Ellington Properties was established in 2014 by Robert Booth, the former chief executive of Emaar Properties’ Dubai operations, Joseph Thomas, a managing director and shareholder, and Nitin Bhatnagar, a co-founder and shareholder.

In 2018, Ellington Properties signed a partnership with Beike, one of the major China’s real estate listings portals. As per the agreement, Beike “will build awareness of Ellingtons premium Dubai real estate offering to Chinese investors”

As of 2019, the real estate company has developed, or is in the process of developing multiple projects, totaling over $2 billion in sales of luxury property, with the overall land bank of 3.6 million square feet approximately.