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Branded Apartments on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi Residences is a branded residential project by Aldar Properties, developed in partnership with the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum—the first residential development in the world to carry a Louvre name. The project sits in Saadiyat Grove, within the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island, directly facing the museum and the Arabian Gulf. It includes studios and 1 to 3-bedroom apartments, along with five penthouses, ranging from roughly 470 to 2,642 sq ft, with penthouses reaching up to 13,246 sq ft. Prices start from around AED 1,300,000. Handover is scheduled for Q4 2026.
Amenities
Residents have access to an infinity pool facing the museum and the water, a fitness center, and a private residential theater. Co-working spaces and Le Salon Détente, a lounge for residents, are available on site, along with hotel-style lobbies. Day-to-day services include a 24-hour concierge, a personal stylist, an art consultant, and a pet concierge with grooming.
The Louvre partnership also carries into daily life through Grove Circle membership, which gives residents access to museum events and exhibitions along with discounts at Saadiyat Grove's restaurants and cafés—a benefit tied directly to living next to the Louvre Abu Dhabi rather than a generic building perk.
Location and surroundings
The building stands inside Saadiyat Grove, next to Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street, which connects the island to the rest of Abu Dhabi. The Louvre Abu Dhabi is a short walk away, and Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi—both part of the same Cultural District —are close by. Manarat Al Saadiyat, the island's exhibition and events venue, sits within easy reach, and Saadiyat Beach is a few minutes' drive.
Families living here have several schools nearby, including Cranleigh Abu Dhabi, Raha International School, the British International School Abu Dhabi, GEMS American Academy Abu Dhabi, and New York University Abu Dhabi. Saadiyat Grove's own retail and dining strip runs to roughly 484,000 sq ft, so cafés, restaurants, and shops are within walking distance of the building.
Investment
Louvre Abu Dhabi Residences is a freehold property open to buyers of any nationality, and ownership at the qualifying value makes buyers eligible for the UAE Golden Visa. Saadiyat Island's Cultural District has historically drawn strong rental demand tied to its museums and beaches—one-bedroom rentals in the area have reached around AED 100,000 a year, with yields on Saadiyat cited around 7% in past market data. Because the project carries the Louvre name and sits directly in the Cultural District, it competes for a narrower pool of branded-residence buyers rather than the broader Saadiyat rental market, which tends to support both price stability and continued demand from art-focused tenants and buyers.