The Valley Phase 2 by Emaar Community Guide

Emaar Properties created it, and launched Phase 2 in 2024.
Emaar is the developer behind Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina, Arabian Ranches, Dubai Hills Estate and Emaar South.
The original Valley came first, introducing clusters such as Eden, Nara, Talia and Elora. Phase 2 followed in 2024, and Emaar released further clusters inside it through 2025.

The Valley was planned as Dubai's first genuinely suburban Emaar development, built around nostalgic small-town living rather than high-rise density. Every home is a house, the buildings stay low-rise, and the community is organised around green space instead of an amenity podium.

Phase 2 carries that brief forward at scale. Its anchors are outdoor: forest trails, a meandering river, a flower farm, an orchard, a dog park and a beach built inside the community. Emaar describes the setting as an escape from the city that stays connected to it.
Phase 2 adds more than 4,500 homes to that plan, which makes it one of the largest single residential extensions Emaar has launched outside its established districts.

The community sits on Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66), on the Dubai side, near the junction with Jebel Ali-Al Hibab Road (E77). It falls within the wider Dubailand belt, with Al Marmoom Heritage Village around nine minutes away.

Nearby residential areas include Sobha Elwood, Sobha Sanctuary, DAMAC Hills 2 and Villanova. Dubai Silicon Oasis and Arabian Ranches lie further along the corridor towards the city.

The master plan is organised as a set of named residential clusters set around shared open space. The clusters are gated, with guardhouses, community centres, kids' play areas, sports courts and lawns, and they connect outward to the community-wide facilities.
Landscape is the organising element. A meandering river runs through the plan, with a fountain and a look-out point beside it. Forest trails, cycling tracks and jogging routes run between the clusters, and backyard sikkas run between rows of homes.

Working landscape is written into the plan as well, in the form of a flower farm, a fruit tree grove and an orchard. Sports facilities include basketball, tennis and padel courts, a junior soccer pitch, a skate park and a scooter pump track.

The practical difference is timing against price. Phase 1 gives you a home you can move into and a neighbourhood already occupied. Phase 2 gives you a wider amenity set and a longer payment runway, in exchange for a handover date in 2028 or 2029.

Yes. The Valley is a freehold community, which means expatriates and overseas investors can buy and own homes here outright rather than on a leasehold basis. There is no restriction on nationality.

Phase 2 is divided into named clusters, each with its own architectural language and unit mix. Velora, Velora 2, Venera and Rivera are listed by Emaar under the Phase 2 banner. The remaining clusters below sit in the same release cycle and share the same handover window.

Rivera carries a distinction the others do not. Emaar lists it as the first certified LEED Neighborhood community within The Valley, which makes it the sustainability benchmark for the whole master plan.

• Three and four-bedroom townhouses, which make up the bulk of Phase 2.
• Four-bedroom standalone villas in the Avena and Avena 2 clusters.
• Four and five-bedroom villas in Farm Grove, Farm Grove 2, Ovelle and Avelia.
• No apartments or studios have been launched in any Phase 2 cluster.

Sizes and Layouts

Velora townhouses are ground-plus-one homes with covered areas from 2,450 to 2,754 sq ft, built in six facade styles named Oakley, Ravine, Serene, Nash, Vale and Dale. Across The Valley as a whole, homes run from three-bedroom townhouses of roughly 1,872 sq ft up to five-bedroom villas above 4,900 sq ft.

Villa configurations typically include a maid's room, a powder room and covered parking. Floor-to-ceiling windows and earth-toned interiors are standard across the newer clusters.

Phase 2 residents use both the amenities built into their own clusters and the community-wide facilities inherited from the original Valley master plan.

• Golden Beach. A sand beach built inside the community, with direct access from several clusters.
• Town Centre. The social hub, with cafes, boutique stores and alfresco dining.
• Sports Village. Jogging tracks, bicycle paths, an outdoor gym and multi-purpose sports courts.
• Kids' Dale. A 10,000 square metre play zone with imaginative play areas, an archaeological site and an amphitheatre.
• The Pavilion. A maze, an observation tower and a zen garden.

Facilities Added with Phase 2

• Basketball, tennis and padel courts, plus a junior soccer pitch.
• A skate park and a scooter pump track.
• Adventure play zones and nature-themed playgrounds.
• A meandering river with riverside seating lounges and a fountain with a look-out point.
• A flower farm, a fruit tree grove and an orchard.
• A sunken recreation lawn and an amphitheatre.
• A dog park.
• Fitness zones, yoga gardens and outdoor fitness areas.
• Forest trails, jogging trails and cycling tracks.
• Pocket parks, community parks and backyard sikkas between homes.
• Gated entries with guardhouses, community centres and retail kiosks.

Schools, healthcare facilities and leisure hubs are planned within the Phase 2 footprint.

The 80/20 structure is the standard across Phase 2: 80 per cent is paid across booking and construction, and 20 per cent falls due at handover. Velora sets this out as 10 per cent on booking, 70 per cent during construction and 20 per cent at handover, which is the same 80/20 split written in full. Some villa clusters use a 90/10 plan instead, which moves even more of the payment into the construction period.

Connectivity here is built around roads rather than rail. The community sits directly on Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66), with links to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Emirates Road (E611).

Jebel Ali-Al Hibab Road runs from the Sheikh Zayed Road interchange through to Emirates Road, and it is the corridor that connects The Valley westward to Jebel Ali Industrial Area, JAFZA, Dubai Investments Park, Dubai South and the Expo City site.

Al Maktoum International Airport lies to the west of the community along this corridor.

• Maple Bear Nursery is planned within The Valley community.
• GEMS FirstPoint School and Repton School are roughly 20 minutes by car.
• The Aquila School and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Islamic Institute are also within reach.
• Jumeirah International Nursery Villanova, Chubby Cheeks Dubailand and German Kindergarten Nursery are the closest nurseries.
• Dubai London Clinic and HealthHub Clinic are the nearest medical facilities.

Phase 2 is entirely off-plan, so it has no completed sales or rental history of its own. The figures below cover The Valley as a whole and are drawn from Land Department transaction records. They are the closest benchmark a Phase 2 buyer has, because resale values will be set across the full community.

Two of these numbers deserve attention. Asking prices have moved by minus one per cent over six months, and transaction records show a minus sixteen per cent change over the same period. A community releasing thousands of new homes at once puts downward pressure on resale pricing, and Phase 2 is doing exactly that.

• Families with young children. This is the core buyer. Kids' Dale, the play zones, the nurseries on site and the gated layout are all built for it.
• Buyers who want a house rather than an apartment. Every home in the community is a townhouse or a villa with private outdoor space.
• Buyers priced out of Dubai Hills or Arabian Ranches. The same product type at a lower entry point, in exchange for a longer drive to the city.
• Long-term holders. Handovers running to 2029 and a large supply pipeline mean this suits buyers with time, not those looking to flip at handover.
• Outdoor-focused households. Cycling tracks, forest trails, a beach and a dog park are the daily amenities here, not a rooftop pool.

• Anyone who commutes daily to DIFC, Business Bay or Dubai Marina, since the drive to Downtown Dubai is roughly 25 minutes.
• Buyers who need a metro station, as the community is served by road links rather than rail.
• Investors expecting quick capital growth, given the volume of new supply arriving between 2027 and 2029.
• Anyone wanting a finished, fully populated neighbourhood today, as Phase 2 is still under construction.