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Maldives at DAMAC Islands Construction Updates
Main Contract Works at Maldives 1, Read Against a Q4 2028 Handover
Maldives 1, first registered phase of the Maldives cluster, read 6.59% in the DLD register on 12 October 2026, an early record of foundation and infrastructure works.
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Maldives at DAMAC Islands at a Glance
Maldives at DAMAC Islands is DAMAC Properties' townhouse and villa cluster of 1,569 homes inside the DAMAC Islands masterplan in Dubailand, with handover expected in Q4 2028. The DLD registers the cluster in five phases, Maldives 1 to 5, and the record on this page is Maldives 1 (project 3388), registered on 9 January 2025 with construction starting 73 days after that, on 23 March 2025. Maldives 2 to 5 each carry their own DLD record; they are not covered by this reading and will be added here as their records are supplied. Because the 397 Maldives 1 homes are low-rise B+G+2, G+2 and G+1 townhouses and villas spread across many plots rather than one building, each Maldives 1 percentage blends works that stand at different stages from plot to plot.
3388
Active; IPMR: Main Contract - Progressing
23 March 2025
1,569 homes across the Maldives cluster
90,653.66 sq m (Maldives 1 DLD register)
31 December 2028 (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
Maldives at DAMAC Islands Construction Update Timeline
Two dated readings make up the Maldives 1 record so far: 3.21% on 4 May 2026 and 6.59% on 12 October 2026, 161 days apart, both taken from the DLD register for project 3388, which the cluster's first phase opened on 9 January 2025 before work started on 23 March 2025. The DLD record for Maldives 1 lists a registered completion date of 31 December 2028, in line with the expected Q4 2028 handover; each phase's contractual completion date is the one in its SPA. On the track below, the lime-filled marker is the October reading and the green-filled marker the May one; the October row of the table links the full monthly update.
| Inspection Month | Construction Progress | Inspection Date | Full Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 6.59% | 12 October 2026 | View the October 2026 update |
Pace Analysis
How Fast Maldives at DAMAC Islands Has Been Built
Two dated Maldives 1 readings now give this record a measured pace, shown first below; the two figures after it are arithmetic, not a forecast, all expressed in 30-day months:
- 4 May 2026 to 12 Oct 2026: Maldives 1 mobilisation and foundation works, 3.21% to 6.59% over 161 days, measured between the two register readings, not a forecastAbout 0.63 points per month
- 23 Mar 2025 to 12 Oct 2026: whole-build average since the Maldives 1 registered start, 6.59 points over 568 days, arithmetic, not a forecastAbout 0.35 points per month
- 12 Oct 2026 to 31 Dec 2028: rate the Maldives 1 registered completion date implies, 93.41 points over 811 days, arithmetic, not a forecastAbout 3.46 points per month
Read together, the three figures describe a record at its opening. The measured pace covers the 161 days in which Maldives 1 moved into foundation, substructure and infrastructure works, and it runs close to double the average since the 23 March 2025 start, which spreads the whole record evenly across every day since work began. The required rate is a different kind of number: it shows what the registered completion date implies for the 93.41 points still to record, not what the site will do, and none of the three says whether Maldives 1 meets 31 December 2028, a date that is the developer's filing for Maldives 1, not a promise. Across the 397 low-rise Maldives 1 townhouses and villas, progress lands plot by plot, so the next dated reading is the first chance to see whether the pace changes once frames and blockwork enter the inspection notes. For an end user, that reading says more than any average; for an investor, the gap between measured and required pace is the figure worth following from one reading to the next.
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About Maldives at DAMAC Islands
The build percentage only matters in the context of what is being delivered. The full project guide covers what buyers are tracking toward on this page:
Maldives at DAMAC Islands: Five Home Types up to 7 Bedroom Villas
Maldives at DAMAC Islands is a DAMAC Properties cluster of 1,569 homes in Dubailand, across five townhouse and villa types.
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The Maldives phases are registered separately, so what is on offer differs from phase to phase. If this record is what brought you here, ask me which homes are currently offered and which phase each one sits in.
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Maldives at DAMAC Islands Build Stages, Mapped to the Inspections
Each stage below is pinned to the Maldives 1 window it occupies on the register, from the 9 January 2025 registration to the 6.59% reading of 12 October 2026, with the stages the October notes do not yet list marked as ahead of the record.
Registration and Construction Start
Maldives 1 entered the DLD register as project 3388 on 9 January 2025 and recorded its construction start on 23 March 2025, opening the record for its 397 homes.
Mobilisation, Enabling Works and Foundations
The first dated Maldives 1 reading, 3.21% on 4 May 2026, rose to 6.59% by 12 October 2026, when the IPMR gave Main Contract - Progressing: enabling works advanced; foundation, substructure and infrastructure works progressing unevenly; MEP early.
Concrete Frames and Blockwork
Frames and blockwork for the B+G+2, G+2 and G+1 Maldives 1 homes; the 12 October 2026 notes do not yet list this stage as a work item.
MEP, Envelope and Finishes
At Maldives 1, MEP works stood at an early stage on 12 October 2026; interior and exterior finishing of its townhouses and villas comes after the frames.
Completion and Handover
Handover for the Maldives cluster is expected in Q4 2028; the Maldives 1 registered completion date is 31 December 2028, and each phase's SPA sets its contractual date.
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 Maldives at DAMAC Islands's own record.
Buyer Position
Tracking Your Position at Maldives at DAMAC Islands
This page is one of four project resources that together cover a Maldives at DAMAC Islands purchase from payment protection to residency to handover. You are on the construction record; the siblings sit one click away:
Maldives at DAMAC Islands Construction Updates
This page: the Maldives 1 readings, 6.59% on 12 October 2026, against the Q4 2028 handover.
Maldives Golden Visa: No Townhouse or Villa Type Below the Line
Maldives at DAMAC Islands by DAMAC Properties prices all five home types above the AED 2M Golden Visa threshold.
Read the Maldives at DAMAC Islands Golden Visa Guide
Maldives Escrow: Five DLD Phases, Each With Its Own Account
Maldives 1, DLD project 3388 on plot 5078, holds its 397 registered units' payments with Emirates NBD as trust bank.
Verify the Maldives at DAMAC Islands Escrow AccountApproaching Handover
Between 6.59% and Handover: What Maldives at DAMAC Islands Buyers Should Do Now
At 6.59% on 12 October 2026, Maldives 1 is a long way from frames and finishes, and for most Maldives buyers the decisions that matter now concern money and paperwork rather than the site. Your instalments fall due on the dates your SPA sets from the day you reserve, not when a plot reaches a stage, so the three checks below belong before your next instalment rather than after the next reading.
First, make sure every instalment lands in the DLD escrow account of your own phase: for Maldives 1 (project 3388) that account sits with Emirates NBD, whereas anyone buying into Maldives 2 to 5 should read the account number from their own SPA or Oqood and check it against Dubai REST, as the Maldives at DAMAC Islands escrow account page explains.
Second, if residency matters to you, check how your unit's title deed or Oqood value compares with the threshold in the Maldives at DAMAC Islands Golden Visa threshold guide; at listed prices even the entry home, the 4 Bedroom Townhouse listed at AED 2.34M ≈ USD 637K, sits above AED 2M ≈ USD 545K.
Third, follow dated readings rather than headlines: the Maldives 1 October 2026 inspection report sets out the works recorded on 12 October 2026, and this page adds each new reading to the track above.
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The Wider Picture
Explore DAMAC Islands Structure
The Maldives record reads more clearly against the masterplan it belongs to. These three pages place the cluster within DAMAC Islands, its market, and its developer:
DAMAC Islands Properties for Sale
Villas and townhouses for sale across DAMAC Islands’ tropical-themed clusters, with off-plan properties and flexible payment plans.
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DAMAC Islands Community Overview
Read the DAMAC Islands guide: six themed lagoon clusters of waterfront villas and townhouses, with masterplan and payment plans.
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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.
View the DAMAC Developer ProfileConstruction tracking for other Dubai projects is indexed on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
FAQs
Maldives at DAMAC Islands Construction Updates Frequently Asked Questions
Maldives at DAMAC Islands is in early construction on the only DLD record supplied so far: Maldives 1 (project 3388), earliest of the five phases the DLD registers for the cluster, read 6.59% in the DLD register on 12 October 2026, and the progress report of that date gave its status as Main Contract - Progressing. The same Maldives 1 report listed enabling works at an advanced stage and MEP works at an early stage, with foundation, substructure and infrastructure works progressing, though not uniformly across the phase. The Maldives 1 stage record above shows where that sits in the build.
The Maldives 1 record (DLD project 3388) holds two dated readings: 3.21% on 4 May 2026 and 6.59% on 12 October 2026, a rise of 3.38 points over 161 days. Around them sit the Maldives 1 register dates: registration on 9 January 2025, construction start on 23 March 2025, 73 days after registration, and a registered completion date of 31 December 2028. The October reading is set out in the Maldives at DAMAC Islands October 2026 construction update.
Maldives at DAMAC Islands carries an expected handover of Q4 2028, and the DLD record for Maldives 1 (project 3388) gives 31 December 2028 as its registered completion date, the last day of that same quarter. The registered date is a filing by the developer for Maldives 1 alone; the contractual date for any unit is the one written in that unit's SPA, whichever phase it belongs to. When Maldives 1 was last read, at 6.59% on 12 October 2026, nothing in the register changed either date, and this page's record is updated as each new inspection is recorded.
At 6.59% on 12 October 2026, Maldives 1 (DLD project 3388) had 93.41 points of recorded progress left to reach 100%, with 811 days between that reading and its registered completion date of 31 December 2028. In the 161 days before that reading, from 3.21% on 4 May 2026, the Maldives 1 register moved 3.38 points. The pace analysis converts both spans into 30-day months; the results are arithmetic, not a forecast, and say nothing by themselves about the Q4 2028 handover.
Maldives at DAMAC Islands includes 1,569 homes across the Maldives cluster. The progress report of 12 October 2026 describes Maldives 1 (project 3388) as 397 B+G+2, G+2 and G+1 townhouses and villas; Maldives 2 to 5 are registered separately, each with its own DLD record. Unit types, sizes and prices are in the Maldives at DAMAC Islands project guide.
The DLD registers Maldives at DAMAC Islands as five separate projects, Maldives 1 to 5, and this record currently follows Maldives 1 (project 3388), last read at 6.59% on 12 October 2026. Maldives 2 to 5 each have their own DLD record and are added to this page as their readings are supplied; until then, buyers in those phases check their own phase's record on Dubai REST and the escrow details in their SPA.
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