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Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Update - October 2026
October 2026 Inspection Records Bora Bora 1, the First Registered Phase of the Bora Bora Cluster, at 6.77%
Mobilisation, foundation and substructure works were under way at Bora Bora 1, the cluster's first registered phase, when RERA inspected the site on 12 October 2026.
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Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Snapshot
A 4.53 point rise since 4 May 2026 places Bora Bora 1 in the enabling and foundations band, the stage where a buyer's early checks on registration and escrow count for more than the percentage itself.
Damac Islands - Bora Bora 1
3498 (Bora Bora 1)
Active
6.77%
12 October 2026
21 April 2025
251 units (DLD)
49,431.00 sq m (Bora Bora 1 DLD register)
31 December 2028
Data source: RERA inspection conducted on 12 October 2026, recorded in the DLD project register for Bora Bora 1 (project 3498); the percentages on this page are DLD register readings for that phase. The hero image is a DAMAC rendering of a planned home, 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
Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Progress Summary
Between the 4 May 2026 and 12 October 2026 inspections, Bora Bora 1 moved from 2.24% to 6.77%, a 4.53 point gain over 161 days. The October record lists the phase's Progress Status as Main Contract - Progressing, with foundation, substructure and infrastructure works at different stages across the phase's 251 units, and MEP works at an early stage.
- DLD registration of Bora Bora 1 as project 3498 on 5 February 2025
- Construction start recorded on 21 April 2025, 75 days after registration
- Trust account for the phase held with Emirates NBD
- Previous inspection reading of 2.24% on 4 May 2026
- Mobilisation works on site
- Enabling works, recorded at an advanced stage
- Foundation and substructure works, at different stages across the phase
- Infrastructure works serving the townhouses and villas
- MEP works at an early stage
- Concrete structure and blockwork for the 251 units of Bora Bora 1, on ground plus one and ground plus two floors
- Internal and external finishes
- Remaining RERA inspection cycles toward 100%
- Handover expected in Q4 2028; registered completion date for Bora Bora 1: 31 December 2028
Payment Linked Progress
What the 6.77% Bora Bora 1 Reading Means for Buyers
DAMAC's launch plan for DAMAC Islands dates Bora Bora instalments from the sale rather than linking them to construction milestones, so the 6.77% reading for Bora Bora 1 does not bring a payment due: it shows how much of the build still lies ahead while the 39 monthly instalments run. At this early stage, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Each instalment should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for your phase; for Bora Bora 1, project 3498, the trust account is held with Emirates NBD. Bora Bora 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 the dates your sale and purchase agreement sets for the 39 monthly instalments and the 25% completion payment, and confirm which phase and completion date it names, since each registered phase carries its own record. Not sure how your instalment dates line up with this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
Once the SPA is signed and the booking payment and 4% DLD registration fee are made, the purchase should appear on the DLD Oqood register. Check that it names the right phase and project number: Bora Bora 1 is project 3498, and homes in Bora Bora 2 to 4 sit on their own phase records.
Track the next readings
Each new RERA inspection adds a dated reading to the Bora Bora 1 record, and the gap to Q4 2028 is easiest to judge reading by reading. The Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands construction updates hub keeps every cycle in one timeline.
General framework, not legal advice: instalment dates, notice periods, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying While Bora Bora 1 Reads 6.77%?
Entering this early trades certainty for runway: most of the build is still ahead, and so is most of the payment plan, with the larger share of the price paid in dated instalments before the keys rather than in one sum at completion. For a Bora Bora 1 home, every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3498, released against construction progress recorded by RERA inspections; a home in another phase pays into that phase's own account.
- Main contract under way on Bora Bora 1, foundation and substructure works in progress (12 October 2026)
- The full 75/25 plan ahead: 20% plus the 4% DLD registration fee on booking, 55% in 39 monthly instalments, 25% on completion
- Handover expected in Q4 2028
- Structure standing and visible before you commit
- A short wait to keys, often within a year
- Most of the price due in a short window, at near-completion pricing
Limited units available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles. This is DAMAC's launch payment plan for DAMAC Islands (November 2024 sheets); confirm the current Bora Bora schedule with DAMAC and in your SPA.
About the Development
Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Project Details
With the main contract under way on its first registered phase, Bora Bora is an early-stage cluster of 946 homes, 4 and 5 bedroom townhouses and 6 bedroom villas, in DAMAC Islands, Dubailand. Starting prices: AED 2.29M ≈ USD 625K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is the longest runway on DAMAC's time-linked plan against the longest wait, with handover expected in Q4 2028 and most of the build still to come.
Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Location on Dubai Map
Bora Bora is one of the island-themed clusters of DAMAC Islands in Dubailand, and its first registered phase is being built as low-rise homes on ground plus one and ground plus two floors, which shapes this cycle's works: with no tower to raise, progress is spread across the foundations of the phase's 251 units and the infrastructure that serves them, which is why the October 2026 report records those works at different stages rather than as one milestone.
DAMAC Islands is a master community still taking shape, its lagoons, Central Hub and parks described in DAMAC's materials as planned features rather than open amenities, so a Bora Bora buyer at this stage is buying into a neighbourhood whose shared facilities are still to be built, and occupancy or rental plans are best set against the Q4 2028 handover. See where the cluster 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 Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands During Early Construction
The enabling and foundations band is when buyers set up the protections that carry them to handover: the right escrow account, the right registration, and a clear residency plan. Each resource below is matched to where Bora Bora 1 stands right now.
Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Updates
This page: the 12 October 2026 Bora Bora 1 inspection record, read for cluster buyers.
Bora Bora Golden Visa: How Each Home Type Compares With the Line
All three home types at Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands, by DAMAC Properties, clear the AED 2M Golden Visa threshold individually.
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Bora Bora Escrow: Each Registered Phase Under DLD Supervision
Bora Bora 1, DLD project 3498 on plot 8805, holds instalments for 251 registered units in an Emirates NBD escrow account.
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Other Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Updates
This is the first monthly update for Bora Bora; the earlier reading of 2.24% on 4 May 2026 sits in the DLD register for Bora Bora 1 without an update page of its own, and the full record grows from here.
Where This Update Fits
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This monthly report is one node in a wider record: the DAMAC Islands community around the cluster, the developer delivering it, and the townhouses and villas competing with it for buyers.
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Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands Construction Progress in October 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The RERA inspection of 12 October 2026 recorded 6.77% for Bora Bora 1 (DLD project 3498, 251 units), the first registered phase of the Bora Bora cluster, with the Progress Status Main Contract - Progressing. It is that phase's own reading: the 946-home cluster has no single percentage, because the Dubai Land Department registers Bora Bora 1 to 4 as separate phases, each with its own project record.
Bora Bora 1 moved from 2.24% at the inspection of 4 May 2026 to 6.77% on 12 October 2026, a gain of 4.53 percentage points over 161 days. The 4 May 2026 date comes from the inspection-date list on Dubai REST; that reading has no monthly update page of its own, so this October 2026 page is the first in the series.
As of the 12 October 2026 inspection, the DLD record for Bora Bora 1 lists a registered completion date of 31 December 2028, in line with the expected Q4 2028 handover. Registered dates can be revised between inspection cycles, the contractual date is the one in your SPA, and other phases may carry their own dates. How the timeline is followed from cycle to cycle is covered on the Bora Bora at DAMAC Islands construction updates hub.
The Independent Progress Monitoring Report for the 12 October 2026 inspection found mobilisation works ongoing, enabling works progressing at an advanced stage, foundation, substructure and infrastructure works progressing at different stages, and MEP works at an early stage. The report describes Bora Bora 1 as 251 townhouses and villas on ground plus one and ground plus two floors, designed with a concrete structure and blockwork followed by internal and external finishes.
The Dubai Land Department registers the Bora Bora cluster as separate phases, Bora Bora 1 to 4, each with its own project record and escrow account. This page covers the whole cluster but quotes the register figures of Bora Bora 1 (project 3498, 251 units), the first registered phase; a buyer in another phase should check that phase's own record and escrow account on Dubai REST, using the project named in their SPA.
No. The image at the top of this page is a DAMAC rendering of a planned home, used as the cover of the October 2026 update; it does not show the site as it stood on 12 October 2026. The register record for Bora Bora 1 carries the inspection photographs, and the works they document are described in the 12 October 2026 inspection report.
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