DLD project no. 1329Completed308 units
The Distinction التمييز Completed 15 February 2016 (DLD) · DLD end date Feb 2016 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15 January 2017 | 100% | DLD inspection |
| 31 August 2016 | 98.1% | DLD inspection |
| 9 December 2015 | 90% | DLD inspection |
| 25 August 2015 | 83.1% | DLD inspection |
| 1 June 2015 | 74.7% | DLD inspection |
| 19 March 2015 | 63.7% | DLD inspection |
| 25 December 2014 | 45.4% | DLD inspection |
| 17 September 2014 | 32.5% | DLD inspection |
| 9 March 2014 | 26% | DLD inspection |
| 10 November 2013 | 21% | DLD inspection |
| 5 June 2013 | 13.7% | 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
1 of 1 buildingsBuildings on the project’s plots: 1, on construction permits: 1, as Dubai Municipality lists them.
Furthest stage reached: Completed.
| Work stage | Buildings |
|---|---|
| Completed | 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 ↗Homes: flats 152 · hotel apartments and rooms 153.
Also registered: shops and showrooms 3.
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: The project is a residential tower (G+5P+HC+45+Mech+R) built as a concrete structure with internal and external finishes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BR | 10 | — | — |
| 2 BR | 11 | 1,616 (6) | Nov 2025 – Nov 2026 |
| 3 BR | 6 | — | — |
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-Q3 → 2026-Q4| Quarter | Registered sales | Median AED/sqft | DLD area Burj Khalifa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,193 |
| 2020-Q4 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,240 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 1,261 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 1,481 |
| 2021-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,452 |
| 2021-Q4 | 6 (off-plan 0, ready 6) | 1,333 | 1,575 |
| 2022-Q1 | 10 (off-plan 0, ready 10) | 1,477 | 1,635 |
| 2022-Q2 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,542 | 1,740 |
| 2022-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 1,762 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 1,835 |
| 2023-Q1 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 1,979 |
| 2023-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,727 | 2,003 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,141 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,215 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 2,356 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,885 | 2,324 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,406 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,656 | 2,525 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 2,500 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,557 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,581 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 2,575 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,377 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,718 | 2,410 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,389 |
Median AED/sqft of registered sales per quarter (apartments). Source: DLD. Grey dashed line: DLD area Burj Khalifa, 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 Burj Khalifa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,193 |
| 2020-Q4 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,240 |
| 2021-Q1 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 1,261 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 1,481 |
| 2021-Q3 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 1,452 |
| 2021-Q4 | 6 (off-plan 0, ready 6) | 1,333 | 1,575 |
| 2022-Q1 | 10 (off-plan 0, ready 10) | 1,477 | 1,635 |
| 2022-Q2 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,542 | 1,740 |
| 2022-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 1,762 |
| 2022-Q4 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 1,835 |
| 2023-Q1 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 1,979 |
| 2023-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,727 | 2,003 |
| 2023-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,141 |
| 2024-Q1 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,215 |
| 2024-Q2 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 2,356 |
| 2024-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,885 | 2,324 |
| 2024-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,406 |
| 2025-Q1 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,656 | 2,525 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 (off-plan 0, ready 3) | — | 2,500 |
| 2025-Q3 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,557 |
| 2025-Q4 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,581 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 (off-plan 0, ready 1) | — | 2,575 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 (off-plan 0, ready 4) | — | 2,377 |
| 2026-Q3 | 5 (off-plan 0, ready 5) | 1,718 | 2,410 |
| 2026-Q4 | 2 (off-plan 0, ready 2) | — | 2,389 |
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. Fewer than 10 ready sales per bedroom count in those 12 months, so no yield is shown.
| Bedrooms | Median annual rent | New contracts | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | AED 82,000 | 6 | -0.6% |
| 1 BR | AED 85,000 | 12 | -19% |
| 2 BR | AED 150,000 | 23 | 0% |
| 3 BR | AED 200,000 | 9 | -5% |
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 | 2 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2 |
| 2026-Q3 | 3 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 |
Mortgage registrations on homes per quarter. Source: DLD.
Mortgage registrations in the last 4 quarters (2026-Q1 to 2026-Q4): 6; registered amount AED 5.8M.
Since the first registration in 2017-Q2: 27 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
Service charges
What owners pay a year in completed buildings of the project’s master community, from their owners’ association budgets. A building’s own charge is set by its own budget.
Median AED per sq ft a year of residential owners’ association budgets, each development counted once, in the newest budget year with at least 10 developments. Plots, shared areas and hotel rooms are left out. A budget is not any one owner’s bill.
Source: Dubai Land Department, owners’ association budgets (service charges).
Registered sales
The newest sales DLD has registered in this project, as DLD publishes them.
| Date | Market | Type | Size (sqft) | Price (AED) | AED/sqft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 October 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 892 | 1,325,000 | 1,485 |
| 28 October 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 892 | 1,300,000 | 1,457 |
| 23 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 767 | 1,317,611 | 1,718 |
| 22 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · 3 BR | 1,214 | 2,530,000 | 2,084 |
| 14 September 2026 | ready | Apartment · 2 BR | 1,242 | 1,700,000 | 1,369 |
| 28 August 2026 | ready | Apartment · 1 BR | 772 | 1,200,000 | 1,554 |
| 17 July 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 517 | 1,260,000 | 2,437 |
| 26 June 2026 | ready | Apartment · 2 BR | 1,320 | 1,400,000 | 1,061 |
| 17 June 2026 | ready | Apartment · 2 BR | 1,238 | 2,000,000 | 1,616 |
| 12 May 2026 | ready | Apartment · Studio | 520 | 1,065,000 | 2,048 |
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
LocationBurj Khalifa · 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.
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New homes within 1.5 km
Open projects within 1.5 km of the pin: 47, with 17,324 units and villas.
| DLD end year | Projects | Units and villas |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 145 |
| 2025 | 4 | 292 |
| 2026 | 14 | 9,342 |
| 2027 | 15 | 4,472 |
| 2028 | 4 | 393 |
| 2029 | 1 | 414 |
| 2030 | 3 | 476 |
| 2031 | 1 | 484 |
| No end date | 4 | 1,306 |
Open projects within 1.5 km of the pin, by DLD end year Highlighted: this project’s DLD end year.
Open projects in Burj Khalifa: 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghatti Skyblade | 17.1% | Nov 2027 | 3,927 | 567 |
| The St. Regis Residences, Downtown Dubai | 76.1% | Dec 2026 | 3,118 | 369 |
| One Residence | 6.3% | Mar 2027 | 2,931 | 250 |
| Solara Tower Dubai | 20.7% | Aug 2027 | 3,737 | 165 |
| Euphoric Residences | 8.3% | Dec 2027 | 3,240 | 98 |
| City Center Residences | 72.3% | Sep 2026 | 2,667 | 77 |
| Baccarat Hotel and Residences, Dubai | 21.2% | Dec 2026 | 5,711 | 71 |
| Mercedes-Benz Places | Binghatti | 65.3% | Dec 2026 | 5,136 | 67 |
| Address Grand Downtown | 10.8% | Jun 2028 | — | 60 |
| Volta Tower | 29.3% | Dec 2027 | 2,394 | 57 |
| Azha Downtown Residences | 27% | Aug 2027 | 2,439 | 42 |
| ROVE HOME RESIDENCES by IRTH | 62.7% | Apr 2026 | 3,371 | 40 |
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 Damac Development(L L C) · DLD developer no. 192
Completed a month or more after their DLD end date: 3 of 12 completed projects with both dates. In 6 of them the completion date equals the DLD end date, which DLD may set at completion, so this count can understate the gap.
Damac Development(L L C) is one of 21 DLD-registered developers we list together as Damac. See the group
Source: DLD projects register, export of 1 November 2026. Medians: our calculation, 3 projects or more.
Other projects in DownTown Dubai
DLD lists 59 projects in the master project DownTown Dubai.
Questions about The Distinction
When was The Distinction completed?
The Distinction is recorded as completed on 15 February 2016 (DLD register of 1 November 2026).
Who is the developer of The Distinction?
Damac Development(L L C), as registered with DLD.
What is the DLD project number of The Distinction?
1329.
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