Sobha One, Ras Al Khor
Sobha One is a five-tower development by Sobha Realty on Ras Al Khor Road, facing the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary with views toward Downtown Dubai and Dubai Creek, and still under construction with handover reported for Q4 2026. Royale Stays manages Dubai short-term rentals for owners from a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Sobha Realty
Towers
5 interconnected
Status
Under construction (Q4 2026)
Unit Types
1-4BR + duplexes
Launched
November 2022
About Sobha One
Sobha One is a five-tower residential development by Sobha Realty on Ras Al Khor Road in Dubai, launched at Cityscape Dubai on 21 November 2022 as one of two Sobha Realty megaprojects announced that day worth a combined AED 24 billion. The five interconnected towers are reported at 33 to 65 storeys by Sobha Realty's own press materials, though several third-party listing sites cite a slightly wider 30 to 66-floor range. The project holds roughly 2,700 residential units by the most commonly cited figure, spread across one to four-bedroom apartments, two to four-bedroom duplexes and a collection of full-floor residences marketed under the "The Element" name.
Sobha One is a standalone masterplan in its own right, not a building or phase inside Sobha Hartland or Sobha Hartland II. Both of those are separate Sobha Realty communities in the same general Mohammed Bin Rashid City area: Sobha Hartland is the original, already-established community south of Ras Al Khor Road, and Sobha Hartland II is a second master community Sobha Realty announced in June 2023, seven months after Sobha One's own launch. Some smaller listing sites market Sobha One loosely as "at Sobha Hartland," trading on brand proximity, but higher-authority coverage of the November 2022 launch treats it as its own named project throughout.
Area naming for Sobha One is genuinely inconsistent across sources: real estate portals most commonly tag it Ras Al Khor, a smaller number use Sobha Hartland or Sobha Hartland II, and at least one uses Meydan Horizon. This guide uses Ras Al Khor, the majority tag among the highest-authority sources checked.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Sobha One sits on Ras Al Khor Road, directly facing the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected creek-side reserve known for its flamingo population. From the upper floors, residents get views toward Downtown Dubai, the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Creek, with Meydan Racecourse and the wider Mohammed Bin Rashid City area a short drive north.
This is Royale Stays' first Building Guide covering the Ras Al Khor area specifically, distinct from the established Sobha Hartland cluster covered elsewhere on this site. Owners and investors looking at the wider Sobha Hartland community can see Royale Stays' existing coverage of Sobha Hartland II, a separate, comparable Sobha Realty project nearby.
Unit Types
Sobha One's five towers hold a mix of one to four-bedroom apartments and two to four-bedroom duplexes, together with a set of full-floor residences sold under the "The Element" name. Most sources put the total unit count at around 2,700, though a smaller number of listing sites cite a higher figure closer to 3,028, tied to a claimed 34.4-acre site size that does not appear in the higher-authority press coverage of the project's launch.
Storey counts also vary by source: Sobha Realty's own press materials cite 33 to 65 storeys across the five towers, while several portal listings instead cite a 30 to 66-floor range. Both figures should be treated as approximate until a specific tower's handover documentation is available.
Amenities
Sobha One's masterplan is built around an 18-hole pitch and putt golf course with a clubhouse, marketed as the first amenity of its kind in Dubai, together with swimming pools, a gym, a retail and dining esplanade, a polyclinic, a mosque, landscaped courtyards and kids' play areas.
Transportation & Access
Ras Al Khor does not have its own Metro station. Sheikh Zayed Road and Ras Al Khor Road (E44) provide the main routes to Downtown Dubai, Business Bay and Dubai International Airport, with Downtown Dubai around 15 to 20 minutes away by car depending on traffic and the airport a similar drive in the opposite direction.
Construction Status & Handover
Sobha One is still under construction as of this guide's research date. The project launched in November 2022 with a five-tower masterplan, and the most commonly cited handover target across current listings is Q4 2026.
As with any active off-plan project, the date written into a buyer's own Sales and Purchase Agreement should be treated as authoritative over any portal or brochure estimate, since handover timelines on large multi-tower developments often shift as construction progresses.
STR Income Potential
Because Sobha One has not yet handed over any units, there is no existing short-term rental track record, occupancy figure or Royale Stays-managed listing to point to for this specific building today.
Once units begin transferring, owners in a freehold, non-hotel-branded Dubai development like this one follow the standard DTCM holiday home permit route. Royale Stays' ROI calculator can model likely returns for a given unit size against comparable completed Dubai buildings while Sobha One is still being built.
Royale Stays offers full Airbnb and holiday home management, furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance, for a fee starting from 15%, and owners can get in touch ahead of handover so a unit is guest-ready from day one.
No Royale Stays-managed unit or Airbnb listing currently exists at Sobha One; every figure in this section is planning context only until the towers are complete.
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