KOA Canvas, Living Legends
KOA Canvas is a boutique, seven-floor residential development in Living Legends, Wadi Al Safa 3, Dubailand, developed by KOA, a private developer for whom Canvas is a debut Dubai project. The building comprises 41 apartments across studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, two-bedroom duplex and three-bedroom penthouse layouts, set within 200,000 sq ft of landscaped gardens, and was designed by T.ZED Architects with an estimated 2018 handover. This guide covers KOA Canvas' developer, unit types, pricing and honest Airbnb income potential, with a link to the wider Living Legends community guide for area-level context. Management is available from Royale Stays for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
KOA
Units
41 apartments (studio to 3BR penthouse)
Configuration
7 floors
Location
Living Legends, Dubailand
About KOA Canvas, Living Legends
KOA Canvas is a boutique residential development in Living Legends, Wadi Al Safa 3, Dubailand, developed by KOA, a private developer for whom Canvas is a debut project in Dubai. The development comprises 41 apartments spread across seven floors, with layouts ranging from studios and one-bedrooms to two-bedroom units, two-bedroom duplexes with double-height ceilings, and three-bedroom penthouses of up to 4,944 sq ft. Canvas is set within 200,000 sq ft of indigenous landscaped gardens and was designed by architect Tarik Zaharna of T.ZED Architects, with construction first traced to April 2016 and an estimated handover of 2018.
Developer (KOA), unit count (41 apartments), floor count (seven floors) and architect (Tarik Zaharna, T.ZED Architects) are cross-confirmed between KOA's own developer website (koa.ae/residences/canvas) and Propsearch's building guide. One cross-source conflict was found and resolved: Propsearch's summary blurb states "Canvas comprises 70 residences across two buildings, featuring 41 unique layouts", but KOA's own site repeatedly and unambiguously states the project is "41 apartments" / "41 luxury homes" with no mention of a second building. The same koa.ae marketing block lists "$70m project / 41 apartments" back to back, so the 70 figure is more likely a misread of the project's USD value than a genuine second unit count; this guide uses the developer's own 41-apartment figure as the total. KOA is a separate boutique developer from Tanmiyat, the developer of the wider Living Legends master community (villas and the individually named apartment towers such as Hercules and Cleopatra); Canvas sits within the same Living Legends, Wadi Al Safa 3 location as classified by every portal checked (Propsearch, Bayut, PropertyFinder, Dubizzle) but is its own distinct project.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
KOA Canvas sits in Living Legends, Wadi Al Safa 3, Dubailand, close to IMG Worlds of Adventure (roughly 2.1 km away) and Global Village (roughly 2.7 km), with The Storm Coaster theme park about 6.1 km away. Three Majan-area parks sit within about 1.7 km: Majan Central Park (1.0 km), Majan Active Park (1.5 km) and Majan Wellness Park (1.7 km). Golf players have several options nearby, including Dubai Hills Golf Club (roughly 5.0 km), Arabian Ranches Golf Club (roughly 5.7 km) and The Track, Meydan Golf (roughly 7.8 km). The nearest hotel, Samaya Hotel Apartment, is about 1.6 km away. For area-level context, including the wider community's villa and townhouse products, see Royale Stays' Living Legends community guide, and for two other individually named apartment towers in the same community, see the Cleopatra and Hercules building guides.
Distances and nearby-landmark data sourced from Propsearch's KOA Canvas location tool, checked 2026-09-11; figures are mapped distances from the building's own location pin.
Unit Types
KOA Canvas offers 41 apartments across five layout types: studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments starting from 580 sq ft, two-bedroom duplexes with double-height ceilings and skyline views, and three-bedroom penthouses of up to 4,944 sq ft. The development is spread across seven floors above ground. Dubai Land Department sale transactions recorded for the building show real unit sizes in practice: a 563 sq ft studio, two 770-774 sq ft one-bedroom units, and a 1,414 sq ft two-bedroom unit, consistent with the developer's own stated size range.
Unit-type range and starting size (580 sq ft) sourced from KOA's own developer website (koa.ae/residences/canvas); floor count (seven floors) also from the same source. Actual transacted unit sizes cross-checked against Propsearch's Dubai Land Department transaction feed for KOA Canvas, checked 2026-09-11. No exact per-type unit count breakdown (e.g. how many studios vs one-beds) is published by any source found; only the total (41) and the layout categories are confirmed.
Amenities
On-site amenities at KOA Canvas include an adults-only pool, a family pool and an 82 ft lap pool, a beauty salon, spa facilities, a steam room, a fitness studio, a padel tennis court, a children's playground, a day care centre, a co-working space and a multi-purpose amphitheatre for community events. The development is also home to LOWE, KOA's own restaurant. Further amenities include a screening room, water features, a dry fountain, a hammock area, private outdoor dining areas, and extra storage and maids' rooms within select units, all set across 200,000 sq ft of indigenous landscaped gardens.
Amenity list combines Propsearch's KOA Canvas building guide (adults-only pool, beauty salon, children's playground, co-working space, day care centre, family pool, fitness studio, padel tennis, restaurant, screening room, spa facilities, steam room, water features) with KOA's own developer website (82 ft by 11 ft lap pool, hammock area, dry fountain, private outdoor dining, extra storage/maids' rooms, multi-purpose amphitheatre, and the LOWE restaurant by name).
Transportation & Access
From KOA Canvas it takes roughly 26 minutes to drive to Dubai Mall, 27 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 26 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 30 minutes to The Walk at JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 25 minutes away by car, and Al Maktoum International Airport is roughly 36 minutes away. As with most of Dubailand, residents and guests typically rely on a private car, taxi or ride-hailing app to reach the building.
Drive times sourced from Propsearch's KOA Canvas commute-time tool, checked 2026-09-11; actual travel time varies with traffic and time of day.
KOA Canvas Sale Prices & What to Expect
Dubai Land Department records show real sale transactions for KOA Canvas: a studio (563 sq ft) sold on 31 July 2026 for AED 1,000,000 (roughly AED 1,780 per sq ft); a one-bedroom unit (770 sq ft) sold on 29 April 2026 for AED 1,537,000; a one-bedroom unit (774 sq ft) sold on 26 August 2026 for AED 1,548,500 (roughly AED 2,000 per sq ft); and a two-bedroom unit (1,414 sq ft) sold on 19 June 2026 for AED 3,150,000. Live PropertyFinder sale listings checked the same week ranged from around AED 1,137,320 up to AED 8,500,000 across 13 listings, reflecting the building's size range up to the larger penthouse units. Live rental listings for the same period ranged from roughly AED 95,000 to AED 149,999 per year across 8 listings, mostly studio and one-bedroom units.
DLD transaction figures sourced from Propsearch's KOA Canvas transaction feed (50 sale transaction records available at the time checked, four representative ones shown above spanning the building's size range), checked 2026-09-11. Live sale and rental listing ranges sourced from PropertyFinder's building-scoped "KOA Canvas" buy and rent listings pages (13 live sale listings, 8 live rental listings at the time checked), checked 2026-09-11. Asking prices change over time and are not a guarantee of achievable sale or rental value. The queue row's own cited figure, AED 1,548,500 for a 1-bed, 774 sq ft unit, is confirmed here as a real 26 August 2026 DLD sale transaction.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Short-term letting anywhere in Dubai, including an apartment at KOA Canvas, requires a DTCM holiday home permit. See Royale Stays' holiday home permit guide for the application process. KOA Canvas sits within Living Legends, a freehold community, and was developed by KOA, a private developer, not Emaar and not a hotel or serviced-apartment operator, so the permit is applied for directly, the same routing already established for Living Legends' villas and other apartment towers on Royale Stays' community guide. As a boutique, garden-set development in an outer Dubailand community rather than a short-term-rental-dense tower cluster, owners considering Airbnb here should expect a smaller, more localised pool of comparable listings than in areas like Dubai Marina or Downtown Dubai. Royale Stays does not currently manage properties in Living Legends but brings a broader Dubai property management track record across villas and apartments elsewhere in the city; management is available from a 15% fee. For general guidance on choosing a manager, see Royale Stays' Airbnb property management in Dubai overview.
No KOA Canvas-specific or Living Legends-specific Airbnb earnings data is published or available to Royale Stays at this time; the guidance above is general framing based on permit routing and market positioning only, not a specific AED figure. Freehold status for Living Legends sourced from Royale Stays' own Living Legends community guide (royalestays.com/living-legends-dubai/), an already fact-checked first-party source.
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