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Berkeley Tower Construction Update - October 2026
October 2026 Inspection Opens the Berkeley Tower Record at a 0% Pre-Construction Baseline in Business Bay
The RERA inspection of 1 October 2026 found no construction activity on site, and the Dubai Land Department register opens the Berkeley Tower record at 0%.
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DLD Register and RERA Inspection Data
Berkeley Tower Construction Snapshot
No earlier reading exists to compare against: the 0% recorded on 1 October 2026 is the first entry for Berkeley Tower, which places the office tower at the very start of the pre-construction band, the stage where escrow, registration and payment-plan checks matter more than site activity.
Berkeley Tower by Ellington Properties
4417
Active
0%
1 October 2026
28 September 2026
109 offices
53,854.13 sq m
Q4 2031
Data source: RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report for the inspection of 1 October 2026 and the Dubai Land Department project register for project 4417; the report prints no percentage, so the 0% is the register reading. The image at the top of this page is a developer rendering of the planned tower, not a site photograph. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: October 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Berkeley Tower Construction Progress Summary
This first cycle adds a baseline rather than a change. The RERA report shows a progress status of N/A, the register shows 0%, and every later reading for the ground plus 60 floor office tower, as the developer configures it, will be measured from this point.
- Construction start entered in the register as 28 September 2026
- First RERA inspection carried out on 1 October 2026
- Project 4417 registered with the Dubai Land Department on 13 October 2026
- Trust account bank on record: Commercial Bank of Dubai (PSC)
- No construction activity found on site at the 1 October 2026 inspection
- RERA progress status shown as N/A for this cycle
- Developer renderings as the only visual reference for the planned tower
- Site works for the ground plus 60 floor office tower
- Amenity floors 32 to 35 and the robotic automated parking system
- Six construction-linked instalments, due at 20% through 70% completion
- Handover in Q4 2031, against a registered completion date of 31 December 2031
Payment Linked Progress
What 0% Progress Means for Berkeley Tower Buyers
Berkeley Tower is sold on a 70/30 plan that runs on two clocks: the 20% booking instalment and four 5% instalments dated from your own reservation, then six 5% instalments tied to construction completion from 20% to 70%, and 30% on completion. At a register reading of 0%, no construction-linked instalment has been triggered, so four actions matter most at this stage.
Verify the escrow account
Every instalment should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 4417, held with Commercial Bank of Dubai (PSC). Berkeley Tower escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Read your SPA milestone schedule
Check how your sale and purchase agreement words the instalments due on completion of 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% and 70% of the project construction, and how it defines completion for the final 30% against the Q4 2031 handover. 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 purchases are recorded with the Dubai Land Department through Oqood, the interim register that ties your office to project 4417 until title is issued. Once the booking instalment clears, check that the Oqood entry shows the correct project name, number and office reference.
Track each new reading
From a 0% baseline, the first reading above zero will show when site works register and when the first construction-linked instalment draws closer. The Berkeley Tower construction updates hub records each cycle as it publishes.
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 0%?
Entering a project at its 0% baseline trades certainty for runway: no construction activity was found at the 1 October 2026 inspection, handover is scheduled for Q4 2031, and the full spread of office formats is still on the price list. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 4417, released against verified construction progress.
- No construction-linked instalment triggered at the 1 October 2026 reading
- About five years to the Q4 2031 handover
- 40% of the price due within about a year of reservation, the rest by milestone and completion
- Construction risk largely resolved before the purchase
- A short wait between purchase and handover
- Less choice of units, with most of the price due in a compressed window
10 Units Available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Berkeley Tower Project Details
With no construction activity recorded at the 1 October 2026 inspection, Berkeley Tower is a pre-construction office tower on Sheikh Zayed Road: 109 offices over ground plus 60 floors in the developer's configuration. Starting prices: AED 5.10M ≈ USD 1.39M.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is the longest wait in the cycle, to a Q4 2031 handover, against a plan in which no construction-linked instalment has yet fallen due.
Berkeley Tower by Ellington Properties Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Berkeley Tower Location on Dubai Map
Berkeley Tower is planned for a Sheikh Zayed Road plot in Business Bay, set between Al Mustaqbal Street and Al Khaleej Al Tejari Street on the developer's master plan, with Business Bay Metro Station beside it. A compact urban site on the city's main highway means access, deliveries and traffic management will shape how the first works are sequenced once they begin; at the 1 October 2026 inspection, none had started.
Business Bay is an established district with completed roads, a working Red Line station and operating office towers, so Berkeley Tower will rise into a functioning business address rather than waiting for its surroundings to mature. That matters for buyers weighing an owner-occupied office or a leased investment against the Q4 2031 handover, because the location case is already visible today. 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 Berkeley Tower at the Pre-Construction Stage
At the pre-construction stage the questions are about protection and eligibility rather than finishes: where your instalments go, and whether an office purchase supports a UAE Golden Visa application. Each resource below is matched to where Berkeley Tower stands right now.
Berkeley Tower Construction Updates
This page: the 1 October 2026 RERA inspection and 0% register baseline for Berkeley Tower.
Berkeley Tower Golden Visa: Three Office Tiers, One Rule to Confirm
Berkeley Tower, Ellington Properties' 109 Business Bay offices, sits above the threshold at every tier, subject to the ICP's rules.
Read Berkeley Tower Golden Visa Guide
Berkeley Tower Escrow: Ellington's Business Bay Account at Commercial Bank of Dubai
Ellington Properties' Berkeley Tower is DLD project 4417, 109 units in Commercial Bank of Dubai escrow, 0% certified October 2026.
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Other Berkeley Tower Construction Updates
October 2026 is the first published reading for Berkeley Tower; the hub collects every inspection from this 0% baseline onward as new cycles are recorded.
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Berkeley Tower Construction Progress in October 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
As of the RERA inspection of 1 October 2026, Berkeley Tower stands at 0% in the Dubai Land Department project register for project 4417. It is the first and only reading on record, so there is no earlier figure to compare it with and no change to report. The RERA inspection report itself prints no percentage and shows its progress status as N/A.
No. Handover remains scheduled for Q4 2031, and the register entry carries a registered completion date of 31 December 2031. Because 1 October 2026 is the first inspection on record, there is no earlier date for this reading to have moved. Registered dates can be revised between inspection cycles, and how completion dates are followed over time is covered on the Berkeley Tower construction updates hub.
The RERA inspector's note for the visit of 1 October 2026 reads: "At the time of inspection found that: no construction activities have been started." It describes the site on that day only, and it is consistent with the register reading of 0% and the report's progress status of N/A. It says nothing about what has happened since; only a later inspection report can show that.
The Dubai Land Department register shows construction started on 28 September 2026, the RERA inspection on 1 October 2026 and the project registered on 13 October 2026. They are printed here exactly as the register records them. Each later inspection adds its own dated entry to the same record for project 4417.
No. The image at the top of this update is a developer rendering of the planned office tower, used for illustration, and it does not show site progress. The RERA inspection photograph for 1 October 2026 forms part of the official inspection record and is not reproduced on this page.
Newer readings appear in the Dubai Land Department project register under project 4417, which can be viewed in the Dubai REST app after each RERA inspection. No later reading had been supplied when this update was prepared, and the record sets no date for the next inspection. Each new reading is added to the Berkeley Tower construction updates hub when it publishes.
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