Dubai’s Ellington Properties has appointed Allied Contracting for fast-tracking the completion of its much-delayed Wilton Park Residences project in Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum City (MBR City). 

The two-tower, 320-unit residential project was originally scheduled for completion in September 2021, according to Dubai Land Department (DLD) data.  

Joseph Thomas, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Ellington Properties, said the company appointed Allied Contracting after the third-party vendor assigned initially faced several challenges.  

“We are confident of delivering the first homes in Wilton Park Residences based on a fast-tracked construction programme,” he said. 

Allied Contracting CEO Abdulla Khalifa Beyat said the company will focus on accelerating the completion of the project by deploying the latest construction technology and higher levels of work efficiency on-site.

Target Engineering, a subsidiary of Dubai-based troubled contractor Arabtec, was awarded a 129-million UAE dirham ($52 million) construction contract for the project in May 2019.  

On Monday, the Dubai Court of the First Instance accepted Arabtec Holding’s petition to open bankruptcy proceedings of the company and its subsidiaries, a Zawya report said. 

Wilton Park Residences is currently 13 percent complete, according to DLD data. 

(Writing by Anoop Menon; Editing by Seban Scaria) 

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com) 

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