Imperial Avenue construction update, January 2024

What state was the building in?

Effectively finished. On camera the tower reads as complete, the Burj Khalifa view is already there, and the assessment given was one to two months to ready — which for Downtown is the rare case of an off-plan unit you can walk before paying the balance.

That is also the argument the clip makes for it: in this class of building in Downtown, the option that is actually finished beats the option that is three years out, because everything uncertain about it has already resolved.

The caveat from the section above still applies. A fully clad tower one to two months from ready is a tower where the certificates, not the concrete, decide the handover date.

Why is the Burj view unobstructed from the low floors?

Because what stands between this plot and the Burj Khalifa is the low-rise old city, not another tower. The podium parking levels sit at roughly the height of those old-town roofs, so the view starts at the first residential floor rather than halfway up.

That is unusual in Downtown and it is the building's structural advantage. Most of the district is high-rise, which means your outlook depends on what your neighbour built and on what they are allowed to build next.

Very few buildings share this sightline: Baccarat, which was asking AED 22–24 million at the time, a couple of office towers, and parts of the W Residences. Otherwise the clean Burj views in Downtown belong to the Address buildings, at a different price level entirely.

Which is why the low floors here are worth more than low floors usually are. In the comparison drawn on camera, the first floor of this tower has the same outlook as Baccarat's, where the price per foot was at least three times higher.

What was finished inside?

Two infinity pools, on the fourth and twenty-fourth floors, and a lobby of roughly ten thousand square feet. The gym has the same panoramic Burj Khalifa outlook as the apartments.

Also delivered or committed: a retail plaza on the ground floor — shops, a supermarket, a barber, boutiques, all reachable by lift rather than by car — an open-air cinema, electric-car chargers, a mini theatre, a games room, a steam room, a meeting room and a squash court.

One design decision is worth naming because it explains the building's buyer profile: there is a deliberate gap through the structure, which matters for Vastu Shastra, the Indian equivalent of feng shui. Indian and Pakistani buyers are the first and second nationalities by purchase volume in Dubai, and the developer is Indian.

Layouts are square, and some two-bedrooms have two terraces. The comparison made on camera was with the triangular layouts in a neighbouring tower, where the angles leave floor area that furniture cannot use and an end user will not pay for.

How do you check the official figure?

Check the official completion percentage on the Dubai Land Department escrow register rather than accepting a verbal update, and compare it against what you can see.

Book a snagging inspection in advance. When handovers cluster, the good inspection companies are booked out for weeks, and a proper snag list is your only leverage on defects.

If you are financing, start the mortgage process early — bank valuation and approval on a newly completed building takes longer than on established stock.

And plan the letting. A unit handed over in September lets immediately into the autumn family market; the same unit handed over in June may sit until the following season.