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

South Bay 1

Under construction · 251 villas · started Mar 2023 · Dubai South

Registered for handover in Q1 2025 and 91% built in July 2026, 16 months past that date. Off-plan units sell at AED 5.00M (AED 1,149/sqft), 12% below the Dubai South off-plan median.

Off-plan price, typical unit

5.00MAED

AED 1,149/sqft · 12% below Dubai South off-plan · 15 sales in 12 months

Built91%

Started Mar 2023Registered handover Mar 2025 · overdue

DLD project register, Jul 2026

Median off-plan sale
AED 5.00M
Registered villas
251
Escrow
بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة)

Is South Bay 1 a safe off-plan buy?In escrow; 91% built and 16 months past its registered handover

  1. Is it on schedule?91% built in July 2026, 16 months past its registered March 2025 handover · DLD project register, Jul 202691%Context
  2. Is my money protected?Payments go to an escrow account at بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة), as registered with the Land DepartmentEscrowContext
  3. Is the price fair?AED 1,149/sqft, 12.0% below the Dubai South off-plan median across 16 projects-12.0%Context
  4. Is it selling?15 off-plan sales registered in the last 12 months, of 251 villas15Context
  5. Who is building it?Dubai South, licence no. 1142; 2 of its 9 dated live projects are past their registered dates22%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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How other Dubai South projects are tracking2 of the 3 nearest-to-finished are past their registered dates

ProjectBuilt%Registered date
South Bay 294%May 2026 · past date
South Bay 1this project91%Mar 2025 · past date
Expo City Valley66%Jan 2026 · past date
South Bay 3 Premium44%—

“Past date”: the registered date has already passed · 3 of 15 live Dubai South projects past theirs · DLD register and inspections, October 2026

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As registered with the Land DepartmentWhere South Bay 1 is, and who is on its register row

Escrow agent
بنك دبي الاسلامي (شركة مساهمة عامة)
Developer, as licensed
DUBAI SOUTH PROPERTIES DWC LLC (no. 1142)
Master developer
Dubai Aviation City Corporation
Registered start
March 2023
Configuration
251 X (G+1,G+1+R,G+1+R+UR & G+1+ UR) Villas & Townhouses.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 filed under this project number, 12 months to .

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Common questions

When will South Bay 1 be completed?
The developer registered handover for March 2025; that date has passed with no completion recorded, 16 months on, and the project was 91% 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 South Bay 1 cost per square foot?
AED 1,149 per sqft, the median of 15 registered off-plan sales in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026; the median unit sold for AED 5.00M. That is 12.0% below the Dubai South off-plan median across 16 projects.
Is South Bay 1 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 South Bay 1?
DUBAI SOUTH PROPERTIES DWC LLC, licence no. 1142, by the register’s own licence number; the master developer that owns the land is Dubai Aviation City Corporation. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.
How many villas does South Bay 1 have?
251 registered villas. Dubai Land Department project register as of July 2026.

Off-plan record for South Bay 1

Record type
Project-level off-plan register record
Data date
Evidence base
251 registered villas; 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/villas/dubai/dubai-south/south-bay-1
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “South Bay 1, off-plan.” Dubai South, Dubai. Register to 2026-07-06, data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/off-plan/villas/dubai/dubai-south/south-bay-1