The Portman

1. Is it on schedule?37% built in July 2026, 10 months past its registered September 2025 handover · DLD project register, Jul 202637%Context
2. Is my money protected?Payments go to an escrow account at بنك ابوظبى التجارى, as registered with the Land DepartmentEscrowContext
3. Is the price fair?AED 1,367/sqft, 13.2% below the Jumeirah Village Circle off-plan median across 154 projects-13.2%Context
4. Is it selling?14 off-plan sales registered in the last 12 months, of 166 units; the latest on 30 Sept 202614Context
5. Who is building it?Ellington Properties, licence no. 1117; 3 of its 13 dated live projects are past their registered dates23%Context

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.

Escrow agent

بنك ابوظبى التجارى

Developer, as licensed

ELLINGTON PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT L.L.C (no. 1117)

Master developer

Jumeirah Village

Registered start

December 2022

Configuration

G+3P+16+R Residential+Retail,The project designed to have a concrete structure and block with internal and external finishes.

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.

When will The Portman be completed?

The developer registered handover for September 2025; that date has passed with no completion recorded, 10 months on, and the project was 37% 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 Portman cost per square foot?

AED 1,367 per sqft, the median of 14 registered off-plan sales in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026; the median unit sold for AED 1.03M. That is 13.2% below the Jumeirah Village Circle off-plan median across 154 projects.

Is The Portman 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 The Portman?

ELLINGTON PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT L.L.C, licence no. 1117, by the register’s own licence number; the master developer that owns the land is Jumeirah Village. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

How many units does The Portman have?

166 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.