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Greencrest Construction Update - May 2026
May 2026 Inspection Records Greencrest at 1.2% Construction Progress in Dubai Hills Estate
Piling and enabling works dominate the Greencrest site in Dubai Hills Estate, with the RERA inspection of 7 May 2026 recording 1.2 percent construction progress.
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Greencrest Construction Snapshot
Unchanged at 1.2% since the previous recorded inspection, Greencrest sits in the enabling band, the stage where the ground is prepared for a structure that has not yet started rising.
Greencrest at Dubai Hills Estate
4136
Active
1.2%
7 May 2026
22 November 2025
195 residential units
22,339.61 sq m
Q2 2029
Data source: RERA inspection conducted on 7 May 2026, tracked against DLD inspection records. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: July 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Greencrest Construction Progress Summary
The 7 May 2026 inspection recorded Greencrest at 1.2%, the same figure carried by the previous reading, with the report noting that enabling works are progressing. About five and a half months after the 22 November 2025 construction start, that flat number is what an enabling stage normally looks like: the work happening on plot 5425 is ground preparation, which consumes time without moving a percentage built for structure.
- DLD project registration recorded on 10 October 2025
- Construction start recorded on 22 November 2025
- Project trust account established with Mashreq Bank PSC
- Enabling works, recorded as progressing on 7 May 2026
- Ground preparation ahead of the basement level
- Heavy plant mobilised across the golf edge plot
- Site setup serving both Block A and Block B footprints
- Basement, podium and 20 floor superstructure for Block A
- Low rise Block B and the shared landscaped podium deck
- Facade, MEP and interior finishing across 195 residences
- Remaining RERA inspection cycles toward the Q2 2029 target
Payment Linked Progress
What 1.2% Progress Means for Greencrest Buyers
Greencrest runs on an 80/20 construction linked plan, so several instalments are tied to certified completion percentages rather than to calendar dates. At a recorded 1.2%, none of the construction linked triggers has been reached yet, which makes this the cheapest moment to get the paperwork and the protections right. Four actions matter most at this stage.
Verify the escrow account
Every instalment on this plan should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 4136, held with Mashreq Bank PSC. Greencrest escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Confirm your Oqood registration
At this stage of an off plan purchase, your interest is recorded through interim registration in the DLD Oqood system rather than by title deed. Check that the entry exists and that the unit, area and buyer details on it match your sale and purchase agreement exactly.
Map the milestone instalments to this reading
Five of the eight instalments after booking on the published schedule are linked to estimated construction completion milestones at 30%, 50%, 70%, 90% and 100%. A 1.2% reading sits well below the first of them. Not sure which instalments are still ahead of you? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the published schedule and certified milestones.
Track the early cycles closely
Enabling stage readings move slowly, then jump once the structure starts. Following each inspection from the first one tells you when a milestone payment is genuinely approaching. The Greencrest construction updates hub holds every reading in sequence.
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 1.2%?
Entering at the enabling stage buys the longest payment runway this project will ever offer: the structure is still ahead, so the schedule stretches across three years rather than landing at transfer. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 4136, released against certified construction progress.
- The full 80/20 runway, with seven instalments still ahead of you
- Roughly three years of construction between this reading and the keys
- Widest choice of floor, layout and orientation while inventory lasts
- Most of the price falling due at or close to transfer
- Short wait, but the construction period already behind you
- Whatever units remain unsold, rather than the full release
13 units listed available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Greencrest Project Details
With enabling works underway and no structure yet above ground, Greencrest is an early stage development of 195 one, two and three bedroom apartments split between a 20 floor Block A and a low rise Block B on the golf course edge. Starting prices: AED 1.57M ≈ USD 428K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is a three year wait against the longest instalment runway the plan allows, with handover expected from Q2 2029 per the current DLD record.
Greencrest at Dubai Hills Estate Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Greencrest Location on Dubai Map
Greencrest occupies plot 5425 on the eastern, golf course side of Dubai Hills Estate, a compact parcel bounded by finished villa streets and the fairways rather than by open desert, which shapes how this cycle's works are sequenced: enabling and excavation on a tight urban plot mean site access, hoarding and plant movement are managed around live neighbouring roads from day one.
Because Dubai Hills Estate is already a delivered community, with the golf club, the central park, Dubai Hills Mall, the GEMS schools and King's College Hospital open and trading, Greencrest is being built into a functioning district rather than ahead of one, which matters for buyers weighing a three year construction wait against rental evidence that already exists next door. See the project's position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in Greencrest During Early Construction Progress
The enabling stage is where payment protection and residency eligibility get settled, long before a tower is visible on the plot. Each resource below answers a question that a 1.2% reading raises.
Greencrest Construction Updates
This page: the verified May 2026 inspection record for Greencrest, from enabling works toward handover.
Greencrest Golden Visa
Check whether a Greencrest purchase clears the AED 2M threshold for ten year Golden Visa residency.
Read the Greencrest Golden Visa Guide
Greencrest Escrow Account
Confirm the DLD registered escrow account for project 4136 before releasing any milestone instalment.
Verify the Greencrest Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other Greencrest Construction Updates
This is the first inspection record published for Greencrest. Every later reading joins it in sequence, so the enabling stage stays visible once the structure starts moving the percentage quickly.
Where This Update Fits
Explore Greencrest Structure
An enabling stage reading tells you little in isolation. The pages below set Greencrest against the community holding the plot, the developer building on it, and the stock it will eventually compete with.
Dubai Hills Estate Properties for Sale
Compare Dubai Hills Estate listings already trading while Greencrest works through its earliest construction cycles.
Dubai Hills Estate Properties for Sale
About Dubai Hills Estate Master Community
See how the golf club, central park, mall and schools already frame the Greencrest setting.
Dubai Hills Estate Community Guide
Emaar Properties Developer Profile
Review the Emaar delivery record across Dubai Hills Estate before your first milestone payment decisions.
Emaar Properties Developer ProfileFAQs
Greencrest Construction Progress in May 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
As of the RERA inspection conducted on 7 May 2026, Greencrest stands at 1.2% construction progress in the DLD project register under project number 4136.
The 7 May 2026 inspection report records enabling works as progressing, with heavy plant mobilised and ground preparation underway on plot 5425 in Dubai Hills Estate. No permanent structure has started: the basement, the podium and the 20 floor Block A superstructure all sit ahead of this reading.
The previous recorded inspection also stood at 1.2%, so the May 2026 cycle added no measurable movement. Enabling works clear, level and prepare ground before any permanent structure is cast, which consumes months of site time while contributing very little to a figure weighted toward built volume. Readings on this kind of project usually stay flat until basement and foundation concrete begins.
The DLD project register records a construction start of 22 November 2025, with the project itself registered on 10 October 2025. The 7 May 2026 inspection therefore falls about five and a half months into the build programme.
The DLD project register carries an expected completion of Q2 2029, held as 30 June 2029, and the May 2026 record shows no revision to that date. 98.8 percentage points separate the 7 May 2026 reading from full certification, roughly three years of construction. How the inspection cycles run through to completion is covered on the Greencrest construction updates hub.
The Independent Progress Monitoring Report dated 7 May 2026 names Mashreq Bank PSC as the trust account bank for project 4136, with Dubai Hills Estate L.L.C listed as developer number 984. The same details appear in the DLD project record, which is where they should be checked before any instalment is transferred.
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