A finished Nshama apartment building in Town Square
Elaya is an apartment building in Town Square, the Dubailand community built by Nshama, and its construction is complete. This brief serves owners of units in the building, anyone buying or selling an Elaya apartment second-hand, and buyers who want to set it alongside other Town Square buildings. It covers the register entry, the specification noted for the project and the community around it.
The building
Elaya rises 17 storeys, consistent with the register's own description of a ground floor, two podium levels and 14 floors over them, with parking on the ground and podium levels. Its 153 units were specified as apartments of one, two or three bedrooms.
Glazed porcelain flooring, built-in closets and fully fitted kitchens make up the apartment specification on record. The project's named facilities take in:
- swimming, in a standard pool plus a wave pool
- courts for tennis and for basketball
- a gym
- play space for children
- barbecue facilities
- supermarkets and other retail outlets
Town Square
Nshama, founded in 2014, created Town Square across 750 acres of Dubailand. Sales opened in February 2015 with 300 Zahra Townhouses, and 730 Hayat Houses, offering three- or four-bedroom layouts with back gardens, made up the second phase that March.
Its townhouse clusters bear names including Hayat, Maha, Naseem, Noor, Safi, Sama and Shams. Shared community facilities run from pools, gyms, tennis courts and a skate park to cycling and jogging routes, children's splash pools and play areas, a carousel, a children's train, fountains and an events space.
Around the building
The community's central green, Town Square Park, lies 0.5 km from Elaya, and the smaller Una Park only 0.2 km. Noor Community Park is 1.3 km off.
Everyday services are near. At 0.3 km there are a supermarket, a polyclinic and restaurants, with further restaurants out to 0.5 km. Around 0.6 km sits a cluster with a second supermarket, pharmacies, barbers and salons, a laundrette and fitness studios.
Schools by distance:
- 0.9 km: the Town Square campus of Dubai International Academy
- 1.3 km: Dubai British School Mira, Mira 1
- 2.6 km: Fairgreen International School, The Sustainable City
- 2.6 km: Lycée Français International Mudon (AFLEC)
The nearest course, 4.0 km away, belongs to Trump International Golf Club; Arabian Ranches Golf Club lies 5.5 km out, and 8.3 km out is The Els Golf Club. Further afield, it is 7.3 km to Global Village, 7.5 km to Dubai Miracle Garden and 9.2 km to IMG Worlds of Adventure, which has its own Novo Cinema. The closest hotel, 4.4 km away, is the Radisson in Damac Hills.
Neighbouring communities vary. Reem, 1.4 km off, is a gated development built round a large central park. Mudon, at 2.6 km, groups villas and townhouses into neighbourhoods. Remraam, 3.6 km out, is a low-rise apartment community in two neighbourhoods. Damac Hills, about 4.0 km off, is a gated community of villas and apartments around Trump International's course. Studio City, at 5.4 km, is a film and television production base with residential and hotel space attached.