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Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Update - January 2026
January 2026 Inspection Moves Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Off Its Baseline to 1.21% on Dubai Islands
Enabling works, shoring and piling were progressing on the Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 site when the 26 January 2026 inspection recorded a register reading of 1.21%.
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Dated DLD Register Data
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Snapshot
A 1.21 point rise from the dated 0% baseline of 17 June 2025 takes Phase 1 into the first measurable stretch of the enabling and foundations band, and the monitoring report now describes works on site as progressing rather than on hold.
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 by Nakheel
3293
Active
1.21%
26 January 2026
22 December 2024
296 residential units
40,086.68 sq m
15 March 2028
Data source: the Dubai Land Department project register (Dubai REST, listed as "Bay Grove Residences, Dubai Islands"), which shows 1.21% current and 0% previous for the inspection dated 26 January 2026, read with the Independent Progress Monitoring Report of the same date. This page records that inspection as it stood: the reading was 242 days old when the page was prepared in September 2026, and later readings sit on the following monthly updates. The hero image is developer project imagery, not a photograph of the site at inspection. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: January 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Progress Summary
Between the 17 June 2025 and 26 January 2026 inspections, Phase 1 moved from 0% to 1.21% in the Dubai Land Department project register: 1.21 points over 223 days, or about 0.16 points per 30-day month by simple arithmetic on the two dated readings, not a forecast. Across the same interval the monitoring report status changed from Pre-Construction - On Hold to Enabling Works - Progressing.
- Project 3293 entered in the DLD register on 04 October 2024
- Register start date for construction: 22 December 2024
- Baseline of 0% dated 17 June 2025, status Pre-Construction - On Hold
- Enabling works progressing on site
- Shoring works progressing on site
- Piling works progressing on site
- Eight inspection photographs filed with the 26 January 2026 entry
- The combined basement and ground level shared by all four buildings
- Four superstructures, the tallest Building 04 at B+G+20+R
- Registered completion date 15 March 2028, then handover in September 2028
Payment Linked Progress
What 1.21% Progress Means for Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Buyers
The Phase 1 launch schedule of record runs on calendar dates rather than register readings, with 30% held back for handover in September 2028. A 1.21% reading in January 2026 therefore changes what the site shows, not when instalments fall due, and four checks follow from that.
Verify the escrow account
Dated instalments keep falling due while piling proceeds, so each one should reach only the DLD regulated escrow account for project 3293 at First Abu Dhabi Bank. Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 escrow account verification comes first; the lookup takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA payment schedule
Compare the dates in your sale and purchase agreement with the launch schedule of record, which places its next instalment in March 2026, and note how your agreement defines the September 2028 handover. Not sure how your installments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded register readings.
Check your Oqood entry
Oqood is the interim DLD registration that records an off plan buyer against a unit. Check that the unit number, buyer name and price on your Oqood record match your SPA and sit under project 3293, since that entry is what the register recognises until title is issued.
Track the register through enabling works
The next readings will show whether shoring and piling give way to foundation work and how the pace compares with the 0.16 points a month measured here. Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 construction updates hub sets every dated entry side by side.
General framework, not legal advice: instalment dates, milestone definitions, and notice periods are fixed by your own SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at 1.21%?
Entering while enabling and piling works are under way leaves the whole superstructure ahead, in exchange for a choice of layouts, floors and views across four buildings that later stages seldom offer. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3293, released against inspected construction progress.
- Register reading of 1.21% on 26 January 2026, with enabling works progressing
- Registered completion date 779 days after this inspection; handover in September 2028
- 30% of the launch schedule held back until handover
- Structure largely built and inspected before any commitment
- Handover months rather than years away
- Fewer unsold layouts and floors left to choose from
Unit availability sits outside the DLD record and moves between cycles; what remains, and the booking terms that apply, are confirmed at reservation and written into the SPA.
About the Development
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Project Details
By the January 2026 inspection, Phase 1 had moved from tendering to enabling, shoring and piling works on the site that will carry one combined basement and four buildings of 296 residential units, from 1 bedroom apartments to 4 bedroom penthouses. Starting prices: AED 1.85M ≈ USD 504K.
Entering while piling is under way leaves nearly the entire build ahead, balanced by a broad pick of floors and orientations across the four buildings, with handover scheduled by Nakheel for September 2028.
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Explore Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Location on Dubai Map
Phase 1 occupies the first plot on arrival at Island B, in the island's Marina district, where the design places a boardwalk and promenade between its buildings and Crystal Beach. Because the monitoring report describes one combined basement beneath all four buildings, the shoring and piling recorded in January 2026 belong to a single below-ground structure for the whole plot rather than four separate ones, and the register reading covers that plot as one project.
The developer brochure describes Dubai Islands as more than 50 km of waterfront and 20 km of beaches, connected to the city by the new access bridge and Infinity Bridge; the fact sheet puts Infinity Bridge 6 minutes from Phase 1 and Port Rashid 19 minutes. For a buyer weighing a 1.21% entry, those travel times already describe island life, while the building itself remains a September 2028 proposition. See where the plot sits 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 Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 During Enabling and Piling Works
With piling under way and a date-based schedule still running, the practical questions are where each instalment is held and whether the purchase supports residency. Each card below is matched to the January 2026 position of Phase 1.
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Updates
This page: the 26 January 2026 register entry, the first Phase 1 reading above zero.
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Golden Visa: 296 Island B Units
Nakheel's Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 on Island B qualifies at 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and the 4 bedroom penthouse.
Read Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Golden Visa Guide
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Escrow: Nakheel's Island B Account
Bay Grove Residences Phase 1, DLD project 3293, escrows 296 units at First Abu Dhabi Bank, certified 6.6% in July 2026.
Verify Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Updates
January 2026 is the second entry in the Phase 1 record and the first above the June 2025 baseline; the April 2026 inspection follows it in the sequence.
Where This Update Fits
Explore Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Structure
The January 2026 record is one piece of a larger map: the sibling Bay Grove Residences phases, the Island B district around the plot, and Nakheel, the developer behind them.
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Island B Community Overview
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Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 Construction Progress in January 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The Dubai Land Department project register recorded 1.21% for Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 (project 3293) at the inspection dated 26 January 2026, against a previous reading of 0% dated 17 June 2025. That is a change of 1.21 points over 223 days, the first movement off the baseline in this record.
The register record supplied with this entry lists a registered completion date of 15 March 2028, 779 days after the 26 January 2026 inspection, with 98.79 points of the register scale still ahead. Nakheel's payment schedule separately estimates construction completion for September 2028, the scheduled handover. Registered dates can be revised between inspection cycles, and the handover terms that bind a buyer are those in the individual sales and purchase agreement.
The Independent Progress Monitoring Report dated 26 January 2026 lists enabling works as progressing on site, under the status Enabling Works - Progressing. Enabling works are the preparatory packages that make a plot ready for the main structure, such as site setup, hoarding, temporary access and services, and ground preparation. The report does not break the Phase 1 works down further.
Shoring is temporary earth retention that holds the sides of an excavation stable while digging and below-ground construction take place. The monitoring report describes Phase 1 as one combined basement beneath four buildings, and a basement of that kind is typically built inside a retained excavation. The January 2026 report records shoring as progressing but does not name the system used.
Piles are deep columns, usually of reinforced concrete, formed in the ground to carry building loads down to firmer strata; pile caps and the foundation slab are built on top of them later. The 26 January 2026 report lists piling works as progressing at Phase 1 but gives no pile count, type or depth, so none is stated here.
It is simple arithmetic on two dated readings: 1.21 points over 223 days, about 0.16 points per 30-day month. It describes the interval from the 17 June 2025 baseline to the 26 January 2026 inspection only, a span that began with the site recorded as on hold, and it is not a forecast. How register percentages build up across construction stages is covered on the Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 construction updates hub, and the next dated reading is on the Bay Grove Residences Phase 1 April 2026 construction update.
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