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Butterfly construction progress

Butterfly in Arjan is 7.7% built at the Land Department inspection of May 2026. Developer Desert Falcon Real Estate Development. Completion registered for January 2029.

7.7%

Built, at the Land Department site inspection of 21 May 2026

Running behind its date

Completion date (Land Department)
January 2029
Finish at recent pace
February 2049
Construction started
January 2025
Registered with the Land Department
August 2024
Developer
Desert Falcon Real Estate Development
Community
Arjan
Units
596
Escrow bank
Emirates NBD
Name in Arabic
بترفلاى ريسيدينس
Land Department project number
3060
Land Department site inspections
2

Schedule

Between July 2024 and May 2026 the site added about 0.3 points a month. At that rate it would finish around February 2049, more than three months after the January 2029 date registered with the Land Department.

0%25%50%75%100%20252026202720282029
Progress at each Land Department site inspectionStraight line from start to the Land Department completion date

Site inspections

21 May 2026

7.7%+7.7 pts

  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 1, 21 May 2026
  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 2, 21 May 2026
  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 3, 21 May 2026
  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 4, 21 May 2026

2 July 2024

0%

  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 1, 2 July 2024
  • Butterfly construction site, Land Department inspection photo 2, 2 July 2024

All 6 site photos, by inspection date

Context

Arjan has 23 projects under construction, 46% built on average.

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Questions

When will Butterfly be completed?
The completion date registered with the Dubai Land Department is January 2029. At the pace of its recent inspections the site would reach 100% around February 2049. Developers can apply to the Land Department to extend the date, so check the register before relying on it.
How much of Butterfly is built?
7.7%, measured at the Land Department site inspection on 21 May 2026. The Land Department engineers have inspected the site 2 times since July 2024.
Is Butterfly delayed?
It is running behind. At the rate of the last year it would finish more than three months after its registered date of January 2029.
Who is building Butterfly?
The registered developer is Desert Falcon Real Estate Development.
Which bank holds the escrow account for Butterfly?
Emirates NBD. Dubai law requires payments for off-plan units to go into a project escrow account at a bank approved by the Land Department, so buyer money is held against this project only.

Progress, dates, developer, units and escrow bank come from the Dubai Land Department’s Mashrooi register, read daily. The pace and the projected finish are Mulki’s own arithmetic on the last year of Land Department inspections, not a forecast from the developer. Site photos belong to the Dubai Land Department. See how Mulki works with Land Department data.