DLD project no. 813Completed181 units
Desert Sun Tower برج شمس الصحراء Completed 21 June 2015 (DLD) · DLD end date Jun 2015 · DLD register as of 1 November 2026 DLD register as of 1 November 2026. Dates are the ones registered with DLD.
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CompletionDLD readings of % built, beside the share of the planned period gone
% built
28 October 2026| Date | % built | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2022 | 100% | DLD register, archived export |
| 19 June 2014 | 95.4% | DLD inspection |
| 7 December 2013 | 77.5% | DLD inspection |
| 9 May 2013 | 71.1% | DLD inspection |
Source: Dubai Land Department projects register, as of 1 November 2026. Earlier readings: archived DLD projects exports of 5 August 2022, 12 May 2024. Source: Dubai Land Department, Project Status inspections (dates and % only), collected on 7 November 2026. DLD Project Status ↗
Site timeline
± 6 monthsOur imagery reading holds no milestone for this project yet.
Our reading of historical satellite imagery
Registered period and actual build
Source: DLD projects register. Build time: our calculation from DLD’s start and completion dates.
Changes in the DLD register
No change to the end date, status or % built across the register exports we hold.
Source: DLD projects register exports, compared by CraneScore. Planned dates against DLD's completion date. In 69% of completed projects in the register the completion date and the DLD end date are the same day, which suggests DLD sets the end date at completion, so this comparison can show no gap where there was one.
Building permits
Buildings on the project’s plots: 1, on construction permits: 1, as Dubai Municipality lists them.
| Work stage | Buildings |
|---|---|
| No stage listed | 1 |
Source: Dubai Municipality building permits, export of 26 October 2026. These dates and stages are Dubai Municipality’s records, not DLD’s register.
DLD registration
DLD services ↗Also registered: shops and showrooms 1.
Counts from DLD's units register; villas from its buildings register. Sizes: the middle half of the homes' registered areas (25th to 75th percentile), villas by built-up area. Source: Dubai Land Department open data (units and buildings registers, export of 5 November 2026), under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence.
Description in the DLD register: Freehold residential building located in Al Ruwayyah. The project designed as 3B+G+9. The building designed to be constructed of a concrete structure with external and internal finishing.
DLD's own services for this project, including the Dubai REST app: dubailand.gov.ae
Price historyRegistered sale prices for this project, in AED per sq ft, with the number of sales in each figure.
AED · sqft
No off-plan sales are registered for this project since 2020, so there is no launch price.
Prices are over apartments, the type most sales in this project are.
| Bedrooms | Sales, 24 months | Latest median AED/sqft | Latest sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 51 | 850 (8) | May 2026 – Nov 2026 |
| 1 BR | 19 | 664 (12) | Nov 2025 – Nov 2026 |
Launch price: median AED/sqft of the project's off-plan home sales in the 90 days from its first one, for a first sale on or after 1 March 2020; Skyline Index uses the same rule. Latest: home sales of the last 12 months after the launch window, ready and off-plan; the change compares the same home types. The bedroom table compares the launch window with the last 6 months (12 when 6 have fewer than 5 sales). Off-plan registrations include developer sales and resales; DLD open data does not tell them apart. Sales more than 4 times off the median are left out.
Median AED/sqft by quarter
2020-Q1 → 2026-Q4| Quarter | Registered sales | Median AED/sqft | DLD area Wadi Al Safa 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 819 |
| 2020-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 428 | 962 |
| 2020-Q4 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 448 | 751 |
| 2021-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 417 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 427 |
| 2021-Q3 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 432 |
| 2021-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 490 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 501 |
| 2022-Q3 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 650 |
| 2023-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 650 |
| 2023-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 619 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 650 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 772 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 754 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 681 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 818 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 837 |
| 2025-Q3 | 16 (off-plan 0, ready 16) | 817 | 823 |
| 2025-Q4 | 20 (off-plan 0, ready 20) | 817 | 817 |
| 2026-Q1 | 16 (off-plan 0, ready 16) | 691 | 820 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 850 | 778 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 861 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 797 |
Median AED/sqft of registered sales per quarter (apartments). Source: DLD. Grey dashed line: DLD area Wadi Al Safa 5, median AED/sqft of ready sales of apartments by quarter. A quarter with fewer than 5 sales is left as a gap. The last quarter runs to 5 November 2026.
Registered sales per quarter
| Quarter | Registered sales | Median AED/sqft | DLD area Wadi Al Safa 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 819 |
| 2020-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 428 | 962 |
| 2020-Q4 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 448 | 751 |
| 2021-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 417 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 427 |
| 2021-Q3 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 432 |
| 2021-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 490 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 501 |
| 2022-Q3 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 650 |
| 2023-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 650 |
| 2023-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 619 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 650 |
| 2024-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 772 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 754 |
| 2024-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 681 |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 818 |
| 2025-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 837 |
| 2025-Q3 | 16 (off-plan 0, ready 16) | 817 | 823 |
| 2025-Q4 | 20 (off-plan 0, ready 20) | 817 | 817 |
| 2026-Q1 | 16 (off-plan 0, ready 16) | 691 | 820 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 850 | 778 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 861 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 797 |
Registered sales per quarter, off-plan and ready units. Source: DLD.
Rents and gross yield
New Ejari rent contracts for apartments in this project, 12 months to 5 November 2026, against the 12 months before. Gross yield: the median annual rent over the median registered ready sale price of the same bedroom count in this project over the same 12 months.
| Bedrooms | Median annual rent | New contracts | Change on a year earlier | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 40,000 | 45 | 0% | 10.3% |
| 1 BR | AED 57,000 | 13 | +9.6% | 9.8% |
Gross yield is before service charges, other costs and empty months.
New single-unit contracts only; renewals and contracts over several units are left out. A bedroom count shows from 5 contracts, a change needs 5 in both years and a yield 10 ready sales.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data (Ejari rent contracts and registered sales), under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence.
Mortgage registrations
Home mortgages DLD has registered on units in this project, per quarter, in the 12 quarters to 5 November 2026.
| Quarter | Mortgage registrations |
|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6 · registered amount AED 2.4M |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Mortgage registrations on homes per quarter. Source: DLD.
Mortgage registrations in the last 4 quarters (2026-Q1 to 2026-Q4): 5; registered amount AED 2.2M.
Since the first registration in 2016-Q1: 47 in all.
Counts DLD's mortgage registrations on homes in this project, including pre-registrations on off-plan units and lease-to-own registrations; portfolio and developer mortgages are left out. Amounts are the values DLD registers, shown for 5 registrations or more. A registration says nothing about the lender or the terms.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence. DLD Transactions dataset · Licence
Registered sales
The newest sales DLD has registered in this project, as DLD publishes them.
| Date | Market | Type | Size (sqft) | Price (AED) | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 878 | 700,000 | 797 |
| 22 October 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 385,000 | 839 |
| 30 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 911 | 750,000 | 823 |
| 30 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 395,000 | 861 |
| 10 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 395,000 | 861 |
| 24 August 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 458 | 390,000 | 852 |
| 22 June 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 390,000 | 850 |
| 9 June 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 400,000 | 871 |
| 25 May 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 459 | 383,500 | 836 |
| 20 May 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 701 | 490,000 | 699 |
Each sale as DLD registers it. Off-plan registrations include developer sales and resales, which DLD open data does not tell apart. DLD publishes no buyer or seller names. Shown on this page only, not as a download.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, published on Dubai Data under the Dubai Data Open Data Licence. DLD Transactions dataset · Licence
LocationWadi Al Safa 5 · Dubai Municipality community
Places near the project
Straight-line distances from the project’s map pin, rounded to 10 m. The nearest place of each kind.
School ratings: KHDA’s school directory ↗ · Report a wrong location
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New homes within 1.5 km
Open projects within 1.5 km of the pin: 99, with 24,323 units and villas.
| DLD end year | Projects | Units and villas |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 2,331 |
| 2027 | 40 | 8,747 |
| 2028 | 32 | 8,614 |
| 2029 | 8 | 3,144 |
| 2030 | 1 | 565 |
| No end date | 5 | 922 |
Open projects within 1.5 km of the pin, by DLD end year Highlighted: this project’s DLD end year.
Open projects in Wadi Al Safa 5: 109
Open projects in the same DLD area, by registered sales in 24 months.
| Project | Built | DLD end date | AED/sqft, 12 mo | Sales, 24 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Lagoons by Peace Homes | 4.2% | Sep 2028 | 1,410 | 795 |
| Verdes by Haven 1 | 17.7% | May 2028 | 1,374 | 658 |
| Peace Lagoons II by Peace Homes | 4% | Jan 2029 | 1,585 | 553 |
| Cove Grand Residence by Imtiaz | 13.4% | Dec 2027 | 1,531 | 526 |
| Samana Boulevard Heights | 2.5% | Dec 2028 | 1,522 | 526 |
| La Tilia at Villanova Phase 2 | 10.6% | Aug 2028 | 1,487 | 477 |
| La Tilia at Villanova Phase 1 | 13.8% | Aug 2028 | 1,435 | 456 |
| Samana IBIZA | 5.5% | Feb 2028 | 1,426 | 444 |
| Samana Parkville | 13.9% | Sep 2028 | 1,503 | 419 |
| Athlon By Al Dar 1 | 27.3% | May 2028 | 1,574 | 387 |
| The Boulevard By Prestige One | 10.6% | Nov 2027 | 1,359 | 375 |
| Rise by Athlon 1 | 3.7% | Dec 2029 | 1,657 | 356 |
AED/sqft: median of the project’s registered home sales in the last 12 months, ready and off-plan; a dash with too few sales.
Developer in DLD data Behnam Ali Keivan · DLD developer no. 577
Completed a month or more after their DLD end date: 0 of 1 completed projects with both dates. In 1 of them the completion date equals the DLD end date, which DLD may set at completion, so this count can understate the gap.
Source: DLD projects register, export of 1 November 2026. Medians: our calculation, 3 projects or more.
Other projects in Dubai Land Residence Complex
DLD lists 118 projects in the master project Dubai Land Residence Complex.
Questions about Desert Sun Tower
When was Desert Sun Tower completed?
Desert Sun Tower is recorded as completed on 21 June 2015 (DLD register of 1 November 2026).
Who is the developer of Desert Sun Tower?
Behnam Ali Keivan, as registered with DLD.
What is the DLD project number of Desert Sun Tower?
813.
Source: Dubai Land Department open data: projects register (export of 1 November 2026) and registered sales to 5 November 2026; Dubai Statistics Center price index. Methodology · Report a data error