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Our feed shows Q4 2026 handover but the DLD registers completion for 1 December 2028 — and the tower is 0.34% built. Platinum Square Real Estate sells studios, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes and a retail unit in Crystal Tower, International City.
Our feed carries a completion of Q4 2026 for this building. The Dubai Land Department registers completion for 1 December 2028, records construction as having started on 1 January 2026, and shows the tower 0.34% complete as at September 2026.
A building that is one third of one per cent built does not hand over this quarter. On the evidence, the Q4 2026 date in the feed is wrong and the registered 2028 date is the one to work from. We are flagging it rather than quietly correcting it, because you may see the 2026 date on other portals carrying the same feed — and because the only date that binds anyone is the one in your sale and purchase agreement. Ask for that in writing before you pay anything.
Developer: VHS Real Estate Developments — registered with the Dubai Land Department as V H S Real Estate Developments L.L.C
DLD project number: 4118 — status Active
Location: International City, Dubai
Total units (DLD): 110 — 102 residential (14 studios, 79 one-bedroom, 7 two-bedroom, 2 three-bedroom) and 8 commercial
Plot area (DLD): 7,576.72 sq m
Construction progress (DLD): 0.34% complete
Registered with DLD: 24 December 2025; construction started 1 January 2026
Completion registered with DLD: 1 December 2028 (our feed says Q4 2026 — see above)
Payment plan: on request — our feed carries none
Amenities in our feed: infinity pool, gym, cinema, sports court, golf simulator, kids’ play area, parking, electric car charger
Status: Off-plan, at the start of construction
Studio — 548 sq ft, from AED 671,999 (about AED 1,225 per sq ft)
1 bedroom — 646 sq ft, from AED 844,999 (about AED 1,310 per sq ft)
2 bedrooms — 1,025 sq ft, from AED 1,240,999 (about AED 1,210 per sq ft)
3 bedrooms — 2,325 sq ft, from AED 2,499,999 (about AED 1,075 per sq ft)
Retail — 582 sq ft, from AED 1,049,999 (about AED 1,805 per sq ft)
DLD figures were read from the Project Status Enquiry service on 25 September 2026; prices and sizes are from the current feed and change. Platinum Square confirms both in writing before you reserve. Rates per sq ft are our own arithmetic.
The registered mix is worth reading closely: 14 studios, 79 one-bedroom, 7 two-bedroom and 2 three-bedroom. This is a one-bedroom building with a handful of larger homes attached.
The three-bedroom is also the cheapest per square foot in the building — about AED 1,075 against AED 1,225 for a studio — and at 2,325 sq ft it is genuinely large for International City. If you want space at the lowest rate per foot and can live with there being exactly one other unit like it, that is the interesting line on the price list. If you want a two-bedroom, note there are only seven.
On request. Our feed carries no payment plan and we will not publish a split we cannot source. Given the date problem above, ask specifically how the instalments are tied to construction milestones rather than to calendar dates, and what happens if completion moves.
Registered with the DLD for 1 December 2028. See the first section. A registered completion date is a date on the developer’s file, not proof that keys have been handed over.
The feed lists an infinity pool, gym, cinema, sports court, golf simulator, kids’ play area, parking and an electric car charger. A golf simulator and an infinity pool in a 110-unit International City building is an unusually rich list for the price point, and at 0.34% complete none of it exists yet — get the schedule written into the contract.
International City, on the eastern side of Dubai. It is the most affordable established freehold district in the city and one of the deepest rental markets, with a tenant base that turns over constantly. That is the whole investment case here: low entry, reliable occupancy, modest capital growth. We do not publish drive times we have not measured; ask and we will send current routing.
Yield-focused investors buying at the cheapest end of the freehold market, and buyers of the two large three-bedroom units, who are getting the best rate per foot in the building. A studio at about AED 1,225 per sq ft and a one-bedroom at AED 1,310 are low absolute tickets in a district where letting is rarely the problem.
It does not suit anyone who needs a home in 2026 — whatever the feed says — or anyone who cannot wait until 2028. We do not publish yield figures we cannot source and will not quote one here; ask us for actual achieved rents in comparable International City buildings instead.
Ask which completion date the sale and purchase agreement commits to, and get it in writing.
Ask for the escrow account for project 4118 and pay only into it — this matters most at 0.34% complete.
Get the payment plan with dates, and ask whether instalments are milestone-linked.
Confirm you are buying in project 4118 and not the older, completed Crystal Tower (DLD 72) — two Dubai buildings carry this name.
Get the amenity schedule, including the golf simulator, as a contract annexe.
Ask for the service charge estimate before you model any return.
A 110-unit residential building with ground-floor commercial space by VHS Real Estate Developments in International City, Dubai, registered with the Dubai Land Department as project 4118.
International City, Dubai.
VHS Real Estate Developments, registered with the DLD as V H S Real Estate Developments L.L.C.
The DLD registers completion for 1 December 2028. Our feed shows Q4 2026, which does not match a building recorded as 0.34% complete. Ask for the date written into the contract.
0.34% complete on the DLD Project Status Enquiry, read on 25 September 2026. Construction started on 1 January 2026.
On request — our feed carries none.
Studios from AED 671,999, 1 bedroom from AED 844,999, 2 bedrooms from AED 1,240,999 and 3 bedrooms from AED 2,499,999 in the current feed.
102 homes plus 8 commercial units: 14 studios, 79 one-bedroom, 7 two-bedroom and 2 three-bedroom, per the DLD registry.
There are two in the entire building, at about 2,325 sq ft. Ask us whether either is still on the list.
No. An earlier Crystal Tower is registered with the DLD as project 72 and is recorded as finished. This one is project 4118. Check the project number on your paperwork.
Buy or rent in International City: a large, country-themed apartment community anchored by Dragon Mart, known for ultra-affordable studios and one-beds and standout rental yields for first-time investors.
