Al Jaddaf: Apartments in a Tower That Also Holds Its Own Offices

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The address is Al Jaddaf, the freehold strip between Dubai Creek and the Business Bay extension. The tower sits a short walk from two metro stations, Al Jaddaf and Creek, and a future Etihad Rail connection is planned in the same district. Dubai Mall and Dubai Festival City are both minutes away, and the creekside cafes and dining are on the doorstep. The orientation gives two different outlooks: north and north west sweeps over Za'abeel towards Downtown, the tallest tower and Creek Harbour, while east and south east looks over the Mohammed bin Rashid Library, the water of the creek and the Festival City skyline. This is the smaller and mixed building of the two: 204 homes alongside 235 office units, with nineteen shops on the ground floor shared between the towers. The residential mix is 31 studios, 139 one bedrooms, 33 two bedrooms and one three bedroom. Layouts match the other tower: the studio is about 28 to 32 square metres internally, the one bedroom 51 to 56, the two bedroom 74 to 101 and the single three bedroom 128 with a 190 square metre terrace. What differs is the building itself. With offices above and shops below, the lifts and the lobby run on a working day rhythm rather than a residential one. The amenity deck carries more than twenty facilities and they are zoned so the quiet ones are not next to the loud ones. There is an adults and children's swimming pool, a padel tennis court, a ninety metre sprint and jogging lane, fitness facilities, a yoga and aerobics platform, a children's play area, family seating and social nooks, lounge seating platforms, an open lawn, activity tables and a ping pong table. The facade is crystalline glass with point source LED lighting embedded along its grid, which is what the building does at night. Ownership is freehold and open to all nationalities. The payment plan is ten percent down, forty percent across the build and fifty percent on handover, which is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028. Two things to weigh. Half the price falls due in a single payment at handover, which is a lighter build period than most and a heavier completion than most, so the buyer needs a plan for that payment rather than an intention. And only the three bedroom clears the two million dirham residency visa threshold; there are three of them in the whole development.

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