Sobha Orbis construction progress
Sobha Orbis in Motor City is 18% built at the Land Department inspection of August 2026. Developer Sobha. Completion registered for December 2028.
18%
Built, at the Land Department site inspection of 13 August 2026
Running behind its date
- Completion date (Land Department)
- December 2028
- Finish at recent pace
- June 2031
- Construction started
- June 2024
- Registered with the Land Department
- July 2024
- Developer
- Sobha
- Community
- Motor City
- Units
- 3,002
- Escrow bank
- Dubai Islamic Bank
- Name in Arabic
- شوبا أوربيس
- Land Department project number
- 3070
- Land Department site inspections
- 4
Schedule
Between March 2026 and August 2026 the site added about 1.4 points a month. At that rate it would finish around June 2031, more than three months after the December 2028 date registered with the Land Department.
Site inspections
13 August 2026
18%+6.5 pts
25 March 2026
12%+5.3 pts
4 July 2025
6.4%+6.4 pts
14 May 2024
0%
Context
Motor City has 11 projects under construction, 18% built on average.
Sobha has 27 projects under construction in Dubai, none past their registered completion dates.
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- When will Sobha Orbis be completed?
- The completion date registered with the Dubai Land Department is December 2028. At the pace of its recent inspections the site would reach 100% around June 2031. Developers can apply to the Land Department to extend the date, so check the register before relying on it.
- How much of Sobha Orbis is built?
- 18%, measured at the Land Department site inspection on 13 August 2026. The Land Department engineers have inspected the site 4 times since May 2024.
- Is Sobha Orbis 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 2028.
- Who is building Sobha Orbis?
- The registered developer is Sobha. It has 26 other projects under construction in Dubai.
- Which bank holds the escrow account for Sobha Orbis?
- Dubai Islamic 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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- Verde By SobhaAlso by Sobha. 85%, Due June 2027.
- Sobha Creek Vistas HeightsAlso by Sobha. 92%.
- Sobha Seahaven Tower B & CAlso by Sobha. 40%, Due October 2028.
- The Community Motor CityNearby in Motor City. 95%.
- TakayaNearby in Motor City. 16%, Due December 2027.
- Capital OneNearby in Motor City. 11%.
- 15 CascadeNearby in Motor City. 5.5%, Due September 2028.
- Off-plan handover in DubaiWhat happens between 100% and getting your keys.
- Snagging a new Dubai homeHow to inspect the unit before you accept it.
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.










