The Archive by Imtiaz at DLRC

Delivery is targeted for Q3 2028. What falls due at that point differs by schedule. On the 50/50 plan the balancing 50% is payable on handover. On the 60/40 plan a 5% instalment lands on handover, with the remaining 40% running across the 36 months that follow it.

The composition reads as 2 volumes rather than one unbroken tower, joined by a shared podium and a rooftop amenity level. The design stacks cantilevers in glass and bronze-toned metal, with terra cotta planters and cascading plantings spilling over the balustrade at each level. The podium carries travertine-toned stone, timber-effect fins and a chevron-patterned bronze screen at the base, with a glass curtain expressing the residential floors above. At night the perforated bronze glows amber and Imtiaz signage caps each tower.

The arrival library runs across 2 levels, encircled by the spiral staircase and set beneath a dome-shaped map-memorial ceiling. The reading programme is not confined to it. A Writer’s Room carries a closed door, a desk and a reading lamp, the Reading Lounge holds soft seating beside the shelves on the library’s ground floor, and a Reading Salon repeats the idea at roof level.

Shelving is hard-wired into the living area rather than left to the buyer. A reading lamp is placed within reach of a deep lounge chair facing the skyline, and the kitchen carries a lit bookshelf beside the coffee station.

The Archive is the only one of these projects listing a 3 bedroom apartment. Cove Living Residence, Peace Lagoons, AG 7even and The Boulevard all stop at 2 bedroom. Among those publishing sizes it carries both the smallest apartment at 384 sq ft and, across the projects publishing a bedroom mix, the largest at 1,884 sq ft.

All 5 projects publish a payment schedule. Four ask 20% at booking, with AG 7even the exception at 10%. Where they separate is the tail. The Archive defers 40% across 36 months after handover, the largest deferred share of the group. The Boulevard defers 35% across 35 months and Cove Living Residence 30% across 36 months. Peace Lagoons carries no post-handover element, spreading its 80% at 1% monthly through construction, and AG 7even settles 42% at handover.

It is also the last of the group to deliver. AG 7even is targeted for Q1 2027, Cove Living Residence for Q2 2027 and Peace Lagoons for Q4 2027, with The Boulevard following in Q1 2028.

The closest comparison is the developer’s own second scheme in the area, and the 2 split on scale. Cove Living Residence is a 37 storey tower of 706 apartments designed by the National Engineering Bureau. The Archive runs to 17 storeys, the same height as Peace Lagoons, and holds its residential floors above a shared podium.

• Buyers who need a 3 bedroom apartment, the only one on offer across the listed projects publishing a unit mix
• Buyers who want a defined tail, since the deferred 40% clears inside 36 months of handover
• Buyers who want the largest deferred share, since 40% falls due only after handover against 35% and 30% nearby.
• Buyers drawn to a reading-led concept rather than a conventional amenity deck

• Buyers who need keys sooner, since 3 listed projects deliver in 2027 and a 4th in Q1 2028.
• Buyers chasing the lowest entry in the community, where 2 listed projects open below this one
• Buyers who want a high-rise address, since this is a 17 storey building against 37 storeys nearby
• Buyers who want the lowest monthly outlay during construction, since a neighbouring scheme runs at 1% monthly

Imtiaz Developments carries 41 or more projects across 3 or more communities. Two of its current launches share Dubai Land Residence Complex, which gives a buyer a same-developer comparison inside one postcode rather than across the city.

The listed portfolio spreads across price points from AED 580,000 to AED 2.6 million, from Dubai Land Residence Complex and Jumeirah Village Circle at the entry end to Palm Deira at the top.

One other entry carries the same AED 666,000. Raw District 2 on Sheikh Zayed Road opens at that figure across the same 4 typologies, within a narrower 380 to 1,400 sq ft band.