Zen Lagoons by Sanzen is a freehold apartment development in Meydan Horizon, Dubai, beside the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. One to three bedroom homes from AED 1.4 million with handover in the fourth quarter of 2028. Every figure here comes from Sanzen’s own published material.
Zen Lagoons at a glance
| Location | Meydan Horizon, Dubai |
| Setting | Beside Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Developer | Sanzen, built by Zennova Realty |
| Group | Gulf Investment House, Kuwait, listed on the Kuwait and Abu Dhabi exchanges |
| Tenure | Freehold |
| Homes | 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments |
| Starting price | AED 1,400,000 |
| Handover | Q4 2028 |
A price warning worth reading before you shop around
Sanzen publishes a starting price of AED 1.4 million on its own project page.
Several property portals are currently listing Zen Lagoons from AED 1.6 million. That is two hundred thousand dirhams above the developer’s own figure. The same portals publish unit sizes of 731 to 1,593 square feet and a 28 storey tower. Neither figure appears anywhere in Sanzen’s published material.
We publish the developer’s number. If you are quoted a higher starting price, ask which document it comes from.
Amenities
The building is organised around a wellness programme rather than a standard amenity deck.
- Infinity swimming pool
- Outdoor zen garden
- Yoga room with meditation pods
- Outdoor gym
- Massage room
The payment schedule
Sanzen publishes the instalment schedule below.
| Stage | Share | When |
|---|---|---|
| Booking | 10% | Immediate |
| On signing the SPA | 10% | 30 days after booking |
| 1st instalment | 5% | Within 4 months |
| 2nd instalment | 5% | Within 8 months |
| 3rd instalment | 5% | Within 12 months |
| 4th instalment | 5% | Within 16 months |
| 5th instalment | 5% | Within 20 months |
| 6th instalment | 5% | Within 24 months |
| 7th instalment | 5% | Within 28 months |
| 8th instalment | 5% | Within 32 months |
| Balance | On handover | Q4 2028 |
Why we have written the last line as balance on handover. The instalments listed above total 60 per cent before handover. Sanzen’s published plan then states a further 60 per cent at handover, which would come to 120 per cent of the price. One of those figures is a typing error on the developer’s side. Rather than repeat a number that does not add up, we show the instalment schedule exactly as published and leave the handover share to be confirmed. Ask us, or ask Sanzen, for the handover percentage in writing before you reserve.
Where it sits
Meydan Horizon is in the Bu Kadra district, on the Dubai side of the creek extension and next to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. It is freehold, which matters for a foreign buyer, and it sits within reach of Downtown Dubai without paying a Downtown price.
The Ras Al Khor position is the genuine differentiator. The sanctuary is a protected wetland reserve, which means the outlook on that side cannot be built out the way an open plot can.
Who is building Zen Lagoons
Zen Lagoons is built by Zennova Realty, one of the two development arms under the Sanzen brand. The other, which builds Sukoon in Sharjah, is a separate entity.
Behind both sits Gulf Investment House, a Kuwaiti group founded in 1998 and listed on both the Kuwait and the Abu Dhabi stock exchanges. Audited annually, governed under Islamic finance principles, with more than twenty five years of operation across five Gulf markets.
On an off plan purchase handing over in 2028, the parent company is one of the few things a buyer can actually check today. More on the group and its chairman on our Sanzen developer page.
What to ask for before you reserve
- The Dubai Land Department project number. Any project selling off plan in Dubai must be registered. Ask for the number and check it.
- Written escrow account confirmation. Your payments should go to a project escrow account, not to a company account.
- The handover percentage, for the reason set out above.
- The unit size in square feet for the specific apartment you are buying. Sanzen does not publish sizes, and the figures circulating on portals are not from the developer.
What we are not publishing, and why
We only publish figures traceable to a Sanzen document. Unit sizes, floor plans, the total unit count, the number of floors, the DLD project number and escrow confirmation are all absent from Sanzen’s published material at the time of writing. We will add each one here when it is released, rather than estimate it or copy it from a portal.
Talk to us about Zen Lagoons
Cresco Real Estate is a RERA registered brokerage, ORN 34288. Tell us the bedroom count and budget you are working to and we will come back with current availability and the price list direct from the developer.
Call 1-833-CRESCO-6.
More about Meydan and Mohammed Bin Rashid City
Read the Cresco area guide to Meydan and Mohammed Bin Rashid City. Prices, rental yields, handover timelines, schools, commute times and what actually sells there.
Open the Meydan and Mohammed Bin Rashid City area guide
You may also want to read how buying off plan works and work out the rental yield.
What actually transacted in Meydan
Before you judge a launch price, look at what the community around it registered. Over the last twelve months Meydan recorded 9,047 registered rental contracts and 1,176 ready sales, all filed with the Dubai Land Department. These are signed contracts, not asking prices.
Rent registered at AED 128 per sqft against a ready sale price of AED 1,977 per sqft. That is a gross yield of 6.5% on ready stock in this community.
We use ready sale prices rather than blended prices deliberately. You cannot rent a home that has not been handed over, so an off plan launch price in a yield calculation produces a number that cannot happen.
Registered rents in Meydan moved +3.3% against the twelve months before.
The shorter window disagrees. On the most recent three months of contracts the same community reads -10.3%. Summer seasonality and smaller samples both sit inside that number, but we publish it rather than quote only the figure that flatters the market.
| Unit type | Contracts registered | Average annual rent (AED) | Rent per sqft (AED) | Change vs 12 months earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 4,560 | 50,938 | 145 | +4.1% |
| 1 bedroom | 2,908 | 77,906 | 116 | +2.5% |
| 2 bedroom | 1,311 | 118,363 | 100 | +0.8% |
| 3 bedroom | 265 | 146,225 | 97 | +1.4% |
| All apartments | 9,047 | 72,309 | 128 | +3.3% |
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Data verified 27 September 2026. Dubai Land Department registered transactions via Bayut TruView, rolling 12 months to September 2026.
