Retail units
Ellington Properties' F&B and retail floor plan for Portside Square lays out the ground-floor trading units; the project brief's ground-floor plan shows them along Marina Cubes Street, with Marina View beyond. The F&B and retail floor plan names eight units and gives measured plates for five.
| Unit |
Internal area |
Outdoor area |
Total area |
| F&B 1 |
2,168.71 sq ft |
1,727.50 sq ft |
3,896.21 sq ft |
| Retail 1 |
888.45 sq ft |
None |
888.45 sq ft |
| Retail 2 |
922.14 sq ft |
None |
922.14 sq ft |
| Retail 3 |
922.14 sq ft |
552.83 sq ft |
1,474.98 sq ft |
| Retail 4 |
939.90 sq ft |
566.40 sq ft |
1,506.30 sq ft |
Ellington Properties, Portside Square F&B and retail floor plan, 22 October 2025. The plan's ground-floor key also names Retail 5, Retail 6 and F&B 02.
F&B 1 is the largest unit, with 2,168.71 sq ft inside and a terrace of 1,727.50 sq ft. Retail 1 and Retail 2 have no outdoor area. Retail 3 has the same interior as Retail 2, and Retail 3 and Retail 4 each carry a terrace, of 552.83 and 566.40 sq ft.
Amenities
Ellington Properties sets out the amenities level by level, with most of them in a standalone pavilion between the towers.
Ground floor. Arrival and drop-off, three tower lobbies with reception, lounge and communal table, lift lobbies, bicycle parking, EV charging, accessible parking, a pavilion and retail drop-off, and outdoor seating along the frontage.
Podium floor. Garden areas, outdoor yoga, outdoor seating, and access up to the pool deck.
First floor. A leisure pool with a baja shelf, a kids' pool, sun loungers and cabanas, a running track, an outdoor fitness area, a shaded outdoor kids' play area, a flexible lawn, amphitheatre seating and garden areas.
The pavilion, over four levels:
- Ground: entrance lobby, lounge, and a cinema and games lounge with darts, billiards, foosball, air hockey and arcade machines.
- First: a spa suite with male and female sauna, steam and aromatherapy rooms, aqua cycling, hot and cold plunge, a yoga area, a pilates area, co-working pods, a kids' play area and a nursing and changing room.
- Second: a fitness studio with a free-weights zone, strength training, cable station, TRX, cardio and circuit stations, and a juice bar.
- Third: a clubhouse with a lounge, dining table, show bar, shuffleboard and games table, opening onto the pool deck.
Families have the kids' pool, the shaded play area and the pavilion's kids' play area.
Building
Portside Square is three residential towers on a shared ground floor and podium. Ellington's building configuration gives each tower a ground floor, a podium, 16 floors and a roof. The floor-to-floor height is 4.0 m at podium level, 4.1 m on the first floor and 3.6 m on every typical floor. Each residence has three passenger lifts and one service lift, and the amenities pavilion one passenger lift.
Ellington writes that the towers' façades "draw inspiration from the natural rhythm of wind and water". Its elevation drawings in the project brief also show an office tower alongside Residences 1, 2 and 3.
Other Ellington developments
Other Ellington Properties projects with briefs on this site include Rosemont Residences in Jumeirah Village Triangle, The Hillgate in Dubai Silicon Oasis, The Crestmark and One River Point in Business Bay, and Windsor House in Dubai South.
