When will The central downtown be completed?

The developer registered handover for March 2028, 20 months after DLD’s latest record, and the project was 4% built as of July 2026. A registered date is the developer’s own, not a delivery forecast. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

What does The central downtown cost per square foot?

AED 1,424 per sqft, the median of 144 registered off-plan sales in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026; the median unit sold for AED 1.08M. That is 14.7% below the Arjan off-plan median across 35 projects.

Is The central downtown in escrow?

Yes: the Land Department register names بنك أبوظبي الأول ش.م.ع. as the project’s escrow agent, the bank that holds buyers’ payments for the developer. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Who is the developer of The central downtown?

The register names the master developer, Liwan, which owns the land; the company building the project is not recorded. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

How many units does The central downtown have?

1,177 registered units, of which 0 have a title issued. A title is issued at handover, so a live project shows few or none however many units have sold. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Off-plan · DLD project register as of 6 Jul 2026

The central downtown

Under construction · 1,177 units · started Nov 2023 · Arjan

Registered for handover in Q1 2028 and 4% built in July 2026. Off-plan units sell at AED 1.08M (AED 1,424/sqft), 15% below the Arjan off-plan median.

Off-plan price, typical unit

1.08MAED

AED 1,424/sqft · 15% below Arjan off-plan · 144 sales in 12 months

Built4%

Started Nov 2023Registered handover Mar 2028

DLD project register, Jul 2026

Median off-plan sale: AED 1.08M
Titles issued: 0 of 1,177
Escrow: بنك أبوظبي الأول ش.م.ع.

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Is The central downtown a safe off-plan buy?In escrow; 4% built with 20 months to its registered handover; no record of the builder

Is it on schedule?4% built in July 2026 against a March 2028 handover: 96% left to build in 20 months · DLD project register, Jul 20264%Context
Is my money protected?Payments go to an escrow account at بنك أبوظبي الأول ش.م.ع., as registered with the Land DepartmentEscrowContext
Is the price fair?AED 1,424/sqft, 14.7% below the Arjan off-plan median across 35 projects-14.7%Context
Is it selling?144 off-plan sales registered in the last 12 months, of 1,177 units; the latest on 30 Sept 2026144Context
Who is building it?The register names the master developer, Liwan; the builder is not recordedNo record

A registered date is not a delivery forecast · 79% of recorded completions carry their planned date to the day · DLD register, July 2026

How each reading works →

What is being built1,177 units, mostly one-beds and studios; none titled yet

Type	Units	Titled
Studio	35130%	439–496
1 bed	52845%	714–901
2 bed	19416%	1,118–1,454
3 bed	1049%	2,149–2,205

DLD unit register · balconies a median 18% of unit area · median off-plan sale AED 1.08M

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Sizes run from the 10th to the 90th percentile of registered floor area, so one mislabelled unit cannot set the range. A title is issued at handover: a live project shows few or none however many units have sold, and an untitled unit is not necessarily for sale.

Every unit, as registered

1,177 units in DLD’s register for The central downtown, floor by floor.

Show 400 of 1,177 units

Floor	Unit	Type	Sqft	Balcony	Title issued
2	1 · A201	2 bed	1,460	333	Not yet
2	1 · A202	Studio	475	84	Not yet
2	1 · A203	Studio	488	85	Not yet
2	1 · A204	1 bed	789	135	Not yet
2	1 · A205	2 bed	1,233	336	Not yet
2	1 · A206	1 bed	1,010	304	Not yet
2	1 · A207	1 bed	762	130	Not yet
2	1 · A208	1 bed	762	130	Not yet
2	1 · A209	Studio	476	83	Not yet
2	1 · A210	2 bed	1,176	144	Not yet

A title is issued at handover. “Not yet” means no title, which a reserved unit and an unsold one share; the register does not say which is for sale.

How other Arjan projects are tracking2 of the 3 nearest-to-finished are past their registered dates

Project	%
Samana Mykonos Signature	86%	Apr 2026 · past date
Rose Gardens 3	76%	May 2026 · past date
One Beverly	73%	Dec 2026
The central downtownthis project	4%	Mar 2028

“Past date”: the registered date has already passed · 6 of 18 live Arjan projects past theirs · DLD register and inspections, October 2026

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As registered with the Land DepartmentWhere The central downtown is, and who is on its register row

Escrow agent: بنك أبوظبي الأول ش.م.ع.
Master developer: Liwan
Registered start: November 2023
Configuration: MIXED USE BUILDING (G + 2P + 26 FLOORS + ROOF) at ARJAN .The project designed to have a concrete structure and block with internal and external finishes.

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Construction progress is the percentage DLD recorded in its project register as of July 2026, the latest DLD record for this project; the register lags DLD’s inspections by months, so it is dated separately. The developer is the company licensed to build it, by the register’s own licence number; the master developer owns the land under it and is often another company entirely. Off-plan price is the median of registered off-plan sales across this project’s published buildings, 12 months to 12 Oct 2026.

Published buildings in The central downtown

Towers inside this project that have enough registered resales for their own record.

The Central Downtown-D

Arjan · 46 sales, 12 months

1,418

AED/sqft, resale median

The Central Downtown-A

Arjan · 44 sales, 12 months

1,350

AED/sqft, resale median

The Central Downtown-C

Arjan · 36 sales, 12 months

1,557

AED/sqft, resale median

The Central Downtown-B

Arjan · 18 sales, 12 months

1,581

AED/sqft, resale median

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When will The central downtown be completed?: The developer registered handover for March 2028, 20 months after DLD’s latest record, and the project was 4% built as of July 2026. A registered date is the developer’s own, not a delivery forecast. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
What does The central downtown cost per square foot?: AED 1,424 per sqft, the median of 144 registered off-plan sales in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026; the median unit sold for AED 1.08M. That is 14.7% below the Arjan off-plan median across 35 projects.
Is The central downtown in escrow?: Yes: the Land Department register names بنك أبوظبي الأول ش.م.ع. as the project’s escrow agent, the bank that holds buyers’ payments for the developer. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
Who is the developer of The central downtown?: The register names the master developer, Liwan, which owns the land; the company building the project is not recorded. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
How many units does The central downtown have?: 1,177 registered units, of which 0 have a title issued. A title is issued at handover, so a live project shows few or none however many units have sold. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

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Off-plan record for The central downtown

Record type: Project-level off-plan register record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 1,177 registered units; DLD project register as of 2026-07-06
Sources: Dubai Land Department project register, construction inspections and title register; sale transactions
Canonical record: /off-plan/apartments/dubai/arjan/the-central-downtown
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The central downtown, off-plan.” Arjan, Dubai. Register to 2026-07-06, data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/off-plan/apartments/dubai/arjan/the-central-downtown