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GEMS Estates Construction Updates
The DLD Register Record Behind 15 Branded Villas in DAMAC Hills
GEMS Estates recorded 62.64% in the DLD register on 14 April 2026, roughly two thirds of the climb from its December 2022 start toward handover.
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Construction Snapshot
GEMS Estates at a Glance
GEMS Estates is DAMAC's collection of 15 branded villas in DAMAC Hills, registered with the Dubai Land Department as project 2457 on plot 9068 in Al Hebiah Third. Construction started on 15 December 2022, and the register read 62.64% on 14 April 2026. That single figure covers 15 separate homes across a Total Built Area of 13,204.30 sq m, built in two configurations, basement to roof and ground to roof, so it averages villas the inspection found at different stages rather than measuring the height of one structure.
2457
Active
15 December 2022
15 Branded Villas
13,204.30 sq m
15 September 2024 (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
GEMS Estates Construction Update Timeline
The GEMS Estates record on this site starts late in the build: its first dated reading is 62.64% on 14 April 2026, 1,216 days after the 15 December 2022 construction start, so the track below opens with most of the climb already behind it. The register also lists a previous inspection reading of 62.14% with no date attached; it sits as an unlabelled dot just behind the latest one rather than as a table row, and the single row below links the full April 2026 monthly update.
| Inspection Month | Construction Progress | Inspection Date | Full Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 62.64% | 14 April 2026 |
Reading the dates: the DLD-registered completion date for project 2457 is 15 September 2024, and the scheduled handover for GEMS Estates was Q4 2025. Both had passed when the inspection of 14 April 2026 recorded 62.64%, with the register still listing the project as active and the main contract progressing. The record states no revised date, so the handover date that now applies is the one DAMAC confirms in writing.
Pace Analysis
How Fast GEMS Estates Has Been Built
One dated register reading cannot draw a curve yet, so the GEMS Estates pace below is built from what the record does hold: the construction start, the 14 April 2026 figure, and an undated previous reading:
- 15 Dec 2022 start to 14 Apr 2026: 0% to 62.64% over about 40.5 months (arithmetic, not a forecast)About 1.5 points per month
- Undated previous inspection to 14 Apr 2026: 62.14% to 62.64%, earlier reading carries no date+0.50 points, no monthly rate
- 14 Apr 2026 to handover: 62.64% recorded against the 100% that completes the register37.36 points still to record
What the average hides is the shape. A 15-villa site does not climb like a tower: the inspection report of 14 April 2026 found enabling and foundation works at an advanced stage while structure, envelope, MEP and finishes ran side by side at different stages from villa to villa, and its photographs show glazing and glass balustrades fitted on one villa while scaffolding still stood on the next. The 62.64% blends both. The half-point move from the undated previous reading shows the register is still moving, but without a date it cannot say whether the pace is quickening or slowing; the first measured rate for GEMS Estates arrives with the next dated reading. Until then, an end user planning a move should work from the date DAMAC confirms in writing rather than from the passed Q4 2025 schedule, and an investor should read the 37.36 points still open as the distance the next inspection cycles have to cover.
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About GEMS Estates at DAMAC Hills
The 62.64% recorded on 14 April 2026 only means something against what is being built: 15 villas with exteriors designed with de GRISOGONO and interiors by Cavalli. The full project guide covers what buyers are tracking toward on this page:
GEMS Estates: Fifteen Branded Villas with Golf Course Views
GEMS Estates is a DAMAC collection of 15 villas in DAMAC Hills, with exteriors by de GRISOGONO and interiors by Cavalli.
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Availability at GEMS Estates shifts between inspection cycles, and a collection of 15 branded villas has little room to absorb that shift. 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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GEMS Estates Build Stages, Mapped to the Inspections
Only one dated reading exists for GEMS Estates, so the windows below are anchored to the register's own dates, the 16 September 2022 registration, the 15 December 2022 start and the 14 April 2026 inspection, and on a site of 15 villas several stages overlap rather than follow one another.
Registration and Site Activation
GEMS Estates was registered on 16 September 2022 on plot 9068 in Al Hebiah Third, and construction started on 15 December 2022, the zero point for this record.
Enabling Works, Foundations and Infrastructure
No dated reading covers this stage on its own; the 14 April 2026 inspection report places these works at an advanced stage, with site mobilization still ongoing.
Villa Structures in Two Configurations
Concrete frames and blockwork for 15 villas, basement to roof or ground to roof; structure works were still progressing at different stages on 14 April 2026.
Envelope, MEP and Finishes
The phase the register placed at 62.64% on 14 April 2026: envelope, MEP, internal works and finishes progressing villa by villa, with glazing, glass balustrades and curved gold-tone facade bands visible in the inspection photographs beside an unfinished pool shell.
Completion, Handover Notice and Handover
External works, the remaining register cycles to 100%, completion procedures and DAMAC's handover notice for each villa; the scheduled Q4 2025 handover and the registered 15 September 2024 date have both passed, and no revised date is on record.
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 GEMS Estates's own record.
Buyer Position
Tracking Your Position at GEMS Estates
This page is one of four project resources that together cover a GEMS Estates purchase from payment protection to residency to handover. You are on the construction record; the siblings sit one click away:
GEMS Estates Construction Updates
This page: every DLD register reading for GEMS Estates, from the December 2022 start toward handover.
GEMS Estates Golden Visa: 15 Branded Villas in DAMAC Hills
GEMS Estates, DAMAC's freehold collection of 15 branded villas, qualifies at all three tiers from the 5 bedroom villa.
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GEMS Estates Escrow: DAMAC's Seven-Unit Account at DAMAC Hills
DAMAC's GEMS Estates is DLD project 2457, 7 units in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank escrow, 62.64% certified April 2026.
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GEMS Estates Snagging for 15 Branded Villas in DAMAC Hills
GEMS Estates is a DAMAC Properties collection of villas with exteriors designed with de GRISOGONO and interiors by Cavalli.
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Between 62.64% and Handover: What GEMS Estates Buyers Should Do Now
After the 14 April 2026 reading, 37.36 points separate GEMS Estates from 100%, and both the Q4 2025 schedule and the 15 September 2024 registered date are already behind it, so what remains is finishing work spread across 15 villas rather than one structure. When DAMAC does issue a handover notice, the time to prepare is usually short, so the three steps below are worth settling now, not when the notice arrives.
First, keep every time-based instalment tied to the record: confirm each transfer goes to the account shown on the GEMS Estates escrow account page, and weigh the 40% due on completion against the latest register reading.
Second, if the villa is part of a residency plan, work through the timing in the GEMS Estates Golden Visa guide now, since the title deed follows completion and no revised completion date is on record.
Third, prepare the villa inspection ahead of the notice; the GEMS Estates villa snagging page sets out how basements, roof terraces and elevated pools are checked once DAMAC opens the handover window.
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The Wider Picture
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A villa build record is only half the picture; the other half is the golf community already standing around it. These three pages put the GEMS Estates record in its market, community, and developer context:
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DAMAC Properties: Lagoon Communities, Golf Villas and Branded Collaborations
Founded in 2002, DAMAC has delivered 48,000 homes and is known for large-scale master communities, luxury residential projects and branded collaborations.
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FAQs
GEMS Estates Construction Updates Frequently Asked Questions
GEMS Estates, DLD project 2457, is listed as active in the Dubai Land Department register, which recorded 62.64% construction progress on 14 April 2026; the RERA inspection report of the same date describes the main contract as progressing. The full record is in the inspection timeline above.
The GEMS Estates reading of 14 April 2026 was 62.64%, 0.50 points above the previous inspection reading of 62.14% shown beside it in the register. The earlier figure carries no date, so the change is stated as a delta only. The site notes behind the April figure are in the GEMS Estates April 2026 construction update.
The Dubai REST app lists 62.14% for GEMS Estates as the previous inspection beside the 62.64% of 14 April 2026, but gives that earlier figure no date. This page therefore marks it as an unlabelled dot on the track, leaves it out of the timeline table, and derives no monthly pace from it, because a rate needs two dated readings. The first measured pace arrives with the next dated reading after 14 April 2026.
Averaged over the whole build, GEMS Estates has recorded about 1.5 points a month: 62.64% on 14 April 2026, 1,216 days or about 40.5 months after construction started on 15 December 2022. That figure is arithmetic, not a forecast, and it counts from zero at the start date; the breakdown is in the pace analysis above.
Yes. The DLD-registered completion date for GEMS Estates, project 2457, is 15 September 2024, and the scheduled handover was Q4 2025; both had passed when the inspection of 14 April 2026 recorded 62.64% with the main contract progressing. The record states no revised date, so the date that now applies is the one DAMAC confirms in writing, and this page's record is updated as each new reading is published.
GEMS Estates comprises 15 branded villas with a Total Built Area of 13,204.30 sq m. The RERA inspection report of 14 April 2026 describes two villa configurations, one rising from a basement through ground and first floors to a roof level and one from ground to roof, both with a concrete structure and blockwork.
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