Is Dubai Lagoon Lily cancelled?

Dubai Lagoon Lily is recorded as cancelled in the Dubai Land Department project registry, at 54.9% construction complete. Confirm the current official status directly with the DLD before acting.

How much of Dubai Lagoon Lily was built?

DLD inspection records put Dubai Lagoon Lily at 54.9% complete, a figure unchanged since Jan 2020.

What happens to money paid into Dubai Lagoon Lily?

Off-plan payments in Dubai are held in a RERA-regulated escrow account, in this case administered by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. When a project is cancelled, the Real Estate Judicial Committee oversees liquidation of the escrow and the refund process. Contact the DLD and take legal advice on your specific case.

Dubai Lagoon Lily: Cancelled Dubai Project

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Dubai Lagoon Lily by Xanadu Real Estate Development L.L.C is recorded as cancelled in the Dubai Land Department registry, with construction recorded at 54.9% complete. That percentage has not moved since Jan 2020 — roughly 6 years without recorded progress.

Construction reached54.9%

Last DLD inspectionJan 2020

Construction startedJan 2009

Was dueSep 2020

Units planned688

Escrow agentAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank

What happened: the official inspection record

The Dubai Land Department inspects registered projects and records a completion percentage at each visit. This is the recorded history for Dubai Lagoon Lily — the clearest public evidence of what happened on site.

5 January 2020

54.89% complete
9 May 2019

54.39% complete
20 November 2018

54.03% complete
29 April 2018

51.01% complete
21 December 2017

50.09% complete
2 February 2016

42.98% complete
26 February 2015

41.95% complete

Reading the pattern: repeated inspections returning the same percentage over 6 years indicate a site where work stopped rather than one progressing slowly. The structure recorded at 54.9% is, on this evidence, standing incomplete.

If you bought into Dubai Lagoon Lily

Your money should be in escrow. Dubai law requires off-plan payments to be held in a RERA-regulated escrow account, administered here by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. When the DLD cancels a project, the Real Estate Judicial Committee oversees liquidation of that escrow and the refund process for buyers.

What to do: contact the Dubai Land Department with your contract and payment records and ask for the current status of the project file and the liquidation process. Keep every receipt, SPA and Oqood registration document. Refund outcomes depend on what remains in escrow and on the committee's determination, so take legal advice specific to your contract rather than relying on general guidance.

Verify before you act. This page reflects DLD open data at the time of publication. Registry records change. Confirm the current official position with the DLD directly.

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Checking a project before you buy

The pattern behind most entries in the cancellation registry is consistent: payments made outside a registered escrow account, a developer with no completed projects to inspect, or a location with no surrounding infrastructure at the time of launch. Before committing to any off-plan purchase, confirm the project is RERA-registered, confirm the escrow account exists and that your payments go into it, and go and physically look at something the developer has already delivered.

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Source: Dubai Land Department open data. This page states matters of public record and is not a judgement about any company. Believe something here is wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will verify and correct it.