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Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina Construction Update - August 2026
August 2026 Inspection Confirms Ocean Star Reaches 30.46% Construction Progress at Rashid Yachts & Marina
Structure, MEP, external envelope and internal finishes are all progressing at Ocean Star, with foundations complete and 30.46 percent certified in the August 2026 RERA inspection.
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A 10.30 point rise to 30.46% puts Ocean Star in the superstructure band, the stage where a payment plan stops being a schedule on paper and starts tracking what an inspector can certify on site.
Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina
3010
Active
30.46%
11 August 2026
06 July 2024
154 Units
17,103.62 sq m
July 2028
Data source: RERA inspection conducted on 11 August 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: September 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
Ocean Star Construction Progress Summary
Between the previous inspection and the 11 August 2026 reading, Ocean Star moved from 20.16% to 30.46%, a 10.30 point gain recorded while enabling and foundation works closed out and four separate work packages opened in parallel across both buildings. The site has stopped preparing ground and started building.
- Enabling works across plot 495 at Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah
- Foundation works beneath both residential buildings
- Structural works on Building 1 and Building 2
- MEP: mechanical, electrical and plumbing installation
- External envelope across both buildings
- Internal finishes toward the 154 apartments
- The remaining 69.54 points of certified progress toward 100%
- Building completion certificate procedures
- Handover scheduled for July 2028
Payment Linked Progress
What 30.46% Progress Means for Ocean Star Buyers
Most Dubai off plan payment plans tie instalments to construction milestones or to handover itself, so a certified reading of 30.46% is not just a status update: it tells you which of the four remaining Ocean Star payments are already in view. Four actions matter at this point in the build.
Verify the escrow account
Every payment still ahead of handover should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 3010. Ocean Star escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Map your SPA against the certified reading
Your sale and purchase agreement, not this page, defines how construction completion is certified for payment purposes and what notice you receive. Not sure how your instalments map to the 30.46% reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the certified milestones.
Locate yourself in the milestone ladder
The developer's schedule of record ties the June 2026 payment to 20% construction completion and the December 2026 payment to 40%. The August 2026 certified reading of 30.46% sits between those two markers, which is the practical meaning of this cycle for a buyer already on the plan.
Track the cycles to 2028
Roughly 69.54 points and several inspection cycles separate this reading from completion. Ocean Star construction updates hub collects each new reading as it is published.
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 30.46%?
Entering mid build trades a shorter wait for a shorter instalment runway: the ground risk is already behind the project, four of the ten payments remain, and the choice narrows to what Emaar still holds. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3010, released against certified construction progress.
- Enabling and foundation works already certified complete
- Four of the ten 10% payments remain, the last in July 2028
- Under two years from this reading to the July 2028 handover
- Ground risk still ahead, from excavation through to topping out
- A four year wait between booking and keys is common
- The full instalment ladder, carried from launch pricing onward
Limited units available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
Ocean Star Project Details
With foundations complete and the frame rising on both buildings, Ocean Star is a superstructure stage development of 154 one, two and three bedroom apartments arranged around the Canal Pool. Starting prices: AED 1.70M ≈ USD 463K.
Entering at 30.46% trades the certainty of a finished building for a longer payment runway: four of the ten 10% instalments remain, the last falling due at handover in July 2028.
Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore Ocean Star Location on Dubai Map
Ocean Star occupies plot 495 at Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah, on the Rashid Yachts & Marina waterfront, and it is built low: two buildings rising to four and six storeys over a shared basement and ground level, with the entertainment area and common facilities set at first floor. That scale is why the August 2026 cycle reads the way it does. A low rise frame tops out far sooner than a tower, which is how external envelope and internal finish works are already running alongside structure rather than queueing years behind it.
Mina Rashid is an operating port district rather than an emerging one: the marina already holds 430 wet berths for yachts up to 100m, the promenade carries its dining and retail, and the Green Line serves the area at Al Ghubaiba, which my Dubai Metro network guide puts in context for rental demand. For a buyer carrying instalments through to 2028, that maturity is the difference between waiting for a building and waiting for a neighbourhood. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in Ocean Star Through the Superstructure Phase
The superstructure band is where residency planning and payment protection get decided, well before the remaining instalments fall due. Each resource below is matched to where Ocean Star stands right now.
Ocean Star Construction Updates
This page: the certified 30.46% inspection reading for Ocean Star recorded on 11 August 2026.
Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina Golden Visa: Two of Three
At Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina, Emaar's 154 apartments, the one bedroom tier stays below the minimum.
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Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina Escrow: Mina Rashid on Record
First Abu Dhabi Bank holds Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina escrow, DLD project 3010, 30.46% certified August 2026.
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Other Ocean Star Construction Updates
August 2026 opens the published inspection record for Ocean Star in this series. Every reading that follows is added to the same timeline, so the construction history stays in one place rather than scattered across announcements.
Where This Update Fits
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Ocean Star at Rashid Yachts & Marina Construction Progress in August 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
As of the RERA inspection conducted on 11 August 2026, Ocean Star stands at 30.46% construction progress in the DLD project register for project 3010, with the progress status recorded as main contract progressing.
Ocean Star moved from 20.16% at the previous inspection to 30.46% on 11 August 2026, a gain of 10.30 points recorded while enabling and foundation works were completed and structure, MEP, external envelope and internal finish works opened across both buildings.
The 11 August 2026 report records enabling and foundation works as completed, with structure, MEP, external envelope and internal finish works progressing on site. The scope under inspection covers two buildings rising to four and six storeys over a shared basement and ground level, with the entertainment area and common facilities at first floor.
The certified reading on 11 August 2026 is 30.46%, which sits above the 20% construction completion marker attached to the June 2026 instalment and below the 40% marker attached to the December 2026 instalment. How certification is applied to your own payments is governed by your sale and purchase agreement rather than by the published percentage.
The August 2026 record shows the main contract progressing with no revision noted, leaving 69.54 percentage points between the 11 August 2026 reading and full certification, and roughly twenty three months to the July 2028 handover. How inspection cycles accumulate toward completion is covered on the Ocean Star construction updates hub.
Yes. Expected completion and handover dates can be revised between inspection cycles as a project advances. The date shown here reflects the position as of the August 2026 cycle; any revision would appear in a later update in this series.
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