The Central Downtown construction progress
The Central Downtown in Arjan is 10% built at the Land Department inspection of April 2026. Developer Aqua Properties. Completion registered for March 2028.
10%
Built, at the Land Department site inspection of 21 April 2026
Running behind its date
- Completion date (Land Department)
- March 2028
- Finish at recent pace
- May 2039
- Construction started
- November 2023
- Registered with the Land Department
- January 2024
- Developer
- Aqua Properties
- Community
- Arjan
- Units
- 1,254
- Escrow bank
- First Abu Dhabi Bank
- Name in Arabic
- وسط البلد
- Land Department project number
- 2861
- Land Department site inspections
- 4
Schedule
Between May 2025 and April 2026 the site added about 0.6 points a month. At that rate it would finish around May 2039, more than three months after the March 2028 date registered with the Land Department.
Site inspections
21 April 2026
10%+6.3 pts
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22 May 2025
4.2%+3.5 pts
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15 November 2024
0.7%+0.7 pts
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24 November 2023
0%
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Context
Arjan has 23 projects under construction, 46% built on average.
Aqua Properties has 3 projects under construction in Dubai, none past their registered completion dates.
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- When will The Central Downtown be completed?
- The completion date registered with the Dubai Land Department is March 2028. At the pace of its recent inspections the site would reach 100% around May 2039. Developers can apply to the Land Department to extend the date, so check the register before relying on it.
- How much of The Central Downtown is built?
- 10%, measured at the Land Department site inspection on 21 April 2026. The Land Department engineers have inspected the site 4 times since November 2023.
- Is The Central Downtown delayed?
- It is running behind. At the rate of the last year it would finish more than three months after its registered date of March 2028.
- Who is building The Central Downtown?
- The registered developer is Aqua Properties. It has 2 other projects under construction in Dubai.
- Which bank holds the escrow account for The Central Downtown?
- First Abu Dhabi Bank. 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.
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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.