Altan — off-plan in Dubai Creek Harbour

Media: Emaar Properties
Price from
AED 1,813,888
Handover
July 2029 (target — portal; not on Emaar product capture)
Status
On sale
Construction
under construction
Developer
Emaar
Area
Dubai Creek Harbour

Altan is an Emaar residential launch inside Dubai Creek Harbour. The official product page sells a tower mix of 1–3 bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom townhouses, with a marketing starting price of AED 1.81 million (card detail AED 1,813,888), size from 757 sqft, and 18 homes shown available when we captured the page. [1]

OffplanInsight is independent research for buyers — not Emaar’s sales site. Off-plan means you pay over years before keys. On Altan specifically, the developer page is strong on product mix and entry marketing but silent on handover and instalments; a major portal fills those gaps with a July 2029 completion target and a 10/70/20 sketch — useful for shortlisting, binding only if the sale contract (SPA) repeats them. [2] How we work: Method.

Who it’s for

People comparing a named Emaar tower at Dubai Creek Harbour who can fund near the published AED 1.8M+ marketing band for 1–3 bedroom apartments or 3-bedroom townhouses, and who will verify drawings, SPA instalments, inventory channel and escrow before any booking fee. [1]

Who it’s not for

Buyers who need open-sea beach product, tickets well below the published Altan marketing entry, keys before the late-2020s portal target, or who will sign from a DCH masterplan brochure without freezing the product name Altan (as opposed to Albero, Silva or older Creek buildings). [1] [2]

Facts we can state now

  • Developer — Emaar Properties (high) [1]
  • Community — Dubai Creek Harbour (high) [1]
  • Product mix — 1–3BR apartments + 3BR townhouses (high) [1]
  • Marketing “from” price — AED 1.81M / AED 1,813,888 (med — filter, not a unit quote) [1]
  • Marketing size from — 757 sqft (med) [1]
  • Emaar inventory card — 18 units available at capture (med — moves daily) [1]
  • Portal inventory — Property Finder labels developer stock sold out and points to resale (low — conflicts with Emaar card) [2]
  • Portal handover — July 31, 2029 / Q3 2029 target; not printed on Emaar product capture (med — portal only) [2]
  • Portal payment sketch — 10% at launch / 70% during build / 20% at handover (low — SPA only) [2]
  • Portal height — 58 storeys (med — portal; not on Emaar capture) [2]
  • District label (secondary) — Green Gate within DCH (med) [3]
  • View marketing — creek, city and golf language on the developer page (med — not per-unit) [1]
  • RERA / escrow numbers — not sourced here (unknown)

Solid for shortlisting: who builds it, where it sits, the ticket band. Not solid until SPA: exact cash-flow, delivery date, and whether primary stock is still open.

Homes and product shape

Think of Altan as a single named tower product in the Creek Harbour graph, not a whole community rebrand. Emaar’s own page frames apartments (one, two or three bedrooms) plus a townhouse layer at three bedrooms. [1] Architecture marketing mentions expansive glazing, aluminium cladding, private balconies and townhouse roof terraces — brochure language until drawings match. [1]

The 757 sqft “from” line is a marketing floor, not your unit’s registered area. [1] Property Finder’s layout tables (secondary) cluster roughly 754–775 sqft for 1BR, 1,177–1,453 sqft for 2BR, about 1,847 sqft for 3BR apartments, and 4,080–4,165 sqft for 3BR townhouses. [2] Use those only to sanity-check a named floor plan.

Secondary sources also call the building 58 storeys and place it in Green Gate inside Dubai Creek Harbour. [2] [3] Neither height nor Green Gate label appears as a hard lock on the Emaar product capture we used — verify if storey count or district wording matter for your underwriting.

Cash-flow and delivery timing

What Emaar prints: no completion quarter and no instalment table on the Altan product capture. [1]

What Property Finder prints: expected completion 31 July 2029 (also shown as Q3 / July 2029), and a payment sketch of 10% at sales launch, 70% during construction, 20% on handover. [2] Treat both as portal marketing until a dated SPA schedule names the same numbers for a specific unit.

Inventory channel risk: Emaar’s card still shows 18 available; Property Finder marks the developer project sold out. [1] [2] Before you wire a booking fee, confirm whether you are still on primary developer stock or a resale assignment.

Master development and builder

Builder: Emaar. Brand recognition does not replace escrow, variation clauses or service-charge schedules for this release.

Area: Dubai Creek Harbour is the master community on the product page. [1] Altan’s community block repeats large DCH scale claims (7.4 million sqm residential space; 500,000 sqm parks) plus marina, wildlife-sanctuary and hotel-brand ambience language. [1] That is masterplan context, not title rights attached to your apartment.

Buyer fit (opinion): suitable for people comparing named Creek Harbour tower tickets near the published marketing entry who can hold through a late-2020s portal handover target and who will separate Altan from nearby names such as Albero. [1] [2]

Risks worth checking

  1. Developer page silent on handover — only portal July 2029 targets exist publicly in our dual-source set. [1] [2]
  2. Developer page silent on payment schedule — portal 10/70/20 is not the SPA. [1] [2]
  3. Primary vs resale confusion — Emaar “18 available” vs portal “sold out”. [1] [2]
  4. Portal price noise — some Property Finder fields flash higher launch/start figures than Emaar’s AED 1,813,888 entry; anchor on developer marketing then a unit price list. [1] [2]
  5. Name collision inside DCH — Albero, Silva and other Creek launches are separate products; wrong SPA name is a hard fail.
  6. View / height marketing — creek/city/golf and 58-storey language are not unit guarantees. [1] [2]
  7. RERA and escrow IDs missing here — obtain both before any booking money moves.

We deliberately omit yield percentages and “limited units” sales urgency.

Before any booking fee

  1. Lock SPA wording as Altan at Dubai Creek Harbour for a numbered unit — not Albero or Silva.
  2. Pull official floor plans for net area, orientation and parking.
  3. Collect RERA registration and escrow account details for this product.
  4. Rebuild the cash-flow from SPA instalments; do not stop at portal 10/70/20. [2]
  5. Match the quoted price to a unit ID against the AED 1.81M / AED 1,813,888 marketing filter. [1]
  6. Get a written proposed handover and compare it to the portal July 2029 target. [2]
  7. Confirm primary developer sale vs resale channel before fees move. [1] [2]
  8. Run the same checklist against one other DCH named product. Guide: due diligence.

Bottom line

Bottom line: Emaar locks the product story — DCH location, apartment + townhouse mix, AED 1.81M / AED 1,813,888 marketing entry, 757 sqft from, and an 18-unit availability snapshot. [1] Property Finder adds July 2029 timing, a 10/70/20 sketch, 58-storey height language and size bands, while also disagreeing on whether developer stock remains open. [2] Green Gate placement is secondary. [3] Registry IDs and SPA cash-flow remain open. OffplanInsight is independent research; only signed papers settle the deal.

FAQ

Who is building Altan?

Emaar Properties, on the official product page for Altan at Dubai Creek Harbour. [1]

What homes does Altan include?

One- to three-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom townhouses per Emaar’s product page. [1]

What starting price is published?

Marketing from AED 1.81 million, also shown as AED 1,813,888 on the inventory card — not a unit SPA quote. [1]

When is completion expected?

Emaar’s capture does not print a quarter. Property Finder lists 31 July 2029 as expected completion. Confirm in the SPA. [1] [2]

What payment plan is public?

None on the Emaar product capture. Property Finder markets 10/70/20. Only the SPA schedule binds. [1] [2]

Is Altan the same as Albero?

No. Emaar markets Altan as its own product page at Dubai Creek Harbour; Albero is a different named release with a separate research page on this site. [1]

Sources

  1. Altan at Dubai Creek Harbour — Emaar Properties. Accessed 2026-08-05.
  2. Altan — Emaar Properties new project — Property Finder. Accessed 2026-08-05.
  3. Altan Tower — Dubai — Propsearch. Accessed 2026-08-05.

Next step

Use the research graph to compare options, then verify numbers on the SPA — not on a marketing line.