Fourteen years after the Crown Prince laid its cornerstone, the Bahraini Ministry of Housing began distributing certificates of entitlement to the "Northern City" houses. This took place in the second half of 2016.

The northern city is due to witness an official opening ceremony on Tuesday (May 15, 2018) in the presence of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Kuwait has offered a new financial grant as part of its share in the “Gulf Marshall” project for building 314 housing units in the Northern City.