The Melgrano construction progress
The Melgrano in Dubai Water Canal is 32% built at the Land Department inspection of June 2026. Developer The Melgrano Real Estate Development. Completion registered for December 2026.
32%
Built, at the Land Department site inspection of 18 June 2026
Running behind its date
- Completion date (Land Department)
- December 2026
- Finish at recent pace
- June 2028
- Construction started
- November 2024
- Registered with the Land Department
- November 2024
- Developer
- The Melgrano Real Estate Development
- Community
- Dubai Water Canal
- Units
- 14
- Escrow bank
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
- Name in Arabic
- دي ميلجرانو
- Land Department project number
- 2759
- Land Department site inspections
- 7
Schedule
Between September 2025 and June 2026 the site added about 2.9 points a month. At that rate it would finish around June 2028, more than three months after the December 2026 date registered with the Land Department.
Site inspections
18 June 2026
32%+12 pts
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23 March 2026
20%+7.5 pts
10 December 2025
13%+6.5 pts
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16 September 2025
6.1%+2.8 pts
28 May 2025
3.3%+3.3 pts
27 June 2024
0%
26 October 2023
0%
Context
Dubai Water Canal has 10 projects under construction, 37% built on average.
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- When will The Melgrano be completed?
- The completion date registered with the Dubai Land Department is December 2026. At the pace of its recent inspections the site would reach 100% around June 2028. Developers can apply to the Land Department to extend the date, so check the register before relying on it.
- How much of The Melgrano is built?
- 32%, measured at the Land Department site inspection on 18 June 2026. The Land Department engineers have inspected the site 7 times since October 2023.
- Is The Melgrano delayed?
- It is running behind. At the rate of the last year it would finish more than three months after its registered date of December 2026.
- Who is building The Melgrano?
- The registered developer is The Melgrano Real Estate Development.
- Which bank holds the escrow account for The Melgrano?
- Abu Dhabi Commercial 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.