When will Upper Crest be completed?

The register records Upper Crest complete in December 2015. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Is Upper Crest in escrow?

Yes: the Land Department register names بنك ابوظبى التجارى 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 Upper Crest?

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 Upper Crest have?

189 registered units, of which 189 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

Upper Crest

Completed 2015 · 189 units · started Jul 2008 · Downtown Dubai

Recorded complete in December 2015.

Built100%

Started Jul 2008Completed Dec 2015

DLD project register, Jul 2026

Titles issued: 189 of 189
Escrow: بنك ابوظبى التجارى

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Is Upper Crest a safe off-plan buy?Recorded complete in December 2015; no record of the builder

Is it on schedule?Recorded complete in December 2015 · DLD project register, Jul 2026100%Context
Is my money protected?The register named the escrow agent: بنك ابوظبى التجارىEscrowContext
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 November 20160Context
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 built189 units, mostly one-beds and two-beds; all titled

Type	Units	Titled
Studio	3519%	441–497	35
1 bed	8243%	829–1,002	82
2 bed	5127%	1,063–1,221	51
3 bed	2111%	1,723–2,779	21

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

189 units in DLD’s register for Upper Crest, floor by floor.

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Floor	Unit	Type	Sqft	Balcony	Title issued
7	1 · 705	1 bed	903	101	Yes
7	1 · 708	Studio	498	75	Yes
7	1 · 710	2 bed	1,061	63	Yes
8	1 · 802	Studio	442	55	Yes
8	1 · 804	1 bed	858	115	Yes
8	1 · 809	1 bed	907	140	Yes
8	1 · 811	2 bed	1,221	179	Yes
9	1 · 901	2 bed	1,142	253	Yes
9	1 · 903	1 bed	828	111	Yes
9	1 · 904	1 bed	858	115	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 Upper Crest is, and who is on its register row

Escrow agent: بنك ابوظبى التجارى
Master developer: Emaar Properties
Registered start: July 2008
Configuration: Freehold residential tower located in Burj Dubai District. The tower is designed as G+5P+HC+37. The tower is designed to provide serviced hotel apartments and to be constructed out of 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 Upper Crest

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

Upper Crest

Downtown Dubai · 26 sales, 12 months

1,714

AED/sqft, resale median

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When will Upper Crest be completed?: The register records Upper Crest complete in December 2015. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
Is Upper Crest in escrow?: Yes: the Land Department register names بنك ابوظبى التجارى 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 Upper Crest?: 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 Upper Crest have?: 189 registered units, of which 189 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 Upper Crest

Record type: Project-level off-plan register record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 189 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/upper-crest
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Upper Crest, off-plan.” Downtown Dubai, Dubai. Register to 2026-07-06, data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/off-plan/apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai/upper-crest