Studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments in International City 2
Elevia Residences is an apartment building by Valores Property Development in Dubai's International City 2, a district that also goes by Warsan 4. It is planned at eight storeys, which puts it in the mid-rise bracket, and its specified units are studios, one-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom apartments.
The building and its units
The facilities specified for the building itself are a swimming pool, a gym and a play area for children.
At this stage, the useful questions for any unit are its plan and total area, its floor and which way it faces, and how the pool and gym are to be laid out within an eight-storey building. Get each of those in writing.
International City 2
Size and boundaries. International City 2 covers 731 hectares inside the Warsan 4 district. Emirates Road forms its western edge. Academic City borders it on the east, and Silicon Oasis on the south. Its northern neighbour is International City 1, with the high-voltage DEWA corridor running between the two. Along the eastern side, the Academic City Road frontage is held back by an easement reserved for a possible gas pipeline between Dubai and Sharjah.
How it came about. The district takes in Nakheel's International City Phases 2 and 3. The Phase 3 land was developed first, ahead of Phase 2. The Phase 2 land, first intended for apartment blocks, has since been renamed Greenview and given over entirely to villas and townhouses, with plots offered to private developers.
Building form. Because land parcels here were sold to private developers, building designs differ from plot to plot, which sets the district apart from International City 1. The masterplan keeps high-rise towers within the central circle and allocates the remaining land to apartment buildings of low or mid-rise height, which is where an eight-storey scheme such as Elevia sits.
Masterplan zones. The original plan divides the district into five character zones:
- a District Centre of mid-rise offices and shops
- the Ramblas, a pedestrian spine at the centre with shops at street level and offices and apartments above
- residential clusters around the edges, with health services, shops, food outlets and offices
- open space for parks, playgrounds, plazas and school sites from nursery to secondary level
- International City Phase 3, made up of mid-rise apartment buildings
Around Elevia Residences
Day-to-day shops. Mini marts, a bakery, a supermarket, restaurants and salons are trading within 0.6 to 0.8 km of the site. Laundrettes start at 0.6 km, and pharmacies and a dental clinic sit between 0.8 and 0.9 km.
Schools. Kings' School in Nad Al Sheba is 1.0 km away and Repton School Dubai is next, 1.1 km away. Two Creative Science schools in Nad Al Sheba follow, the international one at 1.7 km and the American one at 1.8 km. Seven schools in the surrounding area hold one of the two top grades, 'Very Good' or 'Outstanding', in Dubai's government inspections; Repton School Dubai and GEMS Modern Academy are both rated 'Outstanding'.
Parks. Silicon North Park lies 1.3 km from the building; Silicon Oasis Lake Park is 2.4 km away, and Warsan Residential Park sits at 2.8 km.
Further afield. The Novo cinema in Dragon Mall is 3.9 km away. Dubai Safari Park is at 6.9 km, Vox Cinemas in Mirdif City Centre at 8.1 km, Al Badia Golf Club at 8.5 km, and both The Track Meydan Golf and the wildlife sanctuary at Ras Al Khor at 8.6 km.
Neighbouring communities. Warsan Village, a gated community of three-bedroom townhouses, is 2.1 km away. Dubai Silicon Oasis, a free zone and technology park with offices, warehouses and housing, is 2.6 km away, while Dubai International City lies 2.9 km off.