DAMAC Bay by Cavalli Tower C Dubai Harbour

Tower C is the third building of DAMAC Bay by Cavalli at Dubai Harbour, alongside Towers A and B, holding one to three bedroom apartments with three, four and five bedroom super-luxury duplexes above them, interiors under the Roberto Cavalli brand.

Apartment prices across the development are recorded from about AED 3,900,000 (about Rs 10.04 crore) and duplexes near AED 14.2 million, on a 20/60/20 plan. But the published figures for this tower do not agree with each other on either price or handover, and the rest of this page is largely about that. The source listing carries no price. The cleaner second phase is DAMAC Bay 2. Everything else is in our Dubai section and the projects list.

At a glance

Price and unit pricing

Here is what the sources actually say, side by side, rather than a single figure we have chosen for you:

AED 949,890 is roughly a quarter of AED 3,900,000. Those two figures cannot both be the starting price of an apartment in the same development. The plausible explanations are that the lower figure is a booking amount or an instalment rather than a price, that it describes a unit class not covered by the higher one, or that it is simply wrong. We do not know which, and no source we checked explains it.

What that means for a buyer is concrete rather than abstract: do not let either number anchor your negotiation until an agent has told you, in writing, which specific unit and which floor it attaches to. For context, the second phase next door prices a 780 sq ft one-bedroom at AED 2.9 million, about AED 3,718 per sq ft, and that is the benchmark this tower should be tested against.

Payment plan and total cost

The plan is 20/60/20: 20% on booking, 60% through construction, 20% at completion.

Now put that final row against the date problem. AED 780,000 falls due at completion, and completion is quoted as anything from July 2027 to Q1 2029. A buyer arranging finance, selling another asset or remitting from abroad needs to know which year that is. The practical approach is to have the money available for the earlier date and a plan that tolerates the later one.

The service charge is unpublished, as it is for the second phase. Dubai Harbour's branded towers sit well above the AED 18 to 25 per sq ft that a mainstream prime district charges, and on units of this size that is a five-figure annual bill. Ask for the projection before the booking cheque.

Location and connectivity

Dubai Harbour is the marina and cruise-terminal district between Bluewaters Island and Palm Jumeirah, with Ain Dubai and the JBR beachfront next door. Dubai Marina and JBR are about five minutes by car, Palm Jumeirah about ten, Sheikh Zayed Road about ten and Downtown roughly 25.

There is no Metro station inside the district; the nearest is at Dubai Marina. What Dubai Harbour has instead is water on three sides and a marina big enough to berth superyachts, which is the whole basis of its pricing. It is also a district still being built: towers, retail and the promenade are arriving in phases, so a buyer completing in 2027 or 2028 will move into something part-finished.

Amenities and specifications

DAMAC Bay by Cavalli is three towers, A, B and C, of one to three bedroom apartments with three, four and five bedroom duplexes above. Across the development, apartments run 733 to 3,375 sq ft and duplexes 5,140 to 7,656 sq ft. No separate size schedule is published for Tower C. Given that the tower's price figures already conflict, the floor plans for this specific building are the document to ask for first.

On the branding, the same distinction applies here as on the second phase: this is a design collaboration, not a hotel operating agreement. Cavalli supplies the interiors and the design language; no operator is contracted to run the building to a service standard. The finish is real and it carries resale weight, but the day-to-day service will be whatever the owners' association buys.

About the developer

DAMAC Properties, founded in 2002, is one of the largest private developers in the UAE: 50,000 homes handed over, more than 54,000 under construction, 8,800 delivered in 2026 and over AED 10 billion of construction contracts awarded in the first half of that year. It will finish this tower.

The record that matters here is timing. DLD data shows an average 6 to 12 month delay on DAMAC projects delivered in 2023 and 2024, at the upper end of the sector, and its DAMAC Lagoons clusters slipped by up to a year. Set that against a development that began construction in April 2023, was recorded at 7% complete, and carries completion dates quoted between July 2027 and Q1 2029. The later end of that range is the one the developer's own history points to.

For Indian buyers

Dubai Harbour is freehold, so an Indian citizen owns here outright with a Dubai Land Department title deed, pays no annual property tax in the UAE and no UAE tax on the rent.

At AED 3.9 million, about USD 1.06 million, this is a purchase that needs a family's combined Liberalised Remittance Scheme allowances across several years, or a UAE mortgage at 50 to 75% of value for a non-resident. The 20% booking is about USD 212,000, close to one person's full annual allowance of USD 250,000 in a single payment, and the completion tranche is the same again. Tax collected at source applies above the current threshold and is credited on your Indian return.

One point specific to an overseas buyer here: the date uncertainty is a remittance problem as much as a construction one. If completion lands in 2027, that final USD 212,000 has to be inside that year's allowance; if it lands in 2029, the planning is different. Ask for the contracted date in the SPA and build the remittance schedule around it rather than around a brochure. On residency, every published price clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold several times over. On income, prime waterfront Dubai yields sit in the low single digits after a high service charge, so treat this as an address-and-capital purchase. Rent is taxable in India for a resident at slab rates as income from house property with the standard 30% deduction, and the property is declared in Schedule FA every year you hold it.

Pros

• Marina frontage at Dubai Harbour, between Bluewaters Island and Palm Jumeirah
• Cavalli-designed interiors and a duplex tier of 5,140 to 7,656 sq ft
• Part of a three-tower development, so there will be comparable sales inside the scheme
• A 20% completion tranche rather than the 30 to 40% some Dubai launches ask
• Every published price clears the AED 2 million Golden Visa threshold several times over

Cons

• The published prices do not reconcile: AED 3.9 million against a Tower C figure of AED 949,890
• The handover date spans July 2027 to Q1 2029 depending on the source, a gap of 18 months
• No size schedule is published for Tower C specifically
• One source recorded the development at 7% complete, which is early for a 2027 date
• DAMAC's recent deliveries have run 6 to 12 months late on DLD data

Who this is for

• Buyers who will insist on the SPA and the DLD record before paying, and are comfortable once they have them
• Duplex buyers who want 5,000 sq ft and up on the marina
• Long-hold buyers whose plans survive an 18-month date range

Who should look elsewhere

• Anyone who needs a firm handover date
• Buyers who would rely on a brochure price without checking what unit it describes
• Investors needing income on a schedule

Our verdict

This page exists to tell you something a brochure will not: the published figures for DAMAC Bay Tower C do not agree with each other, in two places that matter. On price, apartments across the development are recorded from about AED 3.9 million while DAMAC's own sales portal carries a Tower C figure of AED 949,890. Those cannot be the same product. One of them is a partial payment, a different unit class or an error, and until somebody tells you which, neither is a price. On timing, the sources range from a July 2027 completion for the development to Q1 2029 for Tower C specifically, with another giving Q3 2027 and Q4 2028 across the towers. Eighteen months of uncertainty on a plan where 20% of the price falls due at completion is a real financial fact, not a footnote. None of this means the building is a bad buy. Dubai Harbour is genuinely prime, the duplex tier at 5,140 to 7,656 sq ft is scarce, and DAMAC has handed over 50,000 homes so the tower will be built. It means the buying process here has to start with documents rather than with a decision: the SPA for your tower, the DLD project record, the escrow account and the tower's own floor plans. If you want the same development with numbers that reconcile, the second phase is the cleaner purchase.

Prime marina frontage and a scarce duplex product, wrapped in figures that contradict each other on both price and date. Buy only from the SPA and the DLD record, never from a brochure. If you want this development without the ambiguity, buy the second phase instead.

Talk to Realty Hunting for the current price list, the developer's latest payment plan and a site-visit plan.

Run this project's numbers yourself. The calculator opens on the price and unit size above; change the currency, the rent or the mortgage and it recalculates the fees, the cash you need on day one and the net rent.

FAQs

What does DAMAC Bay Tower C cost?

The sources do not agree, and that is the honest answer. Metropolitan records apartments across DAMAC Bay by Cavalli from about AED 3,900,000 and duplexes near AED 14,200,000. DAMAC's own sales portal shows a Tower C figure of AED 949,890, which is a quarter of the apartment entry and cannot describe the same product - it may be a partial payment, a different unit class or a listing error. Ask which unit each figure refers to before you treat either as the price.

When is handover?

Also disputed. Some sources give the development a July 2027 completion; one gives Tower C a handover in Q1 2029; another lists projected completions of Q3 2027 and Q4 2028 across the towers. Construction began in April 2023 and one source recorded 7% completion. Take the date from the SPA for your specific tower and check the DLD construction status.

Why does this page print the conflicts instead of one number?

Because picking one would be inventing certainty that does not exist. A price that differs fourfold and a handover that differs by 18 months are not details to smooth over; they are the two facts that decide what you are buying and when you must pay for it. The useful service is to name the conflict and tell you which document settles it: the SPA and the DLD record, not a brochure.

What is the payment plan?

20% on booking, 60% through construction and 20% at completion. On an AED 3.9 million apartment that is AED 780,000 to book and AED 780,000 at handover, plus AED 156,000 of DLD fee at Oqood registration.

How big are the homes?

Across the DAMAC Bay towers, apartments run 733 to 3,375 sq ft and duplexes 5,140 to 7,656 sq ft. No separate schedule is published for Tower C, so ask for that tower's floor plans specifically.

What does the Cavalli branding give you?

Interior design, not building management. A design collaboration delivers a fit-out and a design language; unlike a hotel-branded residence there is no operator contracted to run the building to a service standard.

What are the service charges?

No figure is published. Dubai Harbour's branded towers charge well above the AED 18 to 25 per sq ft of a mainstream prime district. Ask for the projected budget in writing before booking.

Can an Indian citizen buy here?

Yes, Dubai Harbour is freehold. At AED 3.9 million, about USD 1.06 million, a purchase needs a family's combined LRS allowances of USD 250,000 per person per financial year across several years, or a UAE mortgage at 50 to 75% of value. The 20% booking alone is about USD 212,000. Rent is taxable in India for a resident and the asset goes into Schedule FA.

How does it compare with DAMAC Bay 2?

Bay 2 is the second phase of the same DAMAC and Cavalli programme, and its figures are internally consistent: a published size schedule, a clear price ladder from AED 2.9 million to AED 19.07 million, and a single completion date of January 2028. If you want the version of this development whose numbers can be checked against each other, that is the one.

Compare with other Dubai projects

Also in Dubai Harbour: DAMAC Bay 2 (from AED 2.9 M, handover 2028).

More by DAMAC: The Vogue (from AED 3.9 M, ready), DAMAC Hills - The Trump Estates (from AED 3,800,000, ready) and Damac Lagoons Morocco (from AED 2.99 M, handover 2026).

A similar budget elsewhere in Dubai: Emaar Grande Signature Residences (from AED 3.83 M, ready), Al Waha Residences (from AED 3.49 M, handover 2026) and Cotier House 2 (from AED 3.23 M, handover 2027).

Read next: DAMAC Projects in Dubai: Prices, Clusters and the Delivery Record · Off-Plan Property in Dubai: How It Works · Dubai Property Payment Plans: 1% Monthly, Post-Handover and More · The Dubai Golden Visa Through Property. Every Dubai project we track is listed on the Dubai section.