Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views by DAMAC Properties in DAMAC Riverside project rendering used for the September 2026 construction update showing planned residential buildings flanking a landscaped central waterway in Dubai - Presented by Tohid Fetrat

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Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Construction Update - September 2026

September 2026 Inspection Records Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views at 13.36% Across Two Buildings

Foundation and substructure works were at an advanced stage across the two buildings when the DLD register recorded 13.36 percent on 30 September 2026.

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13.36%DLD Register Reading
30 September 2026Inspection Date
Q1 2029Expected Handover
3669DLD Project Number

DLD Register Inspection Data

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Construction Snapshot

13.36% recorded on 30 September 2026, 7.97 points above the previous register reading of 5.39%, places Royal 3 and Royal 4 in the enabling and foundations band of early-stage construction, where one shared register reading is the main independent record of progress on both buildings.

Project Name

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views

Project Number

3669

Project Status

Active

Construction Progress

13.36%

Inspection Date

30 September 2026

Construction Start

11 August 2025

Total Units

450 residences across two buildings

Total Built Area

38,935.20 sq m

Expected Completion

Q1 2029

Data source: the DLD project register entry for project 3669, "Damac Riverside Views - Royal 3&4" (status Active; registered 12-05-2025, started 11-08-2025, registered completion date 31-03-2029), with its reading of 13.36% dated 30-09-2026, and the RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report of the same date, which records the Progress Status "Main Contract - Progressing" and prints no percentage. The register's 466 units include 16 commercial units alongside the 450 residences, which its building details split into 394 one-bedroom and 56 two-bedroom apartments. The hero image is a DAMAC project rendering, not a site photograph. 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

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Construction Progress Summary

The 30 September 2026 inspection covers two ground-plus-three-podium-plus-seven-floor residential buildings, per the DLD's IPMR description, designed in concrete structure and block with internal and external finishes. Against the undated earlier reading of 5.39%, the register shows a 7.97 point difference but no dates to measure pace from; what the inspection note does fix is where the work stood, with the main contract progressing and the site still mobilising while foundations and substructure moved ahead of the frame.

Completed
  • DLD registration as project 3669 on 12 May 2025
  • Construction start entered in the register on 11 August 2025
  • Enabling works, recorded as substantially complete on 30 September 2026
In Progress at 13.36%
  • Site mobilisation, still ongoing at the inspection
  • Foundation and substructure works at an advanced stage
  • Superstructure works for the two buildings at an early stage
  • MEP works at an early stage
Ahead of Handover
  • Raising each building through its three podium levels and seven upper floors
  • Blockwork plus internal and external finishes for all 450 residences
  • Every remaining RERA inspection cycle up to 100%
  • Registered completion date 31 March 2029, with handover expected in Q1 2029
Next inspectionNo date for the next reading is shown in the register; the next monthly update records it once the DLD publishes it.
Completion targetThe DLD record lists a registered completion date of 31 March 2029, in line with the expected Q1 2029 handover; the contractual completion date is the one in the SPA. That date is 913 days after the 30 September 2026 reading.
Remaining distance86.64 percentage points remain after the 30 September 2026 reading. Arithmetic, not a forecast: 13.36 points over the 415 days since the registered start on 11 August 2025 averages about 0.97 points per 30-day month, while reaching 100% by the registered completion date would take about 2.85 points per 30-day month. Neither figure predicts the handover date.

Instalments and the Register

What 13.36% Progress Means for Royal 3 & Royal 4 Buyers

The DAMAC Riverside Views regular payment plan schedules its instalments by months from booking rather than by construction milestones, so a reading of 13.36% is not a payment trigger: it shows how far the buildings had moved while a calendar-based schedule runs. At this early stage of Royal 3 and Royal 4, four actions matter most.

Before Every Instalment

Verify the escrow account

Each instalment should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account held with Mashreq Bank for project 3669, registered as "Damac Riverside Views - Royal 3&4", one account for both buildings. Royal 3 & Royal 4 escrow account verification comes before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.

Before the Next Scheduled Instalment

Reread your SPA payment schedule

Check how your sale and purchase agreement sets out the regular plan: 20% plus the 4% DLD registration fee on booking, 60% in 40 instalments after booking, and 20% on completion, with handover expected in Q1 2029. Not sure how your instalments line up with this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.

At Booking

Check your Oqood registration

An off-plan purchase at Royal 3 and Royal 4 is recorded with the DLD through Oqood once the 4% DLD registration fee is paid. That fee goes to the DLD, not into escrow, and the Oqood entry is what links your apartment to project 3669 in the register.

Every Cycle

Track each new reading

With 86.64 points still to be recorded, many readings remain before handover. Royal 3 & Royal 4 construction updates hub collects each one with its date so the readings can be compared side by side.

General framework, not legal advice: payment dates, notice periods, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly. This is DAMAC's regular payment plan for the DAMAC Riverside Views release that includes Royal 3 and Royal 4; confirm the schedule that applies to your unit with DAMAC and in the SPA.

Buying at 13.36%?

Entering at the early stage trades certainty for runway: all 40 scheduled instalments run from your own booking date, while the record shows foundations and substructure at an advanced stage and superstructure at an early stage. Every instalment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 3669, released against construction progress.

Entering Now at 13.36%
  • A dated register record: 13.36% on 30 September 2026, main contract progressing
  • Expected handover in Q1 2029, more than two years after this reading
  • 20% plus the 4% DLD registration fee on booking, then 40 scheduled instalments
Typical Near-Handover Entry
  • Structure largely standing before the purchase is signed
  • A short wait to keys once the price is agreed
  • Little instalment runway left before the final payment
AED 1.40M ≈ USD 381KStarting Price
80/20 Plan20% Due on Completion
Q1 2029Expected Handover
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Apartments are listed as available at Royal 3 and Royal 4 at the time of this update, with no count stated; availability shifts between cycles.

About the Development

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Project Details

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views by DAMAC Properties in DAMAC Riverside aerial project rendering of low-rise residential blocks arranged around a landscaped central waterway in Dubai - Presented by Tohid Fetrat
DAMAC Riverside · DAMAC Properties

With foundations and substructure at an advanced stage at the 30 September 2026 inspection, Royal 3 and Royal 4 are an early-stage pair of residential buildings holding 450 one and two bedroom apartments in DAMAC Riverside. Starting prices: AED 1.40M ≈ USD 381K.

The 1 Bedroom Apartments measure 798 sq ft (74 sq m), and the 2 Bedroom Apartments, at 1,331 sq ft (124 sq m), are listed at AED 2.45M ≈ USD 666K; entering now pairs the longest instalment runway with the longest wait, as handover is expected in Q1 2029.

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Project Guide

Site Context This Cycle

Explore the Royal 3 & Royal 4 Site on Dubai Map

Royal 3 and Royal 4 rise on a single registered plot in Dubai Investment Park 2, inside DAMAC Riverside, where DAMAC's DAMAC Riverside Views materials arrange the residential blocks along a planned Green Vein of landscaping and a Water Vein of waterfront promenades. On that shared site, the 30 September 2026 inspection placed the most advanced recorded work at foundation and substructure level, with the frames of the two buildings only at an early stage.

DAMAC's investment presentation cites direct access to the E311 and E611 highways, and its factsheet puts the Expo 2020 site and Al Maktoum International Airport each about 12 minutes' drive away (community figures, not timed from the buildings). The road links are part of Dubai's established network while the riverside amenities are still planned, so buyers weighing occupancy or letting plans for Q1 2029 are buying into a community that is being built at the same time as their apartments. See the site's position on the interactive Dubai real estate map. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.

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Buyer Resources for This Project

Investing in Royal 3 & Royal 4 During Early-Stage Construction

The enabling and foundations band is when payment protection, registration, and residency questions are best settled, before most scheduled instalments fall due. Each resource below is matched to where Royal 3 and Royal 4 stood at the September 2026 reading.

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Royal 3 & Royal 4 Construction Updates

This page: the September 2026 register reading for both Royal buildings, from foundations toward handover.

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Royal 3 & Royal 4 Golden Visa: 2 Bedroom Apartments Qualify

Royal 3 & Royal 4 by DAMAC Properties qualifies through its 2 bedroom apartments; the 1 bedroom stays below AED 2M.

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Royal 3 & Royal 4 Escrow: One Mashreq Bank Account, Two Buildings

Royal 3 & Royal 4, DLD project 3669 on plot 3147, hold 450 residences' instalments in one Mashreq Bank escrow account.

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Update Timeline

Other Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Construction Updates

This September 2026 page is the first monthly record for Royal 3 and Royal 4; each later reading gets its own dated page on the hub and is read against this one.

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FAQs

Royal 3 & Royal 4 DAMAC Riverside Views Construction Progress in September 2026: Frequently Asked Questions

The DLD project register recorded 13.36% for project 3669, registered as "Damac Riverside Views - Royal 3&4", at the inspection of 30 September 2026, 7.97 points above a previous reading of 5.39% that the register does not date. The RERA inspection report for the same day gives the Progress Status as Main Contract - Progressing and prints no percentage of its own.

Yes. The DLD record lists a registered completion date of 31 March 2029, in line with the expected Q1 2029 handover; the contractual completion date is the one in the SPA. Registered completion dates can be revised between inspection cycles, and any revision would show in the register entry for project 3669 and in a later monthly update.

At the 30 September 2026 inspection, mobilisation was still ongoing, enabling works were substantially complete, foundation and substructure works were progressing at an advanced stage, and superstructure and MEP works were progressing at an early stage. The report describes the project as two ground-plus-three-podium-plus-seven-floor residential buildings designed in concrete structure and block, with internal and external finishes.

The two buildings are registered with the DLD as a single project, number 3669, so the register publishes one progress figure, one inspection report and one trust account for both. The 13.36% recorded on 30 September 2026 is a combined figure for the project, not a measure of either building on its own, and no per-building split is published.

The register's inspection card lists 5.39% as the previous inspection beside the 13.36% reading of 30 September 2026, but it shows no date for that earlier reading. Without a date, the 7.97 point difference cannot be turned into a monthly pace, so this page shows 5.39% only as an undated marker on the progress bar.

No. The hero image is a DAMAC project rendering of planned residential buildings beside a landscaped central waterway, used to illustrate this update; it does not show construction progress. The register record for 30 September 2026 carries inspection photographs, which are not reproduced on this page.

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