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The St. Regis Residences Construction Update - February 2026
February 2026 Inspection Records The St. Regis Residences at 65.58% Construction Progress, Up From 40.22% in June 2025
Superstructure, MEP and envelope works were advancing when The St. Regis Residences recorded 65.58 percent on 3 February 2026. Background photo: 20 June 2026, after this inspection.
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The St. Regis Residences Construction Snapshot
A 25.36 point rise since 10 June 2025 takes The St. Regis Residences into the envelope and MEP band: the ground works beneath both towers now read as completed, so every point still to come is earned in the towers, their services and their finishes.
The St. Regis Residences, Downtown Dubai
1816
Active
65.58%
03 February 2026
28 February 2017
1,108 residences
563,676.34 sq m
25 December 2026
Data source: RERA inspection conducted on 3 February 2026 for DLD project 1816, read from the DLD app inspection card and the Independent Progress Monitoring Report for that date, which records the status as Main Contract - Progressing and files nine inspection photos. The card's Previous Inspection field shows 50.55% with no date beside it, so that figure plays no part in the pace on this page; the change is measured from the previous dated reading, 40.22% on 10 June 2025. Register details (status, units, start and completion dates) are as shown in the DLD app in September 2026. The header photograph was taken on site by Tohid Fetrat on 20 June 2026, after this 3 February 2026 inspection, and does not show the towers as they stood in February 2026. 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
The St. Regis Residences Construction Progress Summary
From the 10 June 2025 inspection to the 3 February 2026 inspection, The St. Regis Residences climbed from 40.22% to 65.58%: 25.36 points over 238 days, about 3.20 points a month, roughly twice the rate measured between October 2023 and June 2025. Both are measurements of past intervals, not forecasts. In the same months the notes moved from ground works almost completed and everything above them at early stages to ground works completed and six packages progressing at different stages.
- Enabling works, foundations and substructure, recorded as completed on 3 February 2026
- The five common basements of phase 1, delivered earlier according to the October 2023 report
- Superstructure of the 65 floor and 44 floor towers
- Internal works and MEP services
- Internal finishes inside the residences
- External works and the external envelope
- Each package at its own stage, per the February notes
- Closing out the six packages still recorded as progressing
- Podium deck amenities and the ground level community retail
- The 30% completion payment, then handover in Q4 2026
Payment Linked Progress
What 65.58% Progress Means for The St. Regis Residences Buyers
By 3 February 2026 the calendar had run through every pre-completion row of the March 2022 schedule of record: nine instalments totalling 70% had fallen due, the last of them 5% in November 2025, against 65.58% recorded progress. The one open row is the 30% due on construction completion, estimated for December 2026, and four checks follow from that.
Verify the escrow account
The 30% completion payment is the largest single transfer left on the schedule of record, and it should reach only the DLD regulated escrow account for project 1816 at Dubai Islamic Bank. The St. Regis Residences escrow account verification covers the check; the lookup itself takes about two minutes against the official DLD project record.
Reread your SPA handover terms
Find the clause that defines construction completion, since it triggers the 30%, then the clause on how the handover notice is served, and set both against the registered 25 December 2026 date. Not sure how your installments map to this reading? Send me your SPA schedule and I will map it against the recorded milestones.
Line up the snagging inspection
At 65.58%, with internal finishes progressing, the project sat just short of the roughly 70% mark at which buyers usually book a pre handover inspection. The St. Regis Residences snagging inspection guide sets out what gets checked in a tower apartment or a penthouse.
Watch the envelope and finishes readings
With the ground works closed out, each later reading reflects facade, services and fit out rather than anything below grade. The St. Regis Residences construction updates hub holds every dated reading side by side.
General framework, not legal advice: completion definitions, handover notice terms, and fee obligations are set by your individual SPA and the DLD record, and both should be read directly.
Buying at 65.58%?
This is a historical entry point: the reading dates from 3 February 2026, the construction updates hub carries a later dated figure, and what the record captures is the trade off once all nine dated instalments had fallen due. Every payment goes to the DLD-registered escrow account for project 1816, released against inspected construction progress.
- Enabling, foundation and substructure works recorded as completed
- Handover expected in Q4 2026, later in the same year
- 70% due by date under the March 2022 schedule, 30% held to completion
- Construction risk carried through every stage of the build
- Several years between reservation and keys
- Instalments stretched across the build at launch pricing
Limited units shown as available on the project page when this update went live; availability shifts between cycles.
About the Development
The St. Regis Residences Project Details
On 3 February 2026 the ground works under both towers were recorded as completed, while superstructure, services and finishes progressed toward 1,108 residences over a shared podium in The Opera District. Starting prices at publication: AED 2.48M ≈ USD 674K.
Entering at this reading meant a wait measured in months to the Q4 2026 handover, with every dated instalment on the schedule of record already fallen due and the 30% completion payment the only one left.
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Plot 183 lies in The Opera District of Downtown Dubai, a one minute walk from Dubai Opera by the developer's measure, so the external works and envelope recorded in February 2026 were being carried out between a working boulevard and a performance venue rather than on open land. The two towers share one base of five basements, ground and two podium levels, but their envelopes run to very different heights: Tower 1 is designed to rise 262 metres and Tower 2 171 metres.
Beyond the hoarding, the district was complete: Burj Khalifa is a three minute walk and The Dubai Mall four minutes on foot by the developer's measure, the Dubai Metro runs along Sheikh Zayed Road, and Dubai International Airport is about 15 minutes by car, with Dubai Marina around 20. With only the completion payment left at 65.58%, that settled setting turns a buyer's attention to how the finished home will be used from Q4 2026, lived in or let. Its exact position appears 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 St. Regis Residences During Envelope and MEP Construction Progress
Once the envelope and MEP band is reached, the live questions are the last payment, residency timing and the handover inspection. The four resources below follow from where the February 2026 record left The St. Regis Residences.
The St. Regis Residences Construction Updates
This page: the 3 February 2026 inspection record, ground works completed, towers, services and finishes progressing.
The St. Regis Residences Golden Visa in The Opera District
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The St. Regis Residences Escrow: Emaar's Downtown Account at Dubai Islamic Bank
The St. Regis Residences in Downtown Dubai escrows 1108 units at Dubai Islamic Bank, DLD project 1816, 76.05% certified June 2026.
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The St. Regis Residences Snagging in The Opera District
The St. Regis Residences is the pair of Emaar towers of 65 and 44 floors in Downtown Dubai, holding 1,108 residences.
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Other The St. Regis Residences Construction Updates
February 2026 is the third dated reading in this series and the first to record the ground works as completed; go back to June 2025 for the start of the main contract or ahead to June 2026 for the next reading.
Where This Update Fits
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Set the February 2026 reading against three wider views: the Downtown Dubai market it competes in, the district already built around it, and the developer carrying it to completion.
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The St. Regis Residences Construction Progress in February 2026: Frequently Asked Questions
The RERA inspection of 3 February 2026 recorded The St. Regis Residences, DLD project 1816, at 65.58% construction progress, 25.36 points above the previous dated reading of 40.22% on 10 June 2025. The Independent Progress Monitoring Report for 3 February 2026 keeps the progress status at Main Contract - Progressing and files nine inspection photos with the record, one more than in June 2025.
On 3 February 2026, 34.42 percentage points of work remained, with handover expected in Q4 2026. The DLD register, as viewed in September 2026, lists 25 December 2026 as the registered completion date, 325 days after this reading, and the developer's March 2022 payment plan gives December 2026 as the estimated construction completion. A registered date can be revised between inspection cycles, and the latest dated record is kept on The St. Regis Residences construction updates hub.
Between the dated readings of 10 June 2025 (40.22%) and 3 February 2026 (65.58%), the project gained 25.36 points in 238 days, about 3.20 points a month on a 30-day month, against about 1.58 points a month between 30 October 2023 and 10 June 2025. Both figures describe intervals that have passed and are not forecasts. The February 2026 inspection card also shows 50.55% as its previous inspection figure, but no date is attached to it, so it is not used to measure pace.
In June 2025 the notes recorded mobilization going on, enabling, foundation and substructure works almost completed, and every other package at early stages. The 3 February 2026 notes drop the mobilization line, record enabling, foundation and substructure works as completed, and describe superstructure, internal works, MEP, internal finishes, external works and the external envelope as progressing at different stages at the site.
Under the developer's March 2022 payment plan, all nine dated instalments, totalling 70% of the price, had fallen due by November 2025, so none remained on the calendar at the 3 February 2026 reading of 65.58%. The only open row was the 30% due on construction completion, estimated for December 2026. That schedule of record is date-based rather than stage-based, and an individual SPA can set different terms.
The external envelope is the outer skin that closes each tower against the weather, and MEP covers the mechanical, electrical and plumbing services running through the building; the 3 February 2026 notes list both as progressing at different stages, alongside superstructure, internal works, internal finishes and external works. The report does not split these packages by tower or give a percentage for each one. Its project description sets the scope: a concrete structure and block with internal and external finishes, across a common base of five basements, ground and two podium levels under Tower 1 (65 floors plus roof) and Tower 2 (44 floors plus roof).
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