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Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour Escrow Account
The Account That Held Every Payment Until Emaar Delivered
The DLD-registered escrow account behind Emaar's twin towers on Creek Island, recorded in Dubai Land Department files under project number 1663 and still the only account any Creekside 18 payment owed to the developer may legally reach.
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Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour Escrow Account at a Glance
Creekside 18 was built on money that never belonged to Emaar until the Dubai Land Department said it did. Every off-plan installment ran through one supervised escrow account at Commercial Bank of Dubai, and the DLD file for project 1663 still carries those registered details today. My read on why this page matters years after handover is blunt: a completed tower is exactly where payment fraud gets lucrative, because the buyer relaxes, the sums are large, and nobody expects the account line in an email to be wrong.
Masked for security. Tap Show to reveal the full number, or Copy to copy it directly. Checked against the Dubai REST record for project 1663, certified 100 percent complete on 31 May 2020.
Commercial Bank of Dubai (P.S.C.)
1663
Completed
Emaar Properties
10 June 2015
05 March 2016
500
103
Where the Project Stands
Registration and Escrow Status
The Dubai Land Department registered Creekside 18 on 10 June 2015 as project number 1663, and the escrow account at Commercial Bank of Dubai was opened as a condition of that registration, ahead of the first buyer payment. Construction began on 5 March 2016. The DLD file now records the project as Finished, with certified progress at 100 percent and completion dated 31 May 2020.
Looking for the month by month progress? Inspection results and milestone history live on the construction updates page.
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Verify Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour's Escrow Account Independently
Do not take this page's word for it, and do not take an email's word for it either. The escrow system was designed so that you can check it yourself, in public records, in about the time it takes to read a payment instruction:
Open Dubai REST
In the Dubai REST app, go to Services, then Project Status.
Find the Project
Search project number 1663 or "Creekside 18".
Match the Details
Open the Escrow Account panel and match the bank and account number against this page and your Sales and Purchase Agreement before any transfer.
I verify these details against Dubai REST before publishing and after each new inspection. If anything on this page ever differs from what you see in the app, trust the app and tell me.
Before You Transfer
- Match the account number on your payment instruction to the Escrow Account panel in Dubai REST.
- Match the same number to the escrow details in your Sales and Purchase Agreement.
- Confirm the amount and the construction milestone it corresponds to.
- If anything differs, even by one digit, stop and message me before sending.
Your Money, Step by Step
How Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour's Payment Plan Meets the Escrow Account
Creekside 18 launched on a 10/70/20 plan: 10 percent on booking alongside the 4 percent DLD registration fee, 70 percent in construction-linked installments, and 20 percent on completion. What the schedule alone never showed buyers is the constraint behind it. Emaar could not draw those funds at will. The bank released them only against construction stages certified by DLD inspection, which is why the money moved at the pace of the concrete rather than the pace of the invoice.
Booking and SPA: 10%: 10%
Deposits entered account 1001*****0 as units were registered under Oqood, with the 4 percent DLD fee paid separately to the department.
Construction Installments: 70%: 70%
Funds accumulated in escrow and reached Emaar only as the DLD certified each stage of works, right through to 100 percent certification.
Completion: 20%: 20%
The closing installment fell due at handover, completed on 31 May 2020, with a retention portion held back in escrow afterwards to cover defect repairs.
The retention held in escrow after completion pairs with an independent handover snagging inspection: it gives the developer a financial reason to fix what your inspection finds.
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Project Insights for Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour Buyers

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This page: the Commercial Bank of Dubai escrow details, the verification steps, and which Creekside 18 payments belong in that account.

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Creekside 18 at Dubai Creek Harbour Escrow Account Frequently Asked Questions
Commercial Bank of Dubai (P.S.C.) holds the escrow account for Creekside 18, account number 1001*****0, shown in full in the Escrow Details section above. The account was opened under DLD project number 1663 when the project was registered in June 2015.
Creekside 18 launched on a 10/70/20 plan, with 10 percent on booking plus the 4 percent DLD registration fee, 70 percent in construction-linked installments, and 20 percent on completion. Booking and construction payments were made into the escrow account, and the bank released funds to Emaar only against construction stages certified by DLD inspection.
Yes. The Dubai Land Department records Creekside 18 as Finished, with certified construction progress at 100 percent and completion dated 31 May 2020. The inspection history behind that certification is documented on the Creekside 18 construction updates page.
It applies to any amount still owed to Emaar under an original Sales and Purchase Agreement, which must be paid into the registered escrow account. A resale purchase from a private owner is a separate transaction, settled through the Dubai Land Department transfer process rather than into the project escrow account.
No. Any payment owed to the developer for a Creekside 18 unit belongs in the DLD-registered escrow account 1001*****0 at Commercial Bank of Dubai, with the full number shown in the Escrow Details section above, exactly as recorded in the Sales and Purchase Agreement. A request to send funds to a personal account, an agent's account, or an alternative company account, particularly one offering a discount for paying directly, is the standard pattern of payment-diversion fraud regardless of how convincing the paperwork appears. Any such request should be checked against the escrow account registered in Dubai REST and the details in the Sales and Purchase Agreement before funds are sent.
Where the Dubai Land Department cancels a registered project, RERA takes control of the escrow account and buyer refunds are processed from the protected funds under DLD supervision. Money paid to any account outside that registration sits beyond that protection. Creekside 18 reached 100 percent certified completion and handed over in 2020, so cancellation is not a live concern for the project, and the framework itself is explained in the Dubai Land Department guide.
Yes, Creekside 18 is a freehold project, open to all nationalities.
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