When will 5242 be completed?

The register records 5242 complete in September 2020. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Yes: the Land Department register names بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة) 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 5242?

EMAAR DEVELOPMENT P.J.S.C., licence no. 1211, by the register’s own licence number; the master developer that owns the land is Emaar Properties. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

How many units does 5242 have?

486 registered units, of which 486 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

5242

Completed 2020 · 486 units · started Oct 2016 · Dubai Marina

Recorded complete in September 2020.

Built100%

Started Oct 2016Completed Sept 2020

DLD project register, Jul 2026

Titles issued: 486 of 486
Escrow: بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة)

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Is 5242 a safe off-plan buy?Recorded complete in September 2020

Is it on schedule?Recorded complete in September 2020, 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: بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة)EscrowContext
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 March 20220Context
Who is building it?Emaar Properties, licence no. 1211; 2 of its 23 dated live projects are past their registered dates9%Context

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 built486 units, mostly two-beds; all titled

Type	Units	Titled
1 bed	13628%	680–801	136
2 bed	25051%	1,120–1,187	250
3 bed	9219%	1,728–1,801	92
4+ bed	82%	3,218–3,694	8

DLD unit register · balconies a median 9% of unit area

Every unit, floor by floor →

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

486 units in DLD’s register for 5242, floor by floor.

Show 400 of 486 units

Floor	Unit	Type	Sqft	Balcony	Title issued
2	1 · 201	1 bed	689	82	Yes
2	1 · 202	1 bed	677	79	Yes
2	1 · 203	1 bed	708	78	Yes
2	1 · 204	1 bed	800	109	Yes
2	1 · 205	1 bed	961	108	Yes
2	1 · 206	1 bed	783	194	Yes
2	1 · 207	1 bed	667	76	Yes
2	1 · 208	1 bed	682	78	Yes
2	1 · 209	1 bed	704	78	Yes
2	1 · 210	1 bed	704	78	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 Dubai Marina projects are tracking2 of the 3 nearest-to-finished are past their registered dates

Project	%
Ciel	99%	Apr 2025 · past date
Marina Shores	87%	Dec 2026
PELaGOS By IGO	84%	Mar 2026 · past date

“Past date”: the registered date has already passed · 4 of 10 live Dubai Marina projects past theirs · DLD register and inspections, October 2026

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As registered with the Land DepartmentWhere 5242 is, and who is on its register row

Escrow agent: بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة)
Developer, as licensed: EMAAR DEVELOPMENT P.J.S.C. (no. 1211)
Master developer: Emaar Properties
Registered start: October 2016
Configuration: Residential and retail project in Marsa Dubai area, proposed to be two towers with common G+5P with 52 units tower 1 G+50F+R having 264 units tower 2 G+37F+R having 170 units made of concrete structure with internal and external finishes.

Pills show median resale price per sqft, AED. 2 of 2 published towers pinned; verify a plot before relying on it.Open in Apple Maps

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 5242

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

52|42 Tower 1

Dubai Marina · 15 sales, 12 months

3,255

AED/sqft, resale median

52|42 Tower 2

Dubai Marina · 8 sales, 12 months

2,979

AED/sqft, resale median

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When will 5242 be completed?: The register records 5242 complete in September 2020. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
Is 5242 in escrow?: Yes: the Land Department register names بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة) 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 5242?: EMAAR DEVELOPMENT P.J.S.C., licence no. 1211, by the register’s own licence number; the master developer that owns the land is Emaar Properties. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
How many units does 5242 have?: 486 registered units, of which 486 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 5242

Record type: Project-level off-plan register record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 486 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/dubai-marina/5242
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “5242, off-plan.” Dubai Marina, Dubai. Register to 2026-07-06, data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/off-plan/apartments/dubai/dubai-marina/5242