Casa Vista Development's eight-storey building on Dubai Islands
Aquora is an apartment building by Casa Vista Development under construction on Dubai Islands, off the Deira shoreline. It is planned as a mid-rise block of eight storeys over one basement, with one-, two- and three-bed apartments on the upper levels and a row of shops at the base. Water is the stated theme of the design.
The building
At street level the plan sets aside six retail units with a waterfront frontage. The single basement is planned for car parking, and dedicated parking is listed for the building.
The roof is planned as a shared space, laid out around an infinity pool 22 metres long, with planted areas and places to sit.
Amenities
Beyond the rooftop, the facilities specified for Aquora fall into three groups.
Shared indoor spaces. A clubhouse, a business lounge and a concierge service, with a lobby at the entrance.
Outdoor and family areas. Landscaped grounds, a Zen garden, cabanas set outdoors, a children's pool, a play area for children, a pickleball court, and a dog park set aside for owners with pets.
Wellness. A sauna and dedicated space for yoga, along with gym facilities.
As with any building still under construction, these are the developer's stated intentions; the amenity schedule attached to the sale contract is the document to check.
Dubai Islands
Aquora sits on reclaimed islands to the north of Deira, masterplanned by Nakheel. The land is what remained of Palm Deira, a project stopped in its early phase; the reworked plan went by the Deira Islands name until August 2022, when it took the Dubai Islands name. Two resorts opened under the earlier plan.
Open on the islands now is a mix of hospitality, retail and boating:
- Souk Al Marfa, a night market finished in 2018, has 5,300 shop units, with nearly 100 cafés and restaurants lining its quay.
- RIU Dubai, which Nakheel built with the Spanish hotel group, has 800 rooms over 33 storeys, along with a water park, and has been open since December 2020.
- Centara Mirage, run by the Thai operator Centara, has 600 keys on the beach, with a water park attached.
- Launched in May 2023, Nakheel Marinas Dubai Islands offers 248 wet berths, the largest taking boats as long as 47 metres; its 40 dry berths take trailers as long as 20 metres, and it can moor 13 super yachts at once.
Blue Flag accreditation covers at least one beach here, and Nakheel lets dogs swim off a stretch of the eastern shoreline. Road access from Deira is by a link that branches off Abu Hail Road (D91).