Saudi property developer Tanmiyat Group has handed over keys to 184 villas completed in the first phase of the much-delayed Living Legends project at Dubailand, UAE.

In September, the developer said that it would deliver all 500 of the villas at the project in Dubailand by the second quarter of the year after completing 172 villas last year, reported The National.

The second phase of development, located in the Al Barari area of the city, is scheduled for handover by year-end, stated the report.

The 15-million-sq-ft project was started in 2006 with an aim to finish work by 2010. However, the project was halted during the financial crisis and only restarted in 2012.

Overall construction would be completed by the end of 2017, said the report.

Once ready, the mixed-use project will boast 12 residential towers and a five-star hotel besides other key amenities such as a nine-hole golf course, schools, clinics and a shopping mall.