Majid Al Futtaim
From Ski Dubai to forest living
OUR SIGNATURE PARTNERS
Majid Al Futtaim has been shaping how the region shops, plays, and lives since 1992 — a retail and leisure conglomerate whose property arm now builds some of Dubai’s most distinctive residential communities.
1992
Founded
12+
Markets, Exclusive Carrefour Rights
5°C
Cooler at Ghaf Woods
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Signature Communities
Since 1992
A retail conglomerate that also builds homes
Majid Al Futtaim has been shaping how the region shops, plays, and lives since 1992. It built Mall of the Emirates
and Ski Dubai, and holds the exclusive Carrefour retail rights across 12 regional markets — a footprint that makes it
as much a retail and leisure conglomerate as a real estate developer.
That retail DNA shows up directly in its property arm. Tilal Al Ghaf, its best-known residential community, is a
lagoon-centred luxury villa development. Its newest concept pushes further: Ghaf Woods, marketed as Dubai’s first
forest-living community, designed with more trees than residents and engineered to run up to 5°C cooler than the
surrounding city — a genuinely differentiated pitch in a market where most developers compete on amenities rather
than microclimate.
premium pricing
Why Majid Al Futtaim stands out
Diversified group since 1992 — Mall of the Emirates, Ski Dubai, and exclusive Carrefour rights across 12
markets sit alongside its property arm.
Tilal Al Ghaf: a lagoon-centred luxury villa community with retail and leisure DNA baked in.
Ghaf Woods: Dubai’s first forest-living concept, engineered to run up to 5°C cooler than surrounding areas.
Retail and leisure infrastructure (malls, entertainment, F&B) is a core group competency, not an amenity
bolted on for a brochure.
What Majid Al Futtaim builds
The property portfolio centres on lifestyle-led villa and townhouse communities — Tilal Al Ghaf’s lagoon living and
Ghaf Woods’ forest-integrated concept both position greenery and outdoor experience as the primary product, ahead
of pure square footage.
Available through Soveereign Assets: Ghaf Woods
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Frequently asked questions
Ghaf Woods is Majid Al Futtaim’s newest residential concept — marketed as Dubai’s first forest-living community, planted with more trees than there are residents, and engineered to run up to 5°C cooler than the surrounding city.
Its retail arm (Mall of the Emirates, Ski Dubai, regional Carrefour rights) is what most people know first, but its property division has built a track record of its own through communities like Tilal Al Ghaf.