Arjan · DLD district Al Barshaa South Third Aqua PropertiesDLD project 2861
The short answer
The Central Downtown is active on the DLD register, completion date 31 Mar 2028. It was 10.48% built at DLD’s inspection on 21 Apr 2026. Its 144 home sales over Oct 2025–Sep 2026 registered at a median AED 1.1m, AED 1,425 per sq ft.
Completion dateSourceDLD project registerWindowcompletion dateFigureas the register lists itDatasales to 5 Oct 2026 · DLD register read 13 Oct 2026How it is worked out
on the DLD register
BuiltSourceDLD project registerFigure% built at DLD’s latest inspectionDatasales to 5 Oct 2026 · DLD register read 13 Oct 2026How it is worked out
DLD inspection, 21 Apr 2026
Median 1 BRSourceDLD registered salesWindowOct 2025–Sep 2026Based on55 salesFiguremedian price and median price per sq ft of home sales of this sizeDatasales to 5 Oct 2026How it is worked out
AED 1,444/sq ft · 55 sales
Median home priceSourceDLD registered salesWindowOct 2025–Sep 2026Based on144 salesFiguremedian of registered home sales, not an asking priceDatasales to 5 Oct 2026How it is worked out
144 home sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026
Sales, 12 monthsSourceDLD registered salesWindowOct 2025–Sep 2026Based on145 salesFigureregistered sales of every property typeDatasales to 5 Oct 2026How it is worked out
−56% on Oct 2024–Sep 2025
Registered prices of 1-bedroom homes here, Oct 2025–Sep 2026
Lower quartile, median and upper quartile of 55 home sales; median size 762 sq ft.
The DLD project register
Active10.48% built at DLD’s inspection on 21 Apr 2026.
| Inspection date | Built |
|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | 10.48% |
| 22 May 2025 | 4.22% |
| 15 Nov 2024 | 0.68% |
| 24 Nov 2023 | 0% |
Source: Dubai Land Department project register, read 13 Oct 2026. The register’s own figures, shown as it lists them.
Developer’s reply: none yet. Aqua Properties can send a reply about these figures; replies are checked before they’re published and never change a number. How developers reply
Statement ID S-2861-H1 · DLD register read 13 Oct 2026
| Size | Sales | Median price | Median AED /sq ft | Median size, sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 52 | AED 734k | 1,540 | 476 |
| 1 BR | 55 | AED 1.1m | 1,444 | 762 |
| 2 BR | 21 | AED 1.6m | 1,259 | 1,234 |
| 3 BR | 16 | AED 2.7m | 1,241 | 2,201 |
Medians of registered flat and villa sales with no data-quality flag; a size with fewer than 5 sales shows no median.
Enter the size and the asking price to compare them with registered sales.
The size starts at the median registered size for that size here; use the size on your sale contract. Fees as listed on DLD’s Property Sale Registration page. Compare with other projects in the price check
| Size | Launch | Sales | Latest | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 1,364 | 34 | AED 1,497 | 10 | +10% |
| 1 BR | AED 1,284 | 67 | AED 1,583 | 8 | +23% |
Launch: first 90 days of registered sales of off-plan homes, 14 Feb 2024 to 13 May 2024. Latest: every home sale of that size, Jul–Sep 2026. Shown only where both have at least 5 sales.
| Date | Type | Sq ft | Price | AED /sq ft | vs area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | Flat · Studio Off-plan | 439 | AED 706k | 1,607 | −6% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · 1 BR Off-plan | 715 | AED 1.1m | 1,599 | +5% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · 1 BR Off-plan | 853 | AED 1.1m | 1,332 | −13% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · 2 BR Off-plan | 1,118 | AED 1.4m | 1,234 | −10% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · Studio Off-plan | 469 | AED 763k | 1,625 | −5% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · Studio Off-plan | 476 | AED 733k | 1,542 | −10% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · 3 BR Off-plan | 2,201 | AED 2.4m | 1,102 | −11% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · 2 BR Off-plan | 1,234 | AED 1.7m | 1,358 | −1% |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Flat · Studio Off-plan | 488 | AED 548k | 1,123 | −35% |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Flat · 1 BR Off-plan | 723 | AED 1.2m | 1,657 | +9% |
Every type of sale, newest first; DLD publishes no time of day. Price per sq ft for homes only. “vs area”: against the median for that size in Arjan, Oct 2025–Sep 2026.
None of Aqua Properties’s 4 running ads names The Central Downtown; these are the newest, from Meta’s Ad Library on 26 Oct 2026. Prices and claims in ads are the developer’s, not checked against DLD records.
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Registered with DLD under the district Al Barshaa South Third, 2019 to 5 Oct 2026.
Each point is the median price per square foot of the month’s registered home sales (flats and villas). A month with fewer than 10 home sales is left as a gap. Registered prices, not asking prices.
Most sold size
Studio
Share of the home sales over Oct 2025–Sep 2026 that recorded a bedroom count
Sales a year
Full years only, registered sales of every type. 2,641 sales in 2026 to 5 Oct.
Off-plan share
63% of the 3,982 sales over Oct 2025–Sep 2026 were registered as off-plan, DLD’s own registration type.
| Year | Sales | Off-plan | Ready | Value | Median home price | Median AED /sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | AED 140m | — | — |
| 2024 | 705 | 705 | 0 | AED 746m | AED 999k | 1,349 |
| 2025 | 195 | 195 | 0 | AED 226m | AED 1.0m | 1,366 |
| 2026 to 5 Oct | 88 | 88 | 0 | AED 113m | AED 1.1m | 1,426 |
Sales and value: registered sales of every property type since Jan 2019. Off-plan: DLD’s registration type; Ready: every other sale. Medians: home sales only, shown with 5 or more.
Every registered sale, all property types.
3,982 sales were registered in Arjan over Oct 2025–Sep 2026, with homes at a median AED 1,556 per sq ft over Jul–Sep 2026.
| Project | Developer | DLD register | Sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 | Median home price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis One | Marquis | Due Dec 2028 | 389 | AED 841k |
| Samana Imperial Garden | Samana | Due Dec 2028 | 318 | AED 969k |
| Binghatti Hillcrest | Binghatti | Due Dec 2026 | 235 | AED 871k |
| Ashley Hills | Townx | Due Mar 2027 | 217 | AED 799k |
| Butterfly | Al Sayyah | Due Jan 2029 | 211 | AED 1.3m |
| Enchante by Grid | Grid Properties | Due Dec 2028 | 156 | AED 699k |
| One Beverly | HMB Homes | Due Dec 2026 | 135 | AED 750k |
| Torino by Oro24 | Oro24 | Finished | 115 | AED 800k |
| Skyz by Danube | Danube | Finished | 105 | AED 700k |
| Empire Estates | Empire | Due Dec 2026 | 100 | AED 1.2m |
| Siraj Tower | DAMAC | Finished | 73 | AED 800k |
| Oxford Gardens | Iman Developers | Finished | 68 | AED 833k |
Median home price over Oct 2025–Sep 2026, shown with 5 or more home sales.
| Project | Area | Completion date | Built | Sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Community - Sports Arena | Dubai Sports City | Oct 2027 | 22.4% | 109 |
| The Community | Jumeirah Village Triangle | Finished | — | 66 |
| The Community Motor City | Motor City | Oct 2025 | 95.1% | 40 |
| O10 | Al Jadaf | Finished | — | 12 |
| J8 | Sufouh Gardens | Finished | — | 9 |
| J5 | Sufouh Gardens | Finished | — | 5 |
Dubai Sports City · Aqua Properties
Jumeirah Village Triangle · Aqua Properties
Finished on the DLD register
Motor City · Aqua Properties
Al Jadaf · Aqua Properties
Finished on the DLD register
Sufouh Gardens · Aqua Properties
Finished on the DLD register
Sufouh Gardens · Aqua Properties
Finished on the DLD register
Photos: Sheikh Zayed Road from above by monicker (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0); Towers under construction, Dubai by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); Al Jaddaf waterfront by Timothy A. Gonsalves (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0). Resized and cropped.
Arjan · Samana
Arjan · Binghatti
Arjan · Grid Properties
Photos: Towers under construction, Dubai by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); Towers in Business Bay by giggel (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Sheikh Zayed Road from above by monicker (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0). Resized and cropped.
The Central Downtown is a Aqua Properties project in Arjan, Dubai, registered with the Dubai Land Department as project 2861 by Aqua Properties Fz -Llc. The register lists it as active, with a completion date of 31 Mar 2028, 10.48% built at DLD’s inspection on 21 Apr 2026.
989 sales have been registered since Jan 2019, the first on 14 Aug 2023, 145 of them over Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Over those twelve months its 144 home sales registered at a median AED 1.1m. The sales include 1 land plot, left out of every price figure. These are prices buyers paid, recorded at registration, not asking prices.
By sales since Jan 2019 it is 2nd of the 77 projects with a registered sale in Arjan, and first of Aqua Properties’s 7.
The DLD register lists a completion date of 31 Mar 2028. It was 10.48% built at DLD’s inspection on 21 Apr 2026. These are the register’s own figures, read 13 Oct 2026; we don’t forecast a finish.
No. The DLD register lists it as active, 10.48% built at the inspection on 21 Apr 2026.
Studio: a median AED 734k, AED 1,540 per sq ft, from 52 sales; 1 BR: a median AED 1.1m, AED 1,444 per sq ft, from 55 sales; 2 BR: a median AED 1.6m, AED 1,259 per sq ft, from 21 sales; 3 BR: a median AED 2.7m, AED 1,241 per sq ft, from 16 sales. Registered home sales over Oct 2025–Sep 2026, not asking prices.
989 sales registered with the Dubai Land Department since Jan 2019, 145 of them over Oct 2025–Sep 2026. The count includes 1 land plot, which are left out of every price figure.
The DLD register lists Aqua Properties Fz -Llc, DLD developer number 1331, which we group under Aqua Properties.
In Arjan, Dubai. The Dubai Land Department registers its sales under the district Al Barshaa South Third. Homes there registered at a median AED 1,556 per sq ft over Jul–Sep 2026.
The DLD project register lists an escrow account with First Abu Dhabi Bank for The Central Downtown.
Cite this page
The Central Downtown, Arjan. Real Estate IQ, from DLD registered sales to 5 Oct 2026 and the DLD project register read 13 Oct 2026. dubairealestateiq.com/project/the-central-downtown
Sources: Dubai Land Department open data, registered sales to 5 Oct 2026, via Dubai Real Estate Data (CC BY 4.0), processed by Real Estate IQ; DLD project register, read 13 Oct 2026. Registered prices, not asking prices or valuations. How the figures are worked out.
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TrackerActive projects on the DLD register, with their completion datesPhotos: Towers under construction, Dubai by Leandro Neumann Ciuffo (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); Dubai Marina at night by Gfilip (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Dubai skyline at dusk by imran shahabuddin (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). Resized and cropped.
