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The Highgrove Construction Update - August 2026
August 2026 DLD Register Reading Places The Highgrove at 7% Construction Progress in Meydan Horizon
Enabling, piling and foundation works were progressing at The Highgrove when RERA inspected the Meydan Horizon site on 6 August 2026, with the DLD register reading 7%.
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DLD Register Inspection Data
The Highgrove Construction Snapshot
A 2.69 point rise on the previous DLD reading, which the register shows without a date, brings The Highgrove to 7% and keeps it in the enabling and foundations band, the stage where escrow checks and the payment schedule matter more than anything visible on the skyline.
The Highgrove by Ellington
4037
Active
7%
6 August 2026
1 September 2025
291 Residences
27,470.59 sq m
Q4 2028
Data source: DLD project register reading recorded on 6 August 2026 for project 4037, read with the RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report of the same date; the register records construction start on 1 September 2025 and project registration on 12 September 2025. The image at the top of this page is a developer rendering of the planned tower, not a photograph of the site. Construction tracking against RERA inspection data runs across the full tohidfetrat.com project portfolio and is reviewed after every published cycle. Last updated: August 2026.
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This Inspection Cycle
The Highgrove Construction Progress Summary
RERA's report for 6 August 2026 found enabling, piling and foundation works progressing at The Highgrove and shows the main contract as progressing. The 7% reading therefore measures groundwork: the four podium levels, the 31 residential floors and the roof levels of this G + 4P + 31F + R + UR tower were all still ahead on that date.
- Construction start recorded on 1 September 2025
- Project registered with the DLD on 12 September 2025
- Escrow trust account on record with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
- Enabling works across the site
- Piling works for the tower
- Foundation works
- Main contract recorded as progressing
- Four podium levels above the ground floor
- 31 residential floors, roof and upper roof
- First construction-linked instalment at 20% construction
- Handover expected in Q4 2028
Payment Linked Progress
What 7% Progress Means for The Highgrove Buyers
The Highgrove's 70/30 plan ties five instalments to each buyer's own reservation date and four 5% instalments to construction stages from 20% upward, so a reading of 7% decides which payments the build has and has not yet triggered. At this stage of The Highgrove, four actions matter most.
Verify the escrow account
Any reservation-date instalment still ahead should go only to the DLD regulated escrow account registered for project 4037 with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB). The Highgrove escrow account verification is the step before any transfer; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA payment schedule
Check how your sale and purchase agreement words the four construction-linked instalments and the 30% due on completion, and map them against the 7% reading and the Q4 2028 expected handover. Not sure how your instalments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Confirm your Oqood registration
An off-plan unit at The Highgrove is normally recorded on the DLD's Oqood interim register long before any title deed exists, so check that your unit appears there under project 4037 in your name. If residency is part of the plan, The Highgrove Golden Visa guide sets out how the AED 2M ≈ USD 545K threshold applies to each unit type.
Track the coming readings
The next register readings will show when the build reaches 20% construction, the point at which the first construction-linked instalment falls due. The Highgrove construction updates hub adds each new dated reading as it is posted.
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 7%?
Entering The Highgrove at the enabling and foundations stage trades certainty for runway: the tower is still in groundworks, the wait to handover is at its longest, and the whole construction-linked part of the 70/30 plan is still ahead of you. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 4037, released against construction progress on the DLD record.
- 70% of the 70/30 plan spread across the build, 30% on completion
- No construction-linked instalment triggered by the 6 August 2026 reading
- Handover expected in Q4 2028
- Frame and facade visible on site before you commit
- A shorter wait between signing and handover
- Less instalment runway, with most of the price due sooner
Limited Units Available on the project page as of this update; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
The Highgrove Project Details
With enabling, piling and foundation works under way at the 6 August 2026 inspection, The Highgrove is a groundworks-stage tower of 291 residences, from 1 Bedroom Apartments to the 3 Bedroom Penthouse tier, planned above a four-level podium. Starting prices: AED 1.90M ≈ USD 517K.
For buyers entering at this stage, the trade off is the longest instalment runway on the 70/30 plan against the longest wait for the keys, with handover expected in Q4 2028.
The Highgrove by Ellington Project GuideSite Context This Cycle
Explore The Highgrove Location on Dubai Map
According to the developer documents, The Highgrove's plot lies beside the Meydan Horizon community lagoon, and its outlooks, which vary by unit, take in the lagoon, the wildlife sanctuary at Ras Al Khor and the Downtown Dubai skyline. At the 6 August 2026 inspection that position was still being fixed in the ground: the enabling, piling and foundation works recorded this cycle set the tower's footprint before any podium level rises.
On the developer's map, Al Ain-Dubai Road and E44 Ras Al Khor Road run close to the site, and the developer's location guide lists a proposed metro line about 1 minute's drive away, a link whose status and timing buyers should confirm. For a buyer weighing a Q4 2028 handover at 7%, the useful question is which of those links exist today and which are still plans. See the project's position on the interactive Dubai real estate map. See the project’s position on the interactive Dubai real estate map.
Buyer Resources for This Project
Investing in The Highgrove During Early Construction
At the enabling and foundations stage, the questions that decide a purchase are where your instalments are held and whether a unit fits a residency plan. Each resource below is matched to where The Highgrove stands right now.
The Highgrove Construction Updates
This page: the 6 August 2026 register reading for The Highgrove during enabling and foundation works.
The Highgrove Golden Visa: From the 2 Bedroom Tier Upward
The Highgrove, Ellington's lagoon-side tower in Meydan Horizon, reaches the AED 2M Golden Visa threshold from the 2 bedroom tier upward.
Read The Highgrove Golden Visa Guide
The Highgrove Escrow Account at First Abu Dhabi Bank, Project 4037
The Highgrove, DLD project 4037, escrows 291 residences at First Abu Dhabi Bank for Ellington, certified at 7% in August 2026.
Verify The Highgrove Escrow AccountUpdate Timeline
Other The Highgrove Construction Updates
The monthly record for The Highgrove starts with this 6 August 2026 reading; each new register reading joins the hub timeline as its inspection cycle is posted.
Where This Update Fits
Explore The Highgrove Structure
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The Highgrove Construction Progress in August 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The DLD project register shows The Highgrove, project 4037, at 7% construction progress in the inspection report dated 6 August 2026. The RERA Independent Progress Monitoring Report of the same date prints no percentage of its own, so 7% is the register's reading; the report records the main contract as progressing.
No change was recorded. As of the 6 August 2026 reading, the DLD register still listed a registered completion date of 31-12-2028, and handover remains expected in Q4 2028. Registered dates can be revised between inspection cycles, so buyers should confirm the current construction timetable with the developer in writing.
The register shows a previous inspection reading of 4.31% beside the 7% current figure, but it does not show the date of that earlier inspection. Without that date, no monthly pace can be measured between the two readings; the build record from the September 2025 construction start is set out on The Highgrove construction updates hub.
According to the RERA report dated 6 August 2026, enabling, piling and foundation works were progressing at the site. That is groundwork for a tower recorded as G + 4P + 31F + R + UR (ground floor, four podium levels, 31 residential floors, roof and upper roof), so the podium and residential floors were still ahead on that date. The report carries inspection photographs, which this page does not reproduce.
None of the four construction-linked instalments. Under the developer's 70/30 plan those 5% payments fall due on completion of 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% construction, so the 6 August 2026 reading of 7% had not reached the first of them. The five reservation-date instalments run on each buyer's own reservation date; as an example, a buyer who reserved more than 360 days before the reading would by then have had 50% of the price fall due (20%, 10%, 10%, 5% and 5%).
No. It is a developer rendering of the planned tower overlooking a pool and palms, used to illustrate this update, and it is not evidence of progress on site. The dated evidence for August 2026 is the DLD register reading of 7% and the RERA report's notes on enabling, piling and foundation works.
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