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An 80/20 plan with completion registered for 31 October 2030 — 161 homes beside the golf course; 2 beds from AED 1,974,888. Platinum Square Real Estate sells 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in Golf Trails, Emaar South.
Developer: Emaar Properties — registered with the Dubai Land Department for this project as Emaar Dubai South Dwc Llc
DLD project number: 4523 — status Active
Location: Emaar South, Madinat Al Mataar, Dubai South
Total units (DLD): 161, all residential — 55 one-bedroom, 83 two-bedroom, 23 three-bedroom. No commercial units.
Plot area (DLD): 16,592.75 sq m
Construction progress (DLD): 0% — the register gives a construction start date of 9 November 2026, which has not yet arrived
Registered with DLD: 7 July 2026
Completion registered with DLD: 31 October 2030 — the same quarter our feed carries (Q4 2030)
Payment plan in our feed: 80/20
Amenities in our feed: golf course, swimming pool, kids’ pool, gym, padel tennis, sports court, yoga space, kids’ play area
Status: Off-plan, pre-construction
2 bedrooms — 1,096 sq ft, from AED 1,974,888 (about AED 1,800 per sq ft)
3 bedrooms — 1,605 sq ft, from AED 3,187,888 (about AED 1,985 per sq ft)
3 bedrooms, larger layout — 2,610 sq ft, from AED 5,280,888 (about AED 2,025 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.
Our feed carries 80/20: 80% across construction and 20% on handover. Read that against the dates. Completion is registered for 31 October 2030 and construction has not started — the register gives a start date of 9 November 2026.
So on this structure you would pay four fifths of the purchase price over roughly four years, before the building exists, and settle the last fifth on handover. That is the opposite of the post-handover plans marketed elsewhere in Dubai, and it is not automatically bad — front-loaded plans usually come with a lower headline price, and Emaar is the counterparty most buyers are least worried about. But it is a large capital commitment over a long period, and it is the single most important term in this deal.
Ask for the dated instalment schedule on the reservation form, and work out what you will have paid by each year-end before you sign.
Completion is registered with the Dubai Land Department for 31 October 2030, and our feed shows Q4 2030 — they agree. This is a four-year horizon. A registered completion date is a date on the developer’s file, not proof of handover.
The feed lists the golf course, a swimming pool, a kids’ pool, a gym, padel tennis, a sports court, a yoga space and a kids’ play area. The project material describes midrise residences positioned to look over the Emaar South golf course — the view is the product here, so ask which units actually face the fairways before you pay for the address.
Emaar South, in Madinat Al Mataar, within Dubai South — the district around Al Maktoum International Airport and the Expo site. This is a long-horizon location: its value case rests on the airport’s expansion and the logistics and aviation employment around it, which is also why a 2030 handover is coherent rather than odd. We do not publish drive times we have not measured; ask and we will send current routing.
A patient buyer with cash flow. You are committing 80% of the price over four years into a district whose growth story is real but not yet delivered, with an Emaar covenant behind it. If the Dubai South thesis plays out, buying at pre-construction pricing in 2026 is where the return comes from.
It does not suit anyone who needs the money back before 2030, anyone counting on flipping before handover (a front-loaded plan makes assignment expensive), or anyone who needs rental income in the meantime. Note also that the two larger three-bedroom layouts cost more per square foot than the two-bedroom, which usually means the premium floors and the golf-facing aspects sit at that end.
Get the 80/20 schedule with dates and total your commitment per year before signing.
Ask whether and how the unit can be assigned before handover, and at what cost.
Confirm in writing which units face the golf course.
Ask for the escrow account for project 4523 and pay only into it.
Ask what the sale and purchase agreement says about delay on a 2030 date.
Ask for the service charge estimate for a golf-course community.
A 161-home midrise apartment project by Emaar in Emaar South, Dubai South, overlooking the Emaar South golf course. It is registered with the Dubai Land Department as project 4523.
Emaar South, in Madinat Al Mataar, Dubai South — the district around Al Maktoum International Airport.
Emaar Properties. The DLD registers the project entity as Emaar Dubai South Dwc Llc.
Completion is registered with the DLD for 31 October 2030, and our feed shows Q4 2030.
Not yet. The DLD register showed 0% complete on 25 September 2026 and gives a construction start date of 9 November 2026.
80/20 in our current feed — 80% during construction and 20% on handover. Ask for the dated instalment schedule.
2 bedrooms from AED 1,974,888 for about 1,096 sq ft, and 3 bedrooms from AED 3,187,888 (1,605 sq ft) or AED 5,280,888 for the 2,610 sq ft layout.
161 homes: 55 one-bedroom, 83 two-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom, per the DLD registry.
Ask us and we will send the current Emaar floor plans for the unit types you are considering, along with which of them face the golf course.
No development guarantees that. The project material is built around golf-course outlook, but the aspect is unit-specific — confirm it in writing for the apartment you are reserving.
Buy or rent in Dubai South: a master-planned airport city around Al Maktoum International Airport and Expo City, offering affordable apartments, Emaar South golf villas and metro access as Dubai’s southern growth corridor matures.
