From a 1993 construction business to a dedicated developer
The Imtiaz name traces back to 1993, when it began in Dubai as a construction, engineering and project-management business. Imtiaz Developments, the dedicated real-estate development arm most buyers mean when they say "Imtiaz" today, was established separately in 2014, per independent reporting — the same two-step pattern seen at several other Dubai developers, where an older group name and a newer, purpose-built development company share a founder but not a founding date. It's led today by CEO Masih Ullah Imtiaz, who has run the company for over a decade.
By scale, Imtiaz reports 40+ active projects, over AED 10 billion in cumulative sales, and is ranked among Dubai's top 10 developers by sales volume and top 4 by number of project launches. Over 2,000 residential units have been completed since the company's inception, and it positions itself as a design-led developer of fully furnished, smart-home residences — a consistent thread across its portfolio rather than a one-off marketing line.
The push into Dubai Islands
Imtiaz's single biggest push over the past two years has been Dubai Islands, where it describes itself as the largest private developer — 15 projects underway there, plus a 16th, Sea Cliff. Sunset Bay Collection, a five-project, roughly Dhs700 million waterfront cluster, broke ground in April 2025 with Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as brand ambassador. Wynwood by Imtiaz is positioned as the tallest residential tower planned for the district, and Côtier House is described as a boutique, marina-front project in the same area. Beach Walk by Imtiaz, delivered in March 2026, is reported as the first completed residential project on Dubai Islands — a genuine delivery milestone rather than just a launch announcement, and a useful data point for buyers weighing up a developer still mid-way through most of its Islands pipeline.
Outside Dubai Islands, the company's most architecturally distinctive project is The Symphony in Meydan, designed in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects — a notable departure from Imtiaz's more typical mid-rise residential towers. The wider portfolio also includes Westwood and Westwood Grande (Al Furjan and JVC), Pearl House and Pearl House II (JVC), Cove Edition (Dubailand), RAW District on Sheikh Zayed Road, and Kore, a 17-storey tower in Dubailand Residence Complex currently at expression-of-interest stage, with studios from AED 679,000.
What we've verified directly, versus what's public reporting
As with every developer profile on this site, Imtiaz's company history and the project details above are drawn from independent reporting — Gulf Business, Gulf News, Property Weekly, and industry speaker-bio and award coverage — not fabricated or assumed. We haven't been sent current pricing, floor plans or brochures directly from Imtiaz or a channel partner for any project mentioned here, so none of the figures above should be read as a live, bookable price. We also couldn't independently confirm Imtiaz Developments' own website domain from a source we could verify, so we haven't linked to one on our full Imtiaz page either — ask us and we'll confirm Imtiaz's current contact details directly.
Read the full project pages
Our full Imtiaz developer page covers every project mentioned here in more detail, including what we know so far about Kore's pricing and the wider Dubai Islands portfolio: