CompletedDubai Creek Harbour

Lotus

Lotus at Creek Beach, Dubai Creek Harbour by Emaar: 1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments across four buildings, on a construction-linked payment plan.

DeveloperEmaar

Entry priceOn request

CompletedSep 2025

StatusCompleted

CommunityDubai Creek Harbour

Overview

Project brief

FOUR APARTMENT BUILDINGS AROUND AN INNER PLAZA AT CREEK BEACH, DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR

Lotus is a residential development by Emaar at Creek Beach, the beachfront neighbourhood within Dubai Creek Harbour — Emaar's master-planned waterfront district along Dubai Creek, near the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, with a marina and central park and well connected to Downtown Dubai. Creek Beach runs along the historic Dubai Creek, with 700 metres of white sand, an infinity pool and sunset views over the water.

The development comprises four apartment buildings arranged around an inner plaza, forming a family-friendly residential cluster a short distance from the beach and from Dubai's business, shopping and entertainment districts. Per the Emaar massing plan, Building 1 is ground plus mezzanine plus six floors, Building 2 ground plus mezzanine plus eleven, Building 3 ground plus mezzanine plus ten and Building 4 ground plus mezzanine plus seven. Homes are a selection of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom residences with expansive windows and balconies designed to draw in natural light, finished in a contemporary style.

Per the Emaar floor plans, one-bedroom apartments have an internal area of 547 to 626 sq ft and a total area of 666 to 1,182 sq ft including balcony or terrace; two-bedroom apartments 904 to 928 sq ft internally and 1,041 to 1,848 sq ft in total; and three-bedroom apartments 1,345 to 1,347 sq ft internally and 1,457 to 2,252 sq ft in total. The wide total-area ranges reflect ground-floor layouts with large private terraces.

Emaar structured the launch around a construction-linked payment plan — a 10% down payment, followed by instalments tied to construction milestones, with the final 30% due on completion, estimated at the launch for September 2025.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Project	Lotus
Developer	Emaar
Community	Creek Beach, Dubai Creek Harbour
Type	1, 2 & 3-Bedroom Apartments
Configuration	Four buildings around an inner plaza (G+M+6, G+M+11, G+M+10 and G+M+7)
Starting price	Confirmed on request
Payment plan	Construction-linked (10% down + instalments)
Expected completion	September 2025 (per launch payment plan)

Building configuration and sizes per the Emaar floor plans; instalments per the Emaar payment plan. Subject to change if there are future releases.

UNIT MIX & SIZES

Unit type	Apartment area (sq ft)	Total area incl. balcony (sq ft)	Starting price (AED)
1-Bedroom	547 – 626	666 – 1,182	Confirmed on request
2-Bedroom	904 – 928	1,041 – 1,848	Confirmed on request
3-Bedroom	1,345 – 1,347	1,457 – 2,252	Confirmed on request

Areas per the Emaar floor plans (LOTUS_CREEK_BEACH_FLOOR_PLANS.pdf), which publish an apartment area and a total area including balcony or terrace. The floor-plan set covers Buildings 1, 2 and 3; Building 4 layouts are confirmed on request. Emaar does not publish a price list or a unit count in the pack held, so starting prices are confirmed on request.

THE INVESTMENT CASE

Lotus is an off-plan, standard-tier brief: the angle below is qualitative. Where the live Dubai Land Department transaction feed for Dubai Creek Harbour is available, current pricing and PSF trends will be shown alongside — those figures are the basis for any comparison, not the estimates below.

DEVELOPER: EMAAR, ONE OF DUBAI'S MOST ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS

Lotus is developed by Emaar, the developer behind many of Dubai's landmark destinations. Emaar reported revenue of AED 49.6 billion for 2025 and, with a proven delivery track record, has delivered over 125,600 residential units across Dubai and other global markets since 2002. Its portfolio includes Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall. For investors, this scale and delivery history provide a meaningful measure of confidence at the off-plan stage.

LOCATION: CREEK BEACH, AN URBAN BEACH WITHIN DUBAI CREEK HARBOUR

Creek Beach is a beachfront neighbourhood within Dubai Creek Harbour, with 700 metres of sand, an infinity pool and a waterfront promenade of dining. Lotus sits within it, a short distance from Creek Marina and the Creek Marina Yacht Club, with the wider city reachable through the road network and Dubai Creek Harbour's connectivity. Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa are all close by. The position pairs a family-friendly waterfront setting with connectivity to the rest of Dubai.

APPLICABLE STRATEGIES

Pre-handover resale — the construction-linked plan means a buyer commits limited capital ahead of completion; Dubai Creek Harbour has an established resale market, giving a potential exit route before handover. Actual premiums depend on market conditions at the time and should be checked against live DLD data.
Buy-and-hold for rental / short-let — beachfront stock with a promenade, pool and Marina proximity supports both long-let and holiday-let demand; yields to be confirmed against current rental evidence.
Owner-occupation — a primary or second home in a family-friendly waterfront community with resort-style amenities.

RISKS & WATCHPOINTS

Off-plan completion risk — the launch schedule targeted September 2025; timelines can move, and returns depend on the market at handover, not today's.
Waterfront premium — Creek Beach prices at a premium to inland Dubai Creek Harbour stock; the entry point should be weighed against that premium and verified on current PSF.
Service charges — waterfront and amenity-rich communities typically carry higher service charges, which affect net yield.
Supply — Dubai Creek Harbour has a substantial delivery pipeline; concurrent handovers can affect near-term resale and rental pricing.

PAYMENT PLAN

A construction-linked plan: 10% on booking, a first 10% instalment in June 2022, five further 10% instalments every six months through construction, and a final 30% on 100% construction completion.

Instalment	Payment	Milestone	Due
Down payment	10%	On booking	—
1st	10%	—	June 2022
2nd – 6th	10% each	Every 6 months	January 2023 to January 2025
7th (completion)	30%	100% construction completion	September 2025 (estimated)

Per the Emaar payment plan; instalment dates as published at launch, subject to change.

SOURCES

Emaar — Lotus at Creek Beach floor plans, LOTUS_CREEK_BEACH_FLOOR_PLANS.pdf (unit mix, apartment and total areas per type, and the four-building massing plan of G+M+6, G+M+11, G+M+10 and G+M+7).
Emaar — Lotus at Creek Beach payment plan, LOTUS_CREEK_BEACH_DCH_PAYMENT_PLAN.pdf (instalment percentages and dates, and the estimated September 2025 completion).
Emaar — Lotus at Creek Beach brochure, LOTUS_CREEK_BEACH_BROCHURE_EN.pdf (Creek Beach location, 700-metre beach and amenities).
Emaar Properties — 2025 revenue and delivery figures.
PropSearch (propsearch.ae) — March 2022 construction start only. Delivery status to be reconciled with the launch schedule shown above.
Dubai Land Department transaction data (Dubai Creek Harbour) — live feed pending.

Location

AREA, COMMUNITY & CONNECTIVITY

Lotus is in the Dubai Creek Harbour area.

Location record

Area: Dubai Creek Harbour

Area and community are from our own project record, not the DLD register.

Area and community: our own project record. Neither is a survey, and neither is a substitute for your own site visit.

Developer

Emaar

Dubai Creek Harbour

Emaar is the developer of this project in Dubai Creek Harbour. The figures alongside describe Mitchell’s coverage of Emaar on this site and the registered sales behind it, not an assessment of the developer.

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Method & questions

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Two different things sit on this page: transaction evidence taken from the Dubai Land Department’s public register, and the mechanics of buying in Dubai. The four notes below explain how the figures were built and what they can fairly be used for.

Registered, not askedEvery Dubai Land Department figure on this page comes from a sale that completed and was entered on the public register. Asking prices, portal listings and developer price lists are excluded: they record what someone hoped for, not what was paid.
Medians, not averagesProject samples are often thin, and a single penthouse or one bulk-discounted floor will pull an average a long way off. The median — the middle transaction — describes the typical unit far more reliably at these sample sizes. The count behind each figure is always shown so you can judge how much weight it deserves.
Sales only“Sales” means arm’s-length sales. Intra-family and other “Gift” transfers are excluded, as are rows registered at zero or nominal consideration, because neither is evidence of a market price.
A dated snapshotThese are a snapshot at the date stated beside them, taken from one extract of the register rather than queried live. A figure for this project quoted elsewhere, or taken from a different extract, may not match what you see here.

Common questions

What does buying off-plan at Lotus involve?

Off-plan means contracting with the developer before the building is finished. In outline: you reserve the unit, sign the developer’s Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA), and pay in instalments tied to construction milestones rather than in a single sum at the start.

Buyer payments on an off-plan sale in Dubai are made into a project escrow account regulated under Dubai Law No. 8 of 2007, and are released to the developer against verified construction progress. The developer registers the sale with the Dubai Land Department. The contract is between you and Emaar; we act as broker, not as principal.

What is the 4% DLD transfer fee, and who pays it?

The Dubai Land Department charges a property registration (transfer) fee of 4% of the price recorded on the contract, plus a fixed administrative charge. That is the rate in force as at July 2026. The statutory position splits the fee between buyer and seller; established market practice in Dubai is that the buyer pays the whole 4%.

Developers sometimes offer to absorb part or all of it on off-plan sales. Treat that as real only where it is written into the sale documents, not where it appears in marketing. Budget separately for the registration trustee charge, the Oqood registration fee on off-plan units, and — if you are borrowing — mortgage registration at 0.25% of the loan amount.

What is an Oqood registration, and is it the same as a title deed?

No. Oqood is the Dubai Land Department’s registration system for property that is not yet complete. When you buy off-plan, the developer lodges the SPA through Oqood, your interest is recorded on the interim property register, and you receive an initial registration certificate.

The title deed is a separate and later document, issued once the project is complete and the unit is formally transferred into your name. An off-plan purchase that is never registered leaves you off that interim register, so ask for evidence of Oqood registration once your first payment has cleared.

Can a non-UAE buyer own a unit outright?

In Dubai’s designated freehold areas, yes. Regulation No. 3 of 2006 sets out the areas in which non-UAE nationals may hold freehold title or a long lease; outside those areas ownership is restricted to UAE and GCC nationals. Ownership does not depend on holding UAE residency, and no local partner is required.

Tenure attaches to the plot rather than to a development’s marketing, so confirm what is recorded against the specific unit — freehold or leasehold, and the remaining term if leasehold — before you sign.

What happens at handover?

Once the building is complete and the completion certificate issued, you are called for handover: you inspect the unit (the snagging inspection), the developer addresses the defects listed, you settle the final instalment and any outstanding fees, and the unit is transferred into your name with a title deed issued.

Annual service charges begin at handover. They are levied per square foot at a rate approved by the regulator, so they are a recurring cost rather than a one-off. If you intend to let the unit, allow for the interval between handover and the first tenancy — a vacant unit earns nothing, and gross yield is annual rent measured against the purchase price, before those costs are taken off. Emaar gives completion for Lotus as Sep 2025; off-plan completion dates can move, and the SPA governs the position.

Where do the Dubai Land Department figures on this page come from?

They are drawn from the Dubai Land Department’s public transaction register — sales actually registered against Lotus, rather than asking prices, portal listings or developer price lists. They are a dated extract of the register, not a live query: the extract date is printed with the figures, and everything on this page is calculated from that single extract.

The number of sales behind every figure is shown alongside it. A median drawn from a handful of registrations carries far less weight than one drawn from several hundred, and should be read that way.

Who is Mitchell’s Realty, and how are you paid?

Mitchell’s Realty is the trading brand. The RERA-licensed brokerage behind it is The Luxury Real Estate Brokers LLC.

On developer off-plan sales the commission is paid by the developer. On resale transactions the brokerage fee is agreed with you in writing before terms are signed. We will confirm how we are paid on any specific transaction before you commit to it.

Please note. The above is general information about how transactions work in Dubai, not legal, tax or financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy. Fee rates, tenure rules and residency requirements change, and your own position may differ. Take your own independent legal and tax advice before you commit to a purchase.

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