The entire city, including its business areas like Business Bay, Dubai World Trade Center, and Dubai Festival City, is well-connected to Mirdif. It is made up of tastefully designed gated communities. It is made up of European-style villas and upscale, fashionable communities. Mirdif is primarily made up of individual privately owned villas or villa developments.
More land has been sold to major real estate developers like Dubai Properties Group, who are in charge of the most recent development in Mirdif, a gated community known as Shorooq and "Ghoroob." As Dubai has expanded, the area has grown in popularity. They are also in charge of undertaking projects like Layan Villas and Jumeirah Beach Residence. The area east of Mirdif is part of a Union Properties project called Uptown Mirdif.