Venia New Capital City

Venia New Capital City: Venia or Catalan?

Venia New Capital City is by Gates Development in R7, plot D4. The land is about 40 feddans, 82% of it green or water per the plan, holding about 896 units. Handover is August 2027, about ten months away. Less than a kilometre off, the same developer has Catalan, due the very same month. So the natural question: which one?

One metre for every type

Per the developer's October 2026 offers, Venia's metre holds at about 39,000 whatever the type:

• Two bedrooms, 125 m²: about 4.92 million.
• Three bedrooms: 10 units, the smallest 136 m² at 5.34 million and the largest 222 m² at 8.76 million.
• A 248 m² three-bedroom duplex: 9.7 to 10.58 million.

With one metre price, the gap between the two-bedroom and the cheapest three-bedroom (136 m²) is just 410,000, for 11 metres and a whole room. So the two-bedroom makes little sense here unless your budget stops at exactly 5 million.

Venia against Catalan

• Catalan: near 34,000 per metre, yet it asks a fifth up front and clears in five years. Its 175 m² three-bedroom is roughly 5.94 million, meaning some 1.19 million at signing and 79,200 monthly after.
• Venia: near 39,000 per metre, but only a twentieth up front with eight years to pay. Its 136 m² three-bedroom is roughly 5.34 million: some 267,000 at signing, then 52,800 a month.

The bottom line

Catalan is about 5,000 cheaper per metre and gives more space for nearly the same money. But Venia gets you in with under a quarter of Catalan's deposit and an instalment about 26,000 lighter each month. With cash ready, Catalan is better value; with a monthly income and a small deposit, Venia is easier. Both hand over in the same month.

Against the rest of R7

Its surroundings cost more: Armonia next door near 46,633 per metre; Parklane about 50,250; De Joya 3 about 51,667; Talah about 69,907. So Venia has one of the cheapest metres in R7 for something handed over next year.

And resale?

Owners list three three-bedroom flats, all around 154 to 159 m², starting near 4.4 and reaching about 5.2 million, roughly 28,000 to 33,000 a metre, below the developer. The project is not yet handed over, so ask what is paid and what remains before treating it as cheaper.

Who Venia suits

• A family wanting three bedrooms in the Capital for under 6 million, moving in late next year.
• An employee relocating to the Government or Financial District with a small deposit and a steady income.
• An investor wanting a near-handover unit at one of R7's cheapest metres.

Garden houses and villas are not part of Venia; it sells flats and duplexes only.

Worth asking before booking

Handover is close, so ask how far construction has gone on your particular building, not the project as a whole. Ask what finishing you will receive, as our listing doesn't specify it. And if comparing with Catalan, ask the deposit and maintenance charges for both.

Facilities and location

Per the project data: artificial lakes, car-free walking, running and cycling paths, a clubhouse, a sports club with courts, a gym, pools, a children's area, a commercial area, restaurants and cafés. It is close to Bin Zayed Axis, the Green River, the Financial District, Expo City, the Diplomatic District, the Iconic Tower and the monorail station.

Gates

Gates dates from 1996 according to the project data. Seven of its projects are on our list, among them Catalan and Catalan Mall in the Capital and Lugar in New Zayed.

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