When will The Distinction be completed?

The register records The Distinction complete in February 2016. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Is The Distinction in escrow?

Yes: the Land Department register names مصرف ابوظبى الاسلامى 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 Distinction?

The register names the master developer, Emaar Properties, 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 Distinction have?

151 registered units, of which 151 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 Distinction

Completed 2016 · 151 units · started Aug 2012 · Downtown Dubai

Recorded complete in February 2016.

Built100%

Started Aug 2012Completed Feb 2016

DLD project register, Jul 2026

Titles issued: 151 of 151
Escrow: مصرف ابوظبى الاسلامى

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Is The Distinction a safe off-plan buy?Recorded complete in February 2016; no record of the builder

Is it on schedule?Recorded complete in February 2016, on its registered date to the day: the register often stamps one onto the other · DLD project register, Jul 2026100%Context
Is my money protected?The register named the escrow agent: مصرف ابوظبى الاسلامىEscrowContext
Is the price fair?No off-plan sale registered in 12 months to price it onNo record
Is it selling?No off-plan sale registered in 12 months; the last in June 20170Context
Who is building it?The register names the master developer, Emaar Properties; 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

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What is being built151 units, mostly two-beds and one-beds; all titled

Type	Units	Titled
Studio	117%	519–520	11
1 bed	4832%	767–919	48
2 bed	6342%	1,238–1,426	63
3 bed	2919%	1,711–2,158	29

DLD unit register · balconies a median 14% of unit area

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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

151 units in DLD’s register for The Distinction, floor by floor.

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Floor	Unit	Type	Sqft	Balcony	Title issued
7	1 · 701	1 bed	767	149	Yes
7	1 · 702	2 bed	1,320	140	Yes
7	1 · 703	1 bed	917	99	Yes
7	1 · 703A	2 bed	1,238	271	Yes
7	1 · 705	1 bed	892	99	Yes
7	1 · 706	Studio	520	42	Yes
8	1 · 801	1 bed	767	149	Yes
8	1 · 802	2 bed	1,320	140	Yes
9	1 · 902	2 bed	1,320	140	Yes
9	1 · 903	1 bed	917	99	Yes

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 Downtown Dubai projects are tracking1 of the 3 nearest-to-finished are past their registered dates

Project	%
The St. Regis Residences, Downtown Dubai	76%	Dec 2026
City Center Residences	72%	Sept 2026 · past date
Mercedes-Benz Places \| Binghatti	65%	Dec 2026

“Past date”: the registered date has already passed · 2 of 12 live Downtown Dubai projects past theirs · DLD register and inspections, October 2026

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

Escrow agent: مصرف ابوظبى الاسلامى
Master developer: Emaar Properties
Registered start: August 2012
Configuration: The project is a residential tower (G+5P+HC+45+Mech+R) built as a concrete structure 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 Distinction

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

Damac Maison The Distinction

Downtown Dubai · 22 sales, 12 months

1,776

AED/sqft, resale median

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When will The Distinction be completed?: The register records The Distinction complete in February 2016. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
Is The Distinction in escrow?: Yes: the Land Department register names مصرف ابوظبى الاسلامى 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 Distinction?: The register names the master developer, Emaar Properties, 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 Distinction have?: 151 registered units, of which 151 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 Distinction

Record type: Project-level off-plan register record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 151 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/downtown-dubai/the-distinction
Method: Definitions and calculations

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