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ALAROUS by ROSHN, Jeddah: Project Guide and Buyer Info

Published 7 August 2026 · Prop966 Editorial

ALAROUS is ROSHN’s first integrated community in Jeddah and the largest new residential masterplan in the city. Spanning around 4 million square metres near King Abdulaziz International Airport, it is planned to deliver approximately 18,000 homes across three phases.

Project snapshot

Where it sits

The location is the core of the case. Jeddah’s residential growth has moved north along the coast and inland toward the airport, and ALAROUS sits inside that corridor. It is also adjacent to MARAFY, the mixed-use waterfront destination built around a navigable canal that is one of the more ambitious pieces of urban planning in the Kingdom.

That adjacency matters over a ten-year hold. A community next to a functioning waterfront destination has an amenity anchor that a standalone suburb does not, and it is the sort of thing that separates a place people want to live from a place people were allocated to.

Construction progress

ALAROUS has moved well past the renderings stage, which is the most important thing a buyer can know about an off-plan project:

• Infrastructure works have been reported past 91% completion, covering potable water, sewerage, irrigation, storm drainage, power, telecommunications and the road network built to international standards.
• First-phase residential construction has been progressing toward completion and handover during 2026, with landscaping to follow.
• Phase 1 has been reported as roughly 80% sold, which tells you demand has been absorbing supply rather than the reverse.
• ROSHN has signed land sale agreements worth hundreds of millions of riyals with local developers to build out residential parcels within ALAROUS, accelerating delivery through partnerships.

Infrastructure ahead of buildings is the right order, and it is a meaningful signal. Utilities and drainage are the expensive, unglamorous work that stalls projects when it is deferred.

What you get as a resident

ALAROUS is designed as a complete community rather than a housing estate: parks, walkable neighbourhoods, cycle paths, retail, clinics and schools within the masterplan. ROSHN has stated the community is intended to appeal to Saudi and expatriate families alike, which is relevant now that the ownership rules have opened to foreign buyers in designated zones.

The architectural approach follows ROSHN’s contemporary Saudi design language, the same one applied at SEDRA in Riyadh.

What buyers should check

1. Zone eligibility if you are not a Saudi citizen. Jeddah operates on designated ownership zones, not city-wide permission. Get the status of your specific plot in writing before reserving. See the 2026 foreign ownership rules.
2. Wafi licence for the specific phase. Escrow protection is granted per licensed project and phase. Payments go to the project escrow account, never to the developer directly. See how Wafi escrow works.
3. Which phase, and what is finished around it. A unit in an early sector beside completed infrastructure is a different proposition from one on the edge of a parcel that has not started.
4. The handover payment share. ROSHN payment plans are milestone-linked; confirm how much falls due at completion, and remember the 5% transaction tax lands at transfer too. See the real cost of buying property.
5. Service charges for a community with this amenity density: get the rate per square metre in writing.

How it compares

Against SEDRA in Riyadh, ALAROUS is earlier in its life cycle: SEDRA has handed over since 2022 and has completed streets you can walk. ALAROUS offers the Jeddah thesis instead, which is coastline, airport proximity and a waterfront anchor next door.

Browse other current launches on our off-plan projects page, and work through the purchase sequence in the off-plan buying guide. Verify all specifications, pricing and timelines directly with the developer before committing funds.

References

Project details in this guide are drawn from public developer disclosures and official Saudi sources, current as of August 2026.