Imtiaz Developments · Downtown Jebel Ali
RAW District Construction Updates
The First RAW District's Build Record, Opened Before Ground Is Broken
RAW District by Imtiaz read 0% on the DLD register after the 09 June 2026 RERA inspection, a pre-start baseline for every Sheikh Zayed Road reading ahead.
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Construction Snapshot
RAW District at a Glance
Imtiaz Developments' opening RAW District brings 670 units to Downtown Jebel Ali, mixing furnished homes with office floors and a retail podium along Sheikh Zayed Road, and the DLD register lists it as project 4500, registered on 16 June 2026. Unusually, its record opens before its build does. The only RERA inspection on file, dated 09 June 2026, found no construction activity on site, the register reads 0% against that date, and construction is scheduled to start on 15 October 2026, so the anchors below describe a project measured from its starting line. Imtiaz anticipates handover in Q1 2029; the register's own completion date, 15 December 2029, falls later.
4500
Active
15 October 2026
670 units
35,391.30 sq m
15 December 2029 (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
RAW District Construction Update Timeline
A single reading makes up the RAW District record so far. RERA inspected the Sheikh Zayed Road plot on 09 June 2026 and noted no construction activity, the DLD register shows 0% for that inspection, and the same register dates the project's registration to 16 June 2026. That lone dot sits on the start line of the track below, about four months ahead of the scheduled 15 October 2026 start; its table row opens the full June 2026 update, and each later inspection will add its own dot and row.
| Inspection Month | Construction Progress | Inspection Date | Full Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 0% | 09 June 2026 | View the June 2026 update |
Pace Analysis
How Fast RAW District Has Been Built
With one reading of 0% dated 09 June 2026, RAW District has no recorded velocity yet. What its own dates already fix is the average pace the build will need once work begins:
- 09 Jun 2026 to 15 Oct 2026: pre-start window, about four months, with 0% recorded at the 09 June 2026 inspectionNo pace recorded yet
- 15 Oct 2026 to 31 Mar 2029: scheduled start to the last day of the Q1 2029 handover quarter, about 29.5 months to reach 100%About 3.4 points per month needed
- 15 Oct 2026 to 15 Dec 2029: scheduled start to the DLD registered completion date, 38 months to reach 100%About 2.6 points per month needed
Those averages set the yardstick for the first readings after 15 October 2026. Holding the Q1 2029 handover asks for roughly 3.4 points a month in a straight line, noticeably more than the 2.6 a month that the 15 December 2029 registered date implies, and the space between those two figures is where the early RAW District record will be judged. A G+5P+15+Roof scheme spends its opening months on enabling works, foundations and podium levels, so a first working reading below the straight-line average would not on its own point to slippage; two or three consecutive readings under it would. For an investor, that early run of readings is the first hard evidence of delivery pace on this plot; for an end user planning a 2029 move into a furnished apartment, it is the earliest sign of whether Q1 2029 holds.
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About RAW District at Downtown Jebel Ali
The 0% recorded on 09 June 2026 only makes sense next to what the build is meant to deliver. The full project guide sets out what RAW District buyers are waiting for while this record fills in:
RAW District: Imtiaz's Mixed-Use Address in Downtown Jebel Ali
RAW District holds 670 units of furnished homes, offices and retail in Downtown Jebel Ali, with co-working and rooftop pools.
View the RAW District Project GuideConsidering a Pre-Construction Entry?
Units at RAW District are limited, and the layouts and floors still open shift as the scheduled 15 October 2026 start approaches. If the record on this page is what brought you here, ask me for current availability before the choice narrows further.
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RAW District Build Stages, Mapped to the Inspections
Only the first of the five stages below has an inspection behind it so far: the 09 June 2026 reading of 0%. The later windows are anchored to the scheduled 15 October 2026 start, the G+5P+15+Roof configuration in the RERA report and the Q1 2029 handover, and each will be filled with dated readings as RAW District moves through it.
Registration and Baseline Reading
The RERA inspection of 09 June 2026 noted no construction activity and the DLD register reads 0% for it; registration as project 4500 is dated 16 June 2026.
Site Activation and Enabling Works
Construction is scheduled to begin on 15 October 2026 on the Sheikh Zayed Road plot; the first inspection after that date opens this stage of the record.
Foundations and Podium Levels
Foundations, the ground floor and the podium levels (G+5P) of the configuration described in the RERA inspection report; no reading has reached this stage yet.
Residential Floors, Roof, and Office Building
The fifteen upper floors and roof of the residential towers, with the separate office building in the developer's plans, will be mapped here as readings arrive.
Furnishing, Commissioning, and Handover
Fit-out of the fully furnished apartments, amenity levels and building systems, closing toward the anticipated Q1 2029 handover; the DLD registered completion date is 15 December 2029.
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 RAW District's own record.
Buyer Position
Tracking Your Position at RAW District
This page is one of four project resources that together cover a RAW District purchase from payment protection to residency to handover. You are on the construction record; the siblings sit one click away:
RAW District Construction Updates
This page: every RERA inspection for RAW District, from the 09 June 2026 baseline to handover.
RAW District Golden Visa: Seven Tiers Against the AED 2M Line
Only retail spaces at Imtiaz's RAW District sit above AED 2M; no apartment or office tier clears it alone.
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RAW District Escrow: Imtiaz in Downtown Jebel Ali
Imtiaz Developments' RAW District is DLD project 4500, 672 units escrowed at First Abu Dhabi Bank, 0% certified June 2026.
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Between 0% and Handover: What RAW District Buyers Should Do Now
At 0% on the 09 June 2026 reading there is no structure to inspect, so a RAW District buyer's attention belongs on paper: where the money sits, what residency the unit can support, and how the build will be followed. Both Imtiaz plans date the second instalment, 5% of the price, to 15 October 2026, the same day the register schedules construction to begin, so the three steps below belong before that date, not after it.
First, confirm where your payments are held; the RAW District escrow account page identifies the First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C. escrow registered to project 4500, so every transfer, the 20% paid at reservation included, reaches the project escrow and nowhere else.
Second, if residency is part of the plan, settle it before choosing a unit; the RAW District Golden Visa guide shows that only the retail tier, from AED 2.50M ≈ USD 680K, is priced above the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K property line, and whether a commercial unit counts is confirmed at application.
Third, follow the record rather than the renderings; the June 2026 row in the inspection timeline is the baseline, and the earliest reading dated after 15 October 2026 will reveal whether the site opened when the register says it should.
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The Wider Picture
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A pre-start record reads differently once you see what is already taking shape around it. These three pages set RAW District's scheduled build against its market, its district and the developer delivering it:
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Downtown Jebel Ali Community Overview
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Imtiaz Developments: Fully Furnished Residences in Dubai Islands, JVC and Meydan
Imtiaz Developments, founded in 2011, has completed and under-construction design led residential projects in Meydan, JVC and Dubai Islands.
View the Imtiaz Developments Developer ProfileConstruction tracking for other Dubai projects is indexed on the Dubai Construction Updates hub.
FAQs
RAW District Construction Updates Frequently Asked Questions
RAW District by Imtiaz, DLD project 4500, is an active project in its pre-construction phase: the Dubai Land Department register shows 0% as of the RERA inspection of 09 June 2026, and construction is scheduled to start on 15 October 2026. The phase-by-phase view is in the stage record above.
RAW District by Imtiaz has one RERA inspection on record, dated 09 June 2026, and the DLD register shows 0% against it. With no earlier reading there is no point change to report yet; the inspection report lists the progress status as N/A and notes that no construction activity had begun. The single entry is in the inspection timeline above.
Construction at RAW District by Imtiaz is scheduled to start on 15 October 2026, according to the DLD project register. The first tracked reading, 0% on 09 June 2026, predates that start by about four months, so the first inspection after 15 October 2026 will be the first to measure works on site.
The DLD register gives RAW District by Imtiaz a registered completion date of 15 December 2029, a date that has not yet passed. Imtiaz Developments anticipates handover earlier, in Q1 2029, and at the 09 June 2026 inspection the register read 0%; this record is revised whenever a new inspection or a register change moves either date.
RAW District by Imtiaz has 670 units in total and a total built area of 35,391.30 sq m. The mix runs from fully furnished studios and one to three bedroom apartments to office and retail spaces within DLD project 4500 in Downtown Jebel Ali.
RAW District by Imtiaz would need to average about 3.4 percentage points per month to go from its scheduled 15 October 2026 start to 100% by 31 March 2029, the last day of Q1 2029. Measured to the 15 December 2029 registered completion date, the average falls to about 2.6 points per month. No pace has been recorded yet, because the only reading, 0% on 09 June 2026, predates the start; the arithmetic is set out in the pace analysis above.
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