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Art Bay East Construction Update - May 2026
May 2026 Inspection Records Art Bay East at 10.42% on the DLD Register in Al Jaddaf
Enabling works at an advanced stage and foundation and structure works progressing define site activity at Art Bay East, recorded at 10.42 percent on 12 May 2026.
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DLD Register Data
Art Bay East Construction Snapshot
A 3.39 point rise over the previous register reading, which carries no date, keeps Art Bay East in the enabling and foundations band, the stage where escrow checks, Oqood registration and the payment calendar matter more than handover planning.
Art Bay East by Ellington
2994
Active
10.42%
12 May 2026
12 March 2024
103 units
10,836.80 sq m
Q3 2026 (passed)
Data source: the Dubai Land Department project register for project 2994, read for the inspection recorded on 12 May 2026, and the RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report of the same date, which lists the registered developer as Ellington Dutco Real Estate L.L.C (developer number 1535), the building as G+10+R and the trust account bank as Commercial Bank of Dubai. The RERA report prints no percentage; 10.42% and 7.03% are register readings. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. The image at the top of this page is a developer rendering of the planned building, not a photograph of the site. Last updated: May 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Art Bay East Construction Progress Summary
Art Bay East moved from a previous register reading of 7.03%, shown without a date, to 10.42% on 12 May 2026, 26 months after the recorded construction start of 12 March 2024. With the main contract listed as progressing, the work on record sits in the ground and the frame of the building rather than in its finishes.
- Construction start recorded on 12 March 2024
- Project registered in the DLD register on 6 June 2024
- Trust account with Commercial Bank of Dubai named on the RERA report
- Enabling works, recorded at an advanced stage
- Foundation works progressing on site
- Structure works progressing under the main contract
- The G+10+R concrete structure described in the RERA report
- Blockwork with internal and external finishes across 99 residences
- Handover on a date Ellington confirms in writing, the original Q3 2026 schedule having passed
Payment Linked Progress
What 10.42% Progress Means for Art Bay East Buyers
The developer's published 70/30 plan ties four 5% instalments to construction stages from 30% upward, so at the 10.42% reading of 12 May 2026 no construction-linked instalment had been triggered. Separately, the five reservation-date instalments total 50% of the price within 240 days of each buyer's own reservation, so for anyone who reserved more than 240 days before that reading they would already have fallen due. At this stage of Art Bay East, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Every payment under the 70/30 plan should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 2994 with Commercial Bank of Dubai. Art Bay East escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA payment schedule
Check how your sale and purchase agreement defines the four construction-linked instalments and the completion payment, and which handover date it now carries, since the original Q3 2026 schedule has passed. Not sure how your instalments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
Off plan units are entered in the Dubai Land Department's Oqood register, which links your apartment to project 2994 until a title deed can be issued. Ask Ellington for your Oqood registration record and check that the unit, price and buyer names match your SPA.
Track the coming readings
The next register readings decide when the first construction-linked instalment falls due at 30%. The Art Bay East construction updates hub lists each dated reading as it is recorded.
General framework, not legal advice: milestone definitions, notice periods, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at 10.42%?
Entering Art Bay East at an early stage trades certainty for runway: most of the build is still ahead, and because the original Q3 2026 schedule has passed, the handover date has to be confirmed in writing before you commit. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 2994, released against construction progress rather than on request.
- Register reading dated 12 May 2026, with enabling works at an advanced stage
- Four construction-linked instalments still ahead, the first at 30%
- 30% of the price held back until completion on the 70/30 plan
- No site works on record when the first payment is made
- The full construction period still ahead of the buyer
- Launch pricing set before any register reading exists
Limited Units Available on the project listing as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Art Bay East Project Details
With enabling works advanced and foundations and structure in progress, Art Bay East is an early stage build of 99 studio to 3 bedroom apartments in a G+10+R building on the Al Jaddaf Waterfront. Starting prices: AED 913K ≈ USD 249K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is a long construction runway against more of the payment plan still ahead, with the handover date to be confirmed by Ellington because the original Q3 2026 schedule has passed.
Art Bay East by Ellington Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Art Bay East Location on Dubai Map
Art Bay East sits on the Al Jaddaf Waterfront, which the developer places on the banks of Dubai Creek, with the ground floor planned to open onto the waterside promenade. In the May 2026 cycle that frontage is still a construction site: the promenade access and the podium and rooftop amenity levels shown in the renderings are later packages, while the recorded work is enabling, foundation and structure.
Al Jaddaf is an established district between Business Bay and Dubai Festival City, and the developer's location guide puts Al Jaddaf Metro Station about 2 minutes' drive away and Dubai International Airport about 6 minutes, so buyers here are weighing a long build against a neighborhood whose transport and cultural venues already operate. See the project's position on the interactive Dubai real estate map. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in Art Bay East During Early Construction
The early band is where payment protection, registration and residency planning come first, well ahead of any handover preparation. Each resource below is matched to where Art Bay East stands at the May 2026 reading.
Art Bay East Construction Updates
This page: Art Bay East's May 2026 register reading and what it means for payments.
Art Bay East Golden Visa: The 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments Qualify
Art Bay East clears the Golden Visa threshold with 2 and 3 bedroom apartments; studios and 1 bedrooms start below.
Read Art Bay East Golden Visa Guide
Art Bay East Escrow: Commercial Bank of Dubai, DLD Project 2994
Art Bay East's escrow sits at Commercial Bank of Dubai under DLD project 2994, for 103 registered units, certified at 10.42%.
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Other Art Bay East Construction Updates
May 2026 is the first monthly record published for Art Bay East; each later reading joins it on the construction updates hub with its own date.
Where This Update Fits
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Art Bay East Construction Progress in May 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The Dubai Land Department register recorded Art Bay East, project 2994, at 10.42% construction progress on 12 May 2026, up from a previous reading of 7.03% that the register lists without a date. The RERA report issued for the same inspection prints no percentage of its own, so 10.42% is the register figure rather than a number taken from the report.
Art Bay East was originally scheduled for handover in Q3 2026, and that quarter has now passed, while the register reading of 12 May 2026 stood at 10.42% with enabling works at an advanced stage. Buyers should ask Ellington to confirm the current expected handover date in writing and check how the completion clause in their SPA deals with a change of date. How completion dates are followed from one reading to the next is covered on the Art Bay East construction updates hub.
The RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report for 12 May 2026 found enabling works at an advanced stage, with foundation and structure works progressing on site, and gave the progress status as Main Contract, Progressing. It describes Art Bay East as a G+10+R building designed with a concrete structure and blockwork, with internal and external finishes, and it carries inspection photographs from the visit.
The DLD app shows 7.03% as the previous inspection beside the 12 May 2026 reading of 10.42%, but without a date, so the difference cannot be turned into a monthly rate. The only dated span runs from the recorded construction start on 12 March 2024, which averages about 0.40 points per 30-day month to 12 May 2026: arithmetic on the register figures, not a forecast of future pace.
No. The image at the top of this update is a developer rendering of the planned building and its landscaped frontage, used to identify the project, and it is not evidence of how far construction had progressed. The record of progress is the 10.42% register reading and the RERA report notes; the report's own inspection photographs are not reproduced here.
It is the register position as recorded on 12 May 2026, not a live figure. The register gains a new entry after each RERA inspection, so check project 2994 in the Dubai Land Department's Dubai REST app, where any later reading appears first, before relying on 10.42% for a payment or resale decision.
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