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Aerial render of Manchester City Yas Residences, the club-crested arena at the centre of the community with the canal behind
Aerial render of Yas Riva Reserve, a gated villa village outlined along the south bank of Yas Canal

Comparison 01 · Yas Canal, Abu Dhabi

Same canal. Two completely different bets.

Ohana DevelopmentManchester City Yas ResidencesFrom AED 3.75M
vs
AldarYas Riva ReserveFrom AED 7.9M

Ohana put a Manchester City-branded town on one bank. Aldar put 292 villas on the other. They launched weeks apart, they share a waterline and an airport run — and almost nothing else. Here is every number, side by side.

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Man City Yas · FromAED 3.75M
Yas Riva Reserve · FromAED 7.9M
Man City Yas · 4-bed Per sq ftAED 2,315
Yas Riva Reserve · 4-bed Per sq ftAED 1,679
Man City Yas · 4-bed Plot400 m²
Yas Riva Reserve · 4-bed Plot711 m²
Man City Yas · before handover25%
Yas Riva Reserve · before handover50%
Man City Yas · HandoverNot published
Yas Riva Reserve · HandoverQ3 2030
Man City Yas · Homes2,130
Yas Riva Reserve · Homes292

Comparison 01

At a glance

Published figures from each developer's own launch material.

Ohana Development · Phase 2EOI open

Manchester City Yas Residences

Built for greatness

A football club turned into a postcode. Townhouses, duplexes and villas wrapped around a Manchester City training academy, a trophy gallery, a crystal lagoon and a 500,000 m² central park — on 170 hectares, with the lowest entry price on the canal.

Handover
Not published
before handover
25%
AldarLaunched

Yas Riva Reserve

Life along the water

A gated village of 292 single-row villas in warm timber and stone, set along the canal at the edge of Yas Island. No neighbour behind you, pontoons on the water, a walkable clubhouse — and roughly a third more house for every dirham.

Handover
Q3 2030
before handover
50%

Head to head

Each bar is drawn as a share of the larger figure. Price per square foot is on built-up area — the only basis both developers publish for every unit.

Ohana DevelopmentMan City Yas
vs
AldarYas Riva Reserve

  • Entry price

    Cheapest home either developer is selling

    3.75MAED
    Leads this row
    7.9MAED
    —

  • Price per sq ft — 4 bedrooms

    On built-up area, the only basis both publish

    2,315AED
    —
    1,679AED
    Leads this row

  • Built-up area — 4 bedrooms

    311m²
    —
    437m²
    Leads this row

  • Plot — 4 bedrooms

    400m²
    —
    711m²
    Leads this row

  • Cash due before handover

    Lightest plan each developer offers

    25%
    Leads this row
    50%
    —

  • Homes in the community

    Scale on one side, seclusion on the other — neither is the right answer

    2,130
    —
    292
    —

  • Top of the range

    10.7MAED
    —
    14.5MAED
    —

Prices and sizes

  • AED 3.75M2-bed townhouse
    2bed
    Not offered
  • AED 4.6M3-bed townhouse
    3bed
    Not offered
  • AED 7.75M4-bed villa
    4bed
    AED 7.9M4-bed inland villa
  • AED 10.7M5-bed villa
    5bed
    AED 9.3M5-bed inland villa
  • Not offered
    6bed
    AED 10.5M6-bed inland villa

Price per square foot is ours, worked out from the published price and built-up area.

Ohana Development

Manchester City Yas Residences

UnitPriceBuilt-up areaPlotPer sq ft
2-bed townhouse3.75Maverage1,9382,0451,935
3-bed townhouse4.6Maverage2,2282,5562,065
3-bed duplex5.25Maverage2,3252,6912,258
4-bed villa7.75Maverage3,3484,3062,315
5-bed villa10.7Maverage4,8876,4582,189

Areas in sq ft. Aldar publishes m² only — its sq ft figures are converted.

Aldar

Yas Riva Reserve

UnitPriceBuilt-up areaPlotPer sq ft
4-bed inland villa×967.9Mfrom4,7047,6531,679
5-bed inland villa×1169.3Mfrom5,1888,9131,793
6-bed inland villa×3510.5Mfrom5,79110,0751,813
5-bed waterfront villa×1713.3Mfrom5,9428,6332,238
6-bed waterfront villa×2814.5Mfrom6,55513,9282,212

Areas in sq ft. Aldar publishes m² only — its sq ft figures are converted.

Payment plans

The share of the price that falls due before you get the keys.

Ohana Development

Manchester City Yas Residences

35 / 65Non-UAE nationals
35% before handover65% on handover
  • 5%On signing the SPA
  • 5%15 Feb 2027
  • 5%15 Jul 2027
  • 5%15 Jan 2028
  • 5%15 Jul 2028
  • 5%15 Jan 2029
  • 5%15 Jul 2029
  • 65%On completion
30 / 70UAE nationals
30% before handover70% on handover
  • 5%On signing the SPA
  • 5%15 Feb 2027
  • 5%15 Jul 2027
  • 5%15 Jan 2028
  • 5%15 Jul 2028
  • 5%15 Jan 2029
  • 70%On completion
25 / 75Full down payment — 2% rebate
25% before handover75% on handover
  • 10%On signing the SPA
  • 15%15 Feb 2027
  • 75%On completion
Handover

Not published

Ohana has not released a handover date. The last dated instalment falls on 15 Jul 2029 and the balance is due on completion.

Aldar

Yas Riva Reserve

50 / 50All buyers — no mortgage pre-approval required
50% before handover50% on handover
  • 5%On booking
  • 5%Mar 2027
  • 5%Aug 2027
  • 5%Jan 2028
  • 5%Jun 2028
  • 5%Nov 2028
  • 10%Apr 2029
  • 10%Sep 2029
  • 50%On handover
Handover

Q3 2030

Published in Aldar's launch material, with the 50% balance due at handover.

Service charge
  • Year 1 (2030)AED 6.21 / sq ft
  • Year 2 (2031)AED 6.33 / sq ft

Waived for the first five years. Aldar is the only one of the two to publish a rate at all.

Lifestyle

Ohana Development · Phase 2

Manchester City Yas Residences

EOI open

A football club turned into a postcode. Townhouses, duplexes and villas wrapped around a Manchester City training academy, a trophy gallery, a crystal lagoon and a 500,000 m² central park — on 170 hectares, with the lowest entry price on the canal.

  • 170hectaresTotal site area
  • 500,000m²Central garden
  • 1,550Villas and townhouses
  • 580Apartments
  • 5,000Residents planned
  • 55%Open space
Townhouse
Townhouse
Duplex
Duplex
5-bedroom villa
5-bedroom villa
Manchester City Park
Manchester City Park
Food hub
Food hub

Amenities

Lifestyle & sport
  • Manchester City Training Academy
  • Manchester City Park
  • City Lounge
  • City Experience, Heritage Center & Trophy Gallery
  • Football fields
Waterfront & outdoor
  • Watersports club
  • Canal Sports Lounge
  • Crystal lagoon
  • Canal promenade
  • Canal-front retail
Social & dining
  • Grand lobby
  • City Café
  • Match Day Terrace
  • City Social Club
  • City Store
Wellness & recovery
  • Oxygen therapy room
  • Cryotherapy & infrared suites
  • Hydrotherapy circuit
  • Spa & sauna
  • Altitude & heat training room

Where it wins

  • Lowest entry price on the canal — a 2-bed townhouse starts the conversation at AED 3.75M
  • Only 25–35% due before handover, depending on the plan you take
  • Amenity depth nothing else on the canal matches — academy, lagoon, trophy gallery, recovery suites
  • A globally recognised brand attached to the address

What to watch

  • Prices are published as averages, not starting prices — your actual unit may sit either side
  • No handover date has been released
  • Plots are small for the money if space is what you are buying
  • A community of roughly 2,130 homes and 5,000 residents is a town, not a hideaway
Aldar

Yas Riva Reserve

Launched

A gated village of 292 single-row villas in warm timber and stone, set along the canal at the edge of Yas Island. No neighbour behind you, pontoons on the water, a walkable clubhouse — and roughly a third more house for every dirham.

  • 292Single-row villas
  • 247Inland villas
  • 45Waterfront villas
  • Q3 2030Handover
  • 5yearsService charge waiver
  • 2%ADM fee waiver
Villa streetscape
Villa streetscape
Waterfront villa
Waterfront villa
Canal promenade
Canal promenade
Clubhouse pools
Clubhouse pools

Amenities

Move
  • Jogging track
  • Indoor and outdoor fitness areas
  • Padel courts
  • Outdoor table tennis
  • Community-wide cycle track
Unwind
  • Adult swimming pool
  • Yoga studio
  • Meditation lawn
  • Canal viewing deck
  • Hobby garden and pocket parks
Gather
  • Community clubhouse
  • Library and study lounge
  • Indoor games room
  • Café, mini mart and everyday services
  • Picnic areas and F&B seating
Play
  • Indoor and outdoor kids' play areas
  • Kids' pool and splash pads
  • Sand playground and climbing play
  • Neighbourhood, pocket and linear parks
  • Water feature and picnic lawns

Where it wins

  • Roughly 38% more built area per dirham at four bedrooms
  • Plots are in a different league — 711 m² against 400 m² at four bedrooms
  • Single-row layout: no villa backs onto another
  • A published Q3 2030 handover, five years of service charge waived and 2% ADM waived
  • Aldar has delivered on Yas for two decades — Yas Acres, Yas Park Views, Noya, Yas Riva

What to watch

  • 50% falls due before handover — double Ohana's lightest plan
  • Villas only. Nothing here under AED 7.9M and no apartments or townhouses
  • Amenities are a good neighbourhood's worth, not a destination's
  • Only 45 of the 292 villas touch the water

Location

Aerial map of Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, with Yas Canal running through it
  • 5 min walkYas Island
  • 10–15 minZayed International Airport
  • 15–20 minLouvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat
  • 15–20 minSheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
  • 25–30 minAl Reem Island
  • 25–30 minCorniche Abu Dhabi
  • 45–50 minAl Maktoum International
  • 50–60 minDubai

Both communities sit on the same stretch of Yas Canal, so the drive times are effectively shared. These are Ohana's published figures; Aldar's own map quotes 10 minutes to Zayed International and 50 to Dubai, within a rounding of the same numbers.

Which one fits you

Four questions. No email required.

01What is the budget?
02What matters most?
03How much can you pay before handover?
04Who is it for?

Answer all four to see the read.

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The verdict

On price per square foot this is not close. At four bedrooms Yas Riva Reserve asks roughly a third less per built square foot than Manchester City Yas Residences, and gives you a 711 m² plot against 400 m². If you are buying space, the canal's south bank is the answer and the rest of this page is detail.

What Ohana sells is not space. It is a training academy, a trophy gallery, a crystal lagoon and a 500,000 m² park, attached to a name every taxi driver in the world recognises — and an entry price of AED 3.75M that simply has no equivalent at Yas Riva Reserve, where the cheapest key costs AED 7.9M. For a first purchase, a rental play, or a buyer who wants the address more than the acreage, that gap decides it.

The quiet differentiator is cash flow. Ohana will take 25% before handover on its rebate plan; Aldar wants 50%. Over four years that is a material difference in what else your money can be doing, and it is the one line on this page that changes the answer for buyers who were otherwise sure.

One caution on reading the prices: Ohana publishes averages and Aldar publishes starting prices. A 7.75M average and a 7.9M start are not the same promise, and the specific unit you are shown can sit either side of the first number but only above the second.

Sources

  • Ohana Development — Manchester City Yas Residences Phase 2 brochure and price release, October 2026
  • Aldar — Yas Riva Reserve sales presentation, October 2026

Every figure on this page is transcribed from the developers' own launch material. Prices and availability change — confirm before you sign anything.

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