Portside Square Construction Updates

Construction Snapshot

Portside Square at a Glance

Portside Square is Ellington's 408-residence development on plot 488 at Rashid Yachts & Marina, registered with DLD as project 4213 and shown at 0% in the DLD register for the 12 January 2026 inspection, the only reading on file. The cards below are the registration anchors for a scope of three 16-floor residential towers over a shared podium, a separate amenities building, and a ground-level retail frontage.

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.

Pace Analysis

How Fast Portside Square Has Been Built

One reading cannot show a measured pace, so no rate has been recorded for Portside Square yet. What the dates on file allow is plain arithmetic: spreading 0% to 100% evenly from each start point to the end of the Q4 2029 handover quarter gives the averages below, which are arithmetic, not a forecast:

• 12 January 2026 reading (0%) to end of Q4 2029: 1,449 daysAbout 2.1 points per 30 days, arithmetic
• 01 September 2026 register start to end of Q4 2029: 1,217 daysAbout 2.5 points per 30 days, arithmetic

Neither figure is a measured pace or a forecast, and neither implies a delay or an early delivery: each simply divides 100 points by the days between dates already in the project 4213 file. A measured pace needs two dated readings, so the first one appears here only after a second RERA reading publishes and can be set against the 12 January 2026 baseline. For an end user, the arithmetic is a yardstick for reading later figures against Q4 2029; for an investor, the reading to watch first is 20%, the threshold that triggers the first construction-linked 5% installment under the 70/30 plan.

Stage Record

Portside Square Build Stages, Mapped to the Inspections

Only the first of these five stages has a reading behind it so far, the 0% baseline of 12 January 2026. The other four are anchored to the 01 September 2026 register start date, the 20% to 50% payment thresholds, and the Q4 2029 handover already on file for project 4213, so each window will be confirmed or corrected as Portside Square inspections publish.

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 Portside Square's own record.

Approaching Handover

Between 0% and Handover: What Portside Square Buyers Should Do Now

From the 0% baseline of 12 January 2026, the next Portside Square readings are set to cover enabling works and the shared podium, while the payment schedule keeps its own calendar. Under the 70/30 plan, half the price is scheduled by calendar within the first 360 days after reservation, ahead of the first construction-linked 5% at the 20% reading, so the three steps below matter now rather than once the towers are visible.

First, check every date-fixed installment against the escrow account registered for project 4213 with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank; the Portside Square escrow verification page shows how to confirm it before you transfer.

Second, follow the record toward the 20% reading that triggers the first construction-linked installment; the January 2026 Portside Square baseline report holds the inspection detail every later reading will be compared against.

Third, if your unit is a 1 bedroom or larger, priced from AED 2.44M ≈ USD 664K, check how the purchase fits a 10-year residency application through the Portside Square residency eligibility guide while the date-fixed payments are still running.

Send me your unit number on WhatsApp and I will tell you what the latest inspection means for your handover and map the sequence for your specific unit.

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