Nakheel · Island B, Dubai Islands
Bay Villas Construction Updates
A Dated Register Record for 636 Villas Along the Island B Shore
Bay Villas reached a 22.76% DLD register reading on 19 August 2026, the only dated figure in a record tracking five villa collections on Island B.
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Construction Snapshot
Bay Villas at a Glance
Nakheel is building Bay Villas as 636 G+1 and G+2 homes in five collections, from Townhouses to Beachfront Villas, inside a gated enclave on the Island B shore of Dubai Islands, with handover expected in Q2 2027. Its construction started on 26 July 2024, and 754 days later the DLD register placed the project at 22.76% on 19 August 2026. Because the homes run along 1.3 km of beach and a 1.3 km rock water-edge promenade rather than rising from one tower footprint, that single register figure covers every villa plot together with the associated island infrastructure works at once.
2899
Active
26 July 2024
636 residences
345,487.34 sq m
02 May 2027 (DLD)
Figures from Dubai Land Department registration records, updated after each recorded inspection. How every project on this site is tracked is explained once on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
Inspection Record
Bay Villas Construction Update Timeline
The Bay Villas record opens with DLD registration on 15 February 2024 and a construction start on 26 July 2024, and so far it holds one dated reading: 22.76% at the inspection of 19 August 2026. The register also lists 14.74% as the previous inspection value but gives it no date, so it appears on the track below as a dot marked Previous, with no month, rather than as a table row. The August 2026 row links the full monthly update, and each later dated reading will join it here.
| Inspection Month | Construction Progress | Inspection Date | Full Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 22.76% | 19 August 2026 | View the August 2026 update |
Pace Analysis
How Fast Bay Villas Has Been Built
With one dated reading on record, Bay Villas has no measured inspection-to-inspection pace yet. What three fixed register dates do support is arithmetic, set out below per 30-day month and labelled for what it is: arithmetic, not a forecast.
- 26 Jul 2024 to 19 Aug 2026: whole-build average, 0% to the 22.76% reading over 754 daysAbout 0.91 points per 30-day month
- Previous inspection to 19 Aug 2026: 14.74% to 22.76%, a step of 8.02 points with no start dateNo monthly rate (undated)
- 19 Aug 2026 to 02 May 2027: the remaining 77.24 points over 256 days to the registered completion dateAbout 9.05 points per 30-day month
- 19 Aug 2026 to 30 Jun 2027: the remaining 77.24 points over 315 days to the end of Q2 2027About 7.36 points per 30-day month
Read together, these numbers describe a shorefront build whose measurable output still lies mostly ahead. The 0.91 figure spreads the 22.76% of 19 August 2026 evenly across every day since 26 July 2024, a span in which enabling, foundation and substructure works were still listed as progressing at the August inspection. The 9.05 and 7.36 figures are only what the remaining 77.24 points would require if spread evenly to 02 May 2027 or to 30 June 2027. Placed side by side they make no claim either way about timing: the developer's Q2 2027 handover and the register's 02 May 2027 completion date remain the dates of record. For an end user planning a move to Island B or an investor timing an exit, the signal worth waiting for is the next dated register reading, which will give Bay Villas its first measured pace.
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About Bay Villas at Island B
A register percentage only means something next to what is being delivered. The project guide sets out the five collections this record is tracking toward handover:
Bay Villas: Nakheel's Gated Island B Community in Five Collections
Bay Villas is a gated Nakheel community of 636 townhouses and villas on Island B, set along a beach.
View the Bay Villas Project GuideConsidering a Mid-Construction Entry?
Buying after the 22.76% reading of 19 August 2026 means choosing among the Bay Villas homes still held rather than a full launch release, on the 20/50/30 plan: 20% on booking plus the 4% DLD registration fee, 50% during construction and 30% on handover in Q2 2027. Availability keeps shifting as construction moves on, so if the record on this page is what brought you here, ask me for current availability before the remaining choice narrows further.
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Bay Villas Build Stages, Mapped to the Inspections
Each stage below is pinned to the register dates Bay Villas has actually recorded rather than to a generic sequence: registration on 15 February 2024, the 26 July 2024 start, one dated reading of 22.76% on 19 August 2026, and a 02 May 2027 registered completion date that falls inside the developer's Q2 2027 handover quarter.
Registration and Site Activation
Project 2899 was registered with the DLD on 15 February 2024, 162 days before the recorded construction start of 26 July 2024 on the Island B shore.
Enabling, Foundation and Substructure
Groundworks opened with the 26 July 2024 start, and the 19 August 2026 inspection notes still list enabling, foundation and substructure works as progressing.
Superstructure Across Five Collections
The DLD register recorded 22.76% at the 19 August 2026 inspection, with superstructure, internal works, external envelope and MEP progressing for the G+1 and G+2 homes.
Envelope, Services and Island Infrastructure
Still ahead of any dated reading: completing facades and building services, plus the associated infrastructure works on Island B that the register description includes with the 636 residences.
Finishing, Landscaping and Handover
The remaining 77.24 points close out finishes, landscaping and community works toward the 02 May 2027 registered completion date and the developer's Q2 2027 handover.
What each construction stage involves in general is covered once in the guides on the Dubai Construction Updates hub, so this page stays focused on Bay Villas's own record.
Buyer Position
Tracking Your Position at Bay Villas
This page is one of four project resources that together cover a Bay Villas purchase from payment protection to residency to handover. You are on the construction record; the siblings sit one click away:
Bay Villas Construction Updates
This page: the dated DLD register record for Bay Villas, from its 2024 start to handover.
Bay Villas Golden Visa: Five Villa Collections on Island B
Nakheel's Bay Villas, a gated community of 636 residences on Dubai Islands, qualifies at all five collections, townhouse to beachfront villa.
Read the Bay Villas Golden Visa Guide
Bay Villas Escrow: Nakheel's Island B Account at Dubai Islamic Bank
Nakheel's Bay Villas on Island B is DLD project 2899, 636 units escrowed at Dubai Islamic Bank, 22.76% certified August 2026.
Verify the Bay Villas Escrow AccountApproaching Handover
Between 22.76% and Handover: What Bay Villas Buyers Should Do Now
At 22.76% on 19 August 2026, most of the Bay Villas build is still ahead, and so is most of the money under its 20/50/30 plan. Once the 20% booking payment and the 4% DLD registration fee are made, the 50% construction-period share is what is payable at this reading, in instalments on whatever schedule each buyer's Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) sets, a schedule this record does not show, while the 30% stays due on handover in Q2 2027. Instalment requests arrive on the developer's timeline, not yours, which is why the three checks below belong before the next register reading rather than after it.
First, before each instalment of that 50% share, match the transfer against the trust account details on the Bay Villas escrow account page, which names Dubai Islamic Bank for project 2899, so every payment lands only where the DLD record says it should.
Second, if residency is part of your plan, settle the question early through the Bay Villas Golden Visa guide, which covers how an off-plan villa purchase on the 20/50/30 plan is treated ahead of the Q2 2027 handover.
Third, follow the record reading by reading: the Bay Villas August 2026 inspection update holds the works list behind the 22.76% figure of 19 August 2026, and the next dated reading added here will give the project its first measured pace.
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The Wider Picture
Explore Island B Structure
A villa build on a new island is only half the picture; the other half is the island taking shape around it. These three pages set the Bay Villas record against the Island B market, its masterplan, and the developer behind it:
Island B: Seven Waterfront Projects by Nakheel, Ellington and Beyond
Island B, on the eastern side of Dubai Islands, is a villa and beachfront residence district with seven projects for sale.
See Island B Properties for Sale
Island B Community Overview
Discover Island B within Dubai Islands, featuring waterfront residences, beach access, hospitality destinations, promenades, and planned lifestyle infrastructure by Nakheel.
Explore the Island B Community
Nakheel: The Master Developer of Dubai's Island Living and Reclaimed Coastline
Founded in 2003, Nakheel created Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Islands, adding over 300 kilometers of coastline and building complete waterfront communities.
View the Nakheel Developer ProfileConstruction tracking for other Dubai projects is indexed on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
FAQs
Bay Villas Construction Updates Frequently Asked Questions
Bay Villas is an active project on the Dubai Land Department register, number 2899, with a register reading of 22.76% at the inspection of 19 August 2026. At the 01 October 2026 build of this page the figure was 43 days old, so the live register on Dubai REST may already hold a newer value; the full record is in the Bay Villas inspection timeline above.
The latest dated reading, from the inspection of 19 August 2026, puts Bay Villas at 22.76%, which is 8.02 points above the 14.74% the register lists as its previous inspection value. Because the register attaches no date to that earlier figure, the 8.02 point rise cannot be placed on a calendar; the inspection detail is in the August 2026 Bay Villas construction update.
The two agree. The DLD register gives project 2899 a registered completion date of 02 May 2027, which falls inside the developer's expected handover quarter of Q2 2027 and had not passed as of 01 October 2026, with 77.24 points of the build still ahead after the 22.76% reading of 19 August 2026. For buyers on the 20/50/30 plan, that handover is also when the final 30% falls due, while the 50% construction-period share is payable before it on each buyer's Sale and Purchase Agreement schedule. Either date can be revised by the register or the developer, and this page's record is updated when a new reading or a revised date is recorded.
Bay Villas comprises 636 residences in G+1 and G+2 form, split across five collections: Townhouses, Semi Detached Villas, Garden Villas, Waterfront Villas and Beachfront Villas. The DLD register description for project 2899 counts those homes and the island infrastructure works serving them as one project, which is why a single register percentage, 22.76% on 19 August 2026, stands for the whole community rather than any one villa.
The DLD register records a construction start of 26 July 2024 for Bay Villas, 162 days after the project's registration on 15 February 2024. The first dated reading on this page came 754 days after that start: 22.76% at the inspection of 19 August 2026, an average of about 0.91 points per 30-day month across the whole build so far, as arithmetic, not a forecast.
So far only arithmetic can answer that, and it is not a forecast. Spread across the 754 days from the 26 July 2024 start, the 22.76% reading of 19 August 2026 averages about 0.91 points per 30-day month; the 77.24 points still ahead would need about 9.05 points per 30-day month to reach the registered completion date of 02 May 2027, or about 7.36 to reach the end of Q2 2027. These figures make no claim either way about timing, since the developer's handover quarter and the register's completion date remain the dates of record; the Bay Villas pace analysis above sets them side by side.
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Tohid Fetrat
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