
Manhattan 1 by SD: AED 1,710 per sq ft, 25% above the median Jumeirah Village Circle building
The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.
Price per sq ft
Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months
- Manhattan 1 by SDAED 1,710
- Jumeirah Village Circle, readyAED 1,300
- Jumeirah Village Circle, off-planAED 1,575
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
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824,394
AED, resale median · 1,822/sqft
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AED, resale median · 1,912/sqft
Samana Parkville
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AED, resale median · 1,515/sqft
Nearby in Jumeirah Village Circle
Prices per sq ft around Manhattan 1 by SD, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Manhattan 1 by SD, on the map
Binghatti Apex
Jumeirah Village Circle · 288 sales, 12 months
912,500
AED, resale median · 1,497/sqft
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Jumeirah Village Circle · 282 sales, 12 months
1.37M
AED, resale median · 1,603/sqft
Binghatti Royale
Jumeirah Village Circle · 135 sales, 12 months
1.97M
AED, resale median · 2,388/sqft
Binghatti Azure
Jumeirah Village Circle · 105 sales, 12 months
700,000
AED, resale median · 1,659/sqft
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The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioRead with care
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerOn record
- DeveloperOn record
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Manhattan 1 by SD?
- No gross yield is published for Manhattan 1 by SD as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 4 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Jumeirah Village Circle median is 8.0% gross.
- How much does a studio in Manhattan 1 by SD cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 755,228 (1,872 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- How many apartments change hands in Manhattan 1 by SD?
- 4 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to Manhattan 1 by SD?
- Nakheel Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Marina Mall.
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Manhattan 1 by SD sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 4 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-village-circle/manhattan-1-by-sd
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Manhattan 1 by SD sale prices and yield.” Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/jumeirah-village-circle/manhattan-1-by-sd
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