South Square construction progress
South Square in Dubai World Central is 2.6% built at the Land Department inspection of June 2026. Developer Dubai South Properties Dwc. Completion registered for June 2028.
2.6%
Built, at the Land Department site inspection of 17 June 2026
Running behind its date
- Completion date (Land Department)
- June 2028
- Finish at recent pace
- February 2069
- Construction started
- October 2025
- Registered with the Land Department
- May 2025
- Developer
- Dubai South Properties Dwc
- Community
- Dubai World Central
- Units
- 571
- Escrow bank
- Commercial Bank of Dubai
- Name in Arabic
- ساوث سكوير
- Land Department project number
- 3711
- Land Department site inspections
- 2
Schedule
Between April 2025 and June 2026 the site added about 0.2 points a month. At that rate it would finish around February 2069, more than three months after the June 2028 date registered with the Land Department.
Site inspections
17 June 2026
2.6%+2.6 pts
24 April 2025
0%
Context
Dubai World Central has 51 projects under construction, 29% built on average.
Dubai South Properties Dwc has 17 projects under construction in Dubai, none past their registered completion dates.
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- When will South Square be completed?
- The completion date registered with the Dubai Land Department is June 2028. At the pace of its recent inspections the site would reach 100% around February 2069. Developers can apply to the Land Department to extend the date, so check the register before relying on it.
- How much of South Square is built?
- 2.6%, measured at the Land Department site inspection on 17 June 2026. The Land Department engineers have inspected the site 2 times since April 2025.
- Is South Square delayed?
- It is running behind. At the rate of the last year it would finish more than three months after its registered date of June 2028.
- Who is building South Square?
- The registered developer is Dubai South Properties Dwc. It has 16 other projects under construction in Dubai.
- Which bank holds the escrow account for South Square?
- Commercial Bank of Dubai. 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.