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Creekside 18 Construction Updates
The Closed Build Record of a Delivered Creek Island Tower Pair
Creekside 18 reached 100% construction at its 14 March 2021 RERA inspection, closing a five-year Creek Island build that Emaar started in March 2016.
Construction tracking against RERA inspection data, updated after every recorded inspection.
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Construction Snapshot
Creekside 18 at a Glance
Creekside 18 is Emaar's 500-residence twin-tower phase on Creek Island, registered with the Dubai Land Department as project 1663 and recorded at 100% construction on 14 March 2021. Almost every project tracked on this site is a build still in motion; this one is the opposite, a closed record whose value now is evidentiary rather than predictive, which is why the figures below matter most to buyers looking at the resale market five years after delivery.
1663
Completed
05 March 2016
500 residential units
58,262.65 sq m
31 May 2020 (DLD)
Figures from Dubai Land Department registration records and the RERA progress monitoring report for project 1663. How every project on this site is tracked is explained once on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
Inspection Record
Creekside 18 Construction Update Timeline
The published inspection record for Creekside 18 covers the closing stretch of the build rather than its whole length: a preceding reading of 98.64% and the 100% recorded on 14 March 2021, with RERA marking the project's progress status as completed at that final visit. The track and table below carry those two readings; the certificate dates that surround them are read out in the pace analysis, because on a delivered project the paperwork tells you more than the percentage does.
| Inspection | Construction Progress | Inspection Date | Full Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 100% | 14 March 2021 | View the March 2021 update |
| Preceding inspection | 98.64% | Not published in the record | Carried in the March 2021 report as the previous reading |
Reading the dates: the DLD-registered completion date for project 1663 is 31 May 2020, while the building completion certificate was issued on 09 November 2020 and the closing inspection at 100% came on 14 March 2021. The registered date is an administrative anchor set at project registration; the certificate and the final inspection are what actually record delivery. Ask what these dates mean for a resale purchase on WhatsApp.
Pace Analysis
How Fast Creekside 18 Was Built
With only the closing readings published, Creekside 18's pace is answered by the span of the build and by the certificate dates rather than by a curve of inspections:
- Mar 2016 to Mar 2021: the full build, groundbreaking to 100%About 1.7 points per month
- Preceding inspection to 14 Mar 2021: 98.64% to 100%The final 1.36 points
- 31 May 2020 registered date to the closing inspection9.5 months later
An average of roughly 1.7 points per month across sixty months is what a conventional twin-tower build looks like when nothing goes badly wrong, and on this project the interesting evidence sits at the end rather than in the middle. The completion certificate was obtained on 09 November 2020 and the DCD clearance on 30 September 2020, with electricity and water sub-meters installed and connected by the time of the final visit, so the last 1.36 points recorded in March 2021 represent snagging and closeout on a building that authorities had already signed off. For a resale buyer, that is the whole point of reading this page: delivery at Creekside 18 is documented fact, not a forecast, and the only open questions are about the unit and the building's condition today.
See the Building as It Stands Today
The record here stops in 2021. If you want to know how Creekside 18 looks and lives now, I will send you current photos and an honest read on the building's condition.
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About Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour
A completion percentage only matters in the context of what was delivered. The full project guide covers the building this record ends at:
Creekside 18 Project Guide
Layouts from one to four bedrooms across the two 37-storey towers, podium amenities, the Creek Island position beside Creek Marina and Central Park, and current resale pricing.
View the Creekside 18 Project GuideBuying Into a Delivered Creek Island Tower?
Availability at Creekside 18 now moves through the resale market, so what is open changes week to week. If this record is what brought you here, ask me what is actually available before you shortlist.
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Creekside 18 Build Stages, Mapped to the Record
Rather than a generic construction sequence, each stage below is anchored to a date the record actually carries for project 1663, from DLD registration in 2015 to the closing inspection in 2021.
Registration to Site Start
Project 1663 was registered with the DLD on 10 June 2015; construction was recorded as started on 05 March 2016, about nine months later.
Twin Tower Structure
Two residential towers of 37 floors over podium and basement levels rose across the 58,262.65 sq m built-up area, one carrying 239 apartments and the other 239, with 22 podium residences.
The Registered Completion Window
31 May 2020 is the completion date on the DLD registration. No inspection percentages are published for this stretch, so the record itself is silent between the start and the closing readings.
Certification and Utilities
DCD clearance was received on 30 September 2020 and the building completion certificate was obtained on 09 November 2020, with DEWA electricity and water sub-meters installed and connected.
Snagging, Closeout, and Delivery
The final inspection recorded 100% with snagging still under way on site, and RERA logged the project's progress status as completed. Nothing further has been added to the record since.
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 Creekside 18's own record.
Buyer Position
Tracking Your Position at Creekside 18
This page is one of four project resources covering a Creekside 18 purchase from the payment record to residency to the condition of the residence itself. You are on the construction record; the siblings sit one click away:
Creekside 18 Construction Updates
This page: the closed inspection record for Creekside 18, from DLD registration to 100% completion.
Creekside 18 Golden Visa
Check whether a qualifying ready purchase at Creekside 18 supports 10-year UAE Golden Visa residency eligibility.
Read the Creekside 18 Golden Visa Guide
Creekside 18 Escrow Account
Check the DLD-registered escrow record behind project 1663 and how buyer payments were protected to completion.
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Creekside 18 Snagging Inspection
Five years after the 100% inspection, document defects and wear before you accept the residence.
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What the Closed Record at Creekside 18 Means for a Buyer Today
Because the record ends at 100% in March 2021, none of the usual off-plan questions apply here: there are no remaining construction milestones, no escrow installments left to release, and no handover date to wait for. The questions that replace them are about a building in its fifth year of occupation, and resale inventory at Creekside 18 moves quickly enough that the checks below are worth completing before you commit rather than after.
First, treat condition as the new snagging: a residence delivered in 2021 carries five years of wear, tenancy, and maintenance history, so have it documented before you sign anything. The Creekside 18 snagging inspection page covers what gets inspected in a delivered tower.
Second, look at the operating side. Since handover the towers have run on service charges and a maintenance regime, and the current rate, the reserve fund, and the state of the podium amenities tell you more about the next five years than the construction record does. Where the original buyer payments went while the towers rose is documented on the Creekside 18 escrow account record.
Third, if the purchase may support residency, settle eligibility before you transfer, since a ready property with an issued title deed qualifies on a different footing than an off-plan one. The Creekside 18 Golden Visa guide covers the thresholds and the path.
Send me the unit you are considering on WhatsApp and I will tell you what this record means for that specific residence.
The Wider Picture
Explore Dubai Creek Harbour Structure
A build record is only half the picture; the other half is what rose around it. These three pages put Creekside 18's completed towers in their community, market, and developer context:
Dubai Creek Harbour Properties for Sale
Browse waterfront apartments across Dubai Creek Harbour, from delivered towers like Creekside 18 to active launches.
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Dubai Creek Harbour Community Overview
See how Creek Island filled in around Creekside 18 as the masterplan's towers were delivered.
Explore the Dubai Creek Harbour Community
Emaar Properties Developer Profile
Review Emaar's delivery record, including the twin towers it certified and completed at Creek Island.
View the Emaar Properties Developer ProfileConstruction tracking for other Dubai projects is indexed on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
FAQs
Creekside 18 Construction Updates FAQs
Creekside 18 is a completed DLD-registered project (number 1663) at Dubai Creek Harbour. The final inspection, dated 14 March 2021, recorded 100% construction progress and logged the project's status as completed. The full record is in the inspection timeline above.
The 14 March 2021 inspection recorded 100%, up 1.36 points from the 98.64% carried in the same report as the preceding reading. Snagging works were still under way on site at that visit, on a building that had already received its completion certificate. The full site report is in the March 2021 construction update.
The DLD-registered completion date for project 1663 is 31 May 2020. The building completion certificate was obtained on 09 November 2020, DCD clearance was received on 30 September 2020, and the closing inspection on 14 March 2021 recorded 100%, which is the point at which the construction record ends.
DLD registration records show 506 residential units across a total built-up area of 58,262.65 sq m. The RERA progress report describes the development as two residential towers of 239 apartments each plus 22 podium residences, a 500-unit breakdown that sits slightly below the registered figure.
Project 1663 was registered with the Dubai Land Department on 10 June 2015, and construction was recorded as started on 05 March 2016, roughly nine months later. From that start to the 100% reading of 14 March 2021, the build ran about sixty months.
Across the sixty months between the 05 March 2016 start and the 100% reading of 14 March 2021, construction averaged about 1.7 percentage points per month. No intermediate inspection percentages are published for this project, so a phase-by-phase pace curve cannot be drawn; the reasoning is set out in the pace analysis above.
Yes. The RERA record describes two residential towers of 37 floors above podium and basement levels, each carrying 239 apartments, joined by a podium that holds a further 22 residences. Layouts and views are covered in the Creekside 18 project guide.
Creekside 18 occupies plot 103 in the Al Khairan First area, on Creek Island within Emaar's Dubai Creek Harbour masterplan, close to Creek Marina and Central Park. Progress across the community's other phases is indexed on the Dubai Creek Harbour construction updates page.
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