Aldar unit announces housing project in London commuter town

• 14 acres in Beaconsfield
• Under Aldar’s London Square unit
• 98 homes and apartments

Abu Dhabi developer Aldar has acquired land at Wilton Park in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire as it looks to build properties in a “highly desirable commuter town” outside London. The move was announced by its subsidiary London Square in a press release last week. 

The Wilton Park project is an extension of Aldar’s ongoing London plans after it acquired local developer London Square in December 2023.

The developer has acquired a 13.8 acre parcel of land in the 99.5-acre Wilton Park estate within a 25-minute commute of London. It has outline planning permission for 350 homes, a new public park, a nursery and employment and community uses. 

For now, London Square has announced 98 units, with family-homes and “affordable” low-rise apartments. Construction will begin sometime this year, although completion dates and prices were not provided. 

Government-owned Aldar bought London Square in a deal worth AED1.07 billion ($291 million) – its first acquisition outside the Middle East and North Africa.

At that time, London Square had a development pipeline worth over £2 billion ($2.53 billion). It had completed over 3,500 homes and had a pipeline of 930 homes under construction, valued at £425 million.

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Aldar is not alone among Gulf developers pushing into the UK. In December 2025, UAE developer Arada expanded its London footprint after acquiring a site on Newington Causeway in Southwark, where it plans a hotel and co-living development a short walk from Elephant & Castle station. 

Arada purchased UK developer Regal earlier in the year, commiting AED2.5 billion in capital for the business, and acquired an 80 percent stake in the AED12 billion Thameside West project. 

Aldar listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in 2005. Its share price of AED9 is up around 16 percent in the last year.